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* Charles and Camilla perform a double act in which they tell a classic, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGUGH27fDYA raunchy joke about a bear and a hunter]].
-->'''Charles:''' You are not really in this for the hunting, are you?
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** Regarding the limerick about the "man with an enormously large Johnson", Wilson says the rhyme ended there because "everyone thought that was long enough", which [[ThatCameOutWrong Wilson immediately realises is an innuendo in itself]].
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* Following the "Harry the Nazi" debacle, Philip calls up the costume shop to yell at them...not because the costume was offensive, but because it was ''inaccurate''.
--> '''Philip:''' The German Afrika Korps never wore swastikas!
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* During a scene which opens on a tight shot of a deer sculpture, Philip complains about being served venison too often at dinner.
--> '''Philip:''' Honestly, I think if I eat any more of this stuff, I'm going to start growing antlers.
--> '''Elizabeth:''' Are you listening?
--> '''Philip:''' Yes, I'm all ears. Little brown furry ones.

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* The montage of Margaret's adventures in physical therapy, following her first stroke. The whole thing is BlackComedy to the hilt, culminating in one scene where Margaret falls asleep on the couch and her staff earnestly check in on her to see if she's dead... only for her, with her eyes still closed, to bluntly state that she isn't.
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** Her flabbergasted reaction when Philip bluntly admits without missing a bit that Anne is his favorite out the four children.

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** Her flabbergasted reaction when Philip bluntly admits without missing a bit beat that Anne is his favorite out the four children.
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-->'''Tommy:''' As with a great many artists, the conventional approach to life... doesn't appear to fit. It seems that what makes his work notable is his willingness, his appetite, to break barriers and conventions as he pushes his medium, uh photography... I believe, to its boundaries. And, um, as in art, so, it would appear... in life.
-->'''Elizabeth II:''' ''[hesitantly]'' I see...
-->'''Tommy:''' The narrow path, the straight, ''Christian'' path... is not to his taste. ''[long pause]'' To the best of our knowledge, he is currently conducting no fewer than three other intimate relationships.
-->'''Elizabeth II:''' ''[shocked]'' What? With whom?
-->'''Tommy:''' ''[handing over photographs]'' With a Miss Jacqui Chan, an oriental dancer and singer. With Gina Ward, an actress. And with Miss Robin Banks, his former assistant.
-->'''Michael:''' ''[uneasy]'' These... we should add... ''[beat]''
-->'''Tommy:''' ...are just the ''natural'' ones.

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-->'''Tommy:''' As with a great many artists, the conventional approach to life... doesn't appear to fit. It seems that what makes his work notable is his willingness, his appetite, to break barriers and conventions as he pushes his medium, uh photography... I believe, to its boundaries. And, um, as in art, so, it would appear... in life. \n-->'''Elizabeth \\
'''Elizabeth
II:''' ''[hesitantly]'' I see...
-->'''Tommy:'''
see... \\
'''Tommy:'''
The narrow path, the straight, ''Christian'' path... is not to his taste. ''[long pause]'' To the best of our knowledge, he is currently conducting no fewer than three other intimate relationships.
-->'''Elizabeth
relationships.\\
'''Elizabeth
II:''' ''[shocked]'' What? With whom?
-->'''Tommy:'''
whom? \\
'''Tommy:'''
''[handing over photographs]'' With a Miss Jacqui Chan, an oriental dancer and singer. With Gina Ward, an actress. And with Miss Robin Banks, his former assistant. \n-->'''Michael:''' \\
'''Michael:'''
''[uneasy]'' These... we should add... ''[beat]''
-->'''Tommy:''' ...
''[beat]''\\
'''Tommy:''' ''[with aplomp]'' ...
are just the ''natural'' ones.\\
'''Elizabeth II:''' What?
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* When the [[BritishStuffiness extremely proper and formal]] Tommy Lascelles tries to delicately explain to the Queen that her future brother-in-law is libertine polyamorist with expansive sexual tastes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VotJR4JQIq8 The discomfort in the room is painfully thick]].

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* When the [[BritishStuffiness extremely proper and formal]] Tommy Lascelles tries to delicately explain to the Queen that her future brother-in-law is libertine polyamorist with expansive sexual tastes.little concern for boundaries of marriage or of gender. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VotJR4JQIq8 The discomfort in the room is painfully thick]].



-->'''Elizabeth II:''' ''[shocked]]'' What? With whom?

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-->'''Elizabeth II:''' ''[shocked]]'' ''[shocked]'' What? With whom?



-->'''Tommy:''' ...are just the natural ones.

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-->'''Tommy:''' ...are just the natural ''natural'' ones.

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* The tightroping, extremely surgical way in which Tommy Lascelles puts to the Queen that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VotJR4JQIq8 Tony Amstrong swings both ways, repeatedly]].
-->'''Tommy Lascelles:''' The narrow path, the straight Christian path is not to his taste... To the best of our knowledge... he is currently conducting no fewer than three other intimate relationships\\
'''Queen Elizabeth II:''' What? With whom?\\
'''Tommy:''' With a Miss Jacqui Chan, an Oriental dancer and singer. With Gina Ward, an actress. And with a Miss Robin Banks, his former assistant.\\
'''Adeane:''' ''(uneasy)'' These, we should add...\\
'''Tommy:''' ''(with aplomb)'' Are just the natural ones.\\
'''Elizabeth II:''' What?

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* The tightroping, When the [[BritishStuffiness extremely surgical way in which proper and formal]] Tommy Lascelles puts tries to delicately explain to the Queen that her future brother-in-law is libertine polyamorist with expansive sexual tastes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VotJR4JQIq8 Tony Amstrong swings both ways, repeatedly]].
-->'''Tommy Lascelles:'''
The discomfort in the room is painfully thick]].
-->'''Tommy:''' As with a great many artists, the conventional approach to life... doesn't appear to fit. It seems that what makes his work notable is his willingness, his appetite, to break barriers and conventions as he pushes his medium, uh photography... I believe, to its boundaries. And, um, as in art, so, it would appear... in life.
-->'''Elizabeth II:''' ''[hesitantly]'' I see...
-->'''Tommy:'''
The narrow path, the straight Christian path straight, ''Christian'' path... is not to his taste... taste. ''[long pause]'' To the best of our knowledge... knowledge, he is currently conducting no fewer than three other intimate relationships\\
'''Queen Elizabeth
relationships.
-->'''Elizabeth
II:''' What? ''[shocked]]'' What? With whom?\\
'''Tommy:'''
whom?
-->'''Tommy:''' ''[handing over photographs]''
With a Miss Jacqui Chan, an Oriental oriental dancer and singer. With Gina Ward, an actress. And with a Miss Robin Banks, his former assistant.\\
'''Adeane:''' ''(uneasy)'' These,
assistant.
-->'''Michael:''' ''[uneasy]'' These...
we should add...\\
'''Tommy:''' ''(with aplomb)'' Are
add... ''[beat]''
-->'''Tommy:''' ...are
just the natural ones.\\
'''Elizabeth II:''' What?
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* A globetrotting Tony has found what that binds things together in his marriage: "absence".

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* A globetrotting Tony has found what that binds things together in his marriage: "absence".
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* A globetrotting Tony has found what that binds things together in his marriage: "absence".
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** Tommy's reacts with a wordless "for crying out loud", dropping the paper and then his glasses, [[HereWeGoAgain obviously saturated]] by this kind of individualistic stunts from a Windsor.

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** Tommy's Tommy Lascelles reacts with a wordless "for crying out loud", dropping the paper and then his glasses, [[HereWeGoAgain obviously saturated]] by this kind of individualistic stunts from a Windsor.
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'''Tommy:''' Martin, I shall leave the drawing of that inescapable conclusssion to you.

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'''Tommy:''' Martin, I shall leave the drawing of that inescapable conclusssion conclusion to you.
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'''Tommy:''' Martin... You were about to interfere beyond your station.

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'''Tommy:''' Martin... You were about to interfere beyond your station.\\
''(Tommy launches into a long, coercive diatribe on why the Queen is safe from media attacks)''\\
'''Martin:''' So I'm worrying unnecessarily?\\
'''Tommy:''' Martin, I shall leave the drawing of that inescapable conclusssion to you.
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-->'''Martin:''' Sir, forgive me if I'm interferring beyond my station... ''([[OhCrap notices Lascelles is also in the room]])'' Tommy...\\

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-->'''Martin:''' Sir, forgive me if I'm interferring interfering beyond my station... ''([[OhCrap ''([[RightBehindMe notices Lascelles is was also in the room]])'' Tommy...\\

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Just one, the other is sleeping ... The two dogs looking is from another scene, Adene's IIRC


* In that same episode, Martin visits Michael Adeane's office with concerns about the Queen's speech. The first thing he sees upon entering, much to his bafflement, is Tommy's two dogs calmly staring at him.
** The two deerhounds resemble Tommy very much, sharing a stern, steely gaze and a decidedly non-sunny disposition.

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* In that same episode, Martin visits Michael Adeane's office with concerns about the Queen's speech. The first thing he sees upon entering, much to his bafflement, is Tommy's two dogs dogs, with one calmly staring at him.
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him. The two deerhounds resemble Tommy very much, sharing a stern, steely gaze and a decidedly non-sunny disposition.disposition.
-->'''Martin:''' Sir, forgive me if I'm interferring beyond my station... ''([[OhCrap notices Lascelles is also in the room]])'' Tommy...\\
'''Tommy:''' Martin... You were about to interfere beyond your station.

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** Not to mention her flabbergasted reaction when Philip bluntly admits without missing a bit that Anne is his favorite out the four children.

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** Not to mention her Her flabbergasted reaction when Philip bluntly admits without missing a bit that Anne is his favorite out the four children.children.
--->'''Elizabeth:''' ''(gasps)'' You said that alarmingly quickly.
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** Not to mention her flabbergasted reaction when Philip bluntly admits that Anne is his favorite out the four children.

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** Not to mention her flabbergasted reaction when Philip bluntly admits without missing a bit that Anne is his favorite out the four children.

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