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* TemptingFate: When usurping Eden, Harold Macmillan says there's no justice in politics. He'll find that out himself when he's blamed for the Profumo scandal.
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* HappierHomeMovie: A variation with the Royal Family watching the movies that Philip has sent them from his visit to Antarctica.
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** Prince Philip has to shave off his beard after the Palace pulls him back into line.
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** Prince Philip has to shave off his beard after the Palace pulls him back into line.
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* FriendshipMoment: Philip has to force Mike to resign on the spot, not even waiting a day for decency's sake. Despite this, Philip makes a point of visiting Mike at his home before he leaves for Australia, to let him know how much he valued his friendship.
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** Prince Philip has to shave off his beard after the Palace pulls him back into line, with a telegram detailing even the tie he will wear for his public reuniting with his wife.
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** Prince Philip has to shave off his beard after the Palace pulls him back into line, with a telegram detailing even the tie he will wear for his public reuniting with his wife.line.
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* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Philip has to give Elizabeth more children as his side of the bargain. Mike notes she's always been a touch cold to Charles--the chosen heir who will succeed the Queen on her death and is therefore a reminder of her mortality.
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* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Philip has to give Elizabeth more children as his side of the bargain. Mike notes she's thinks it will do her good to have children she can love, as Elizabeth has always been a touch cold to Charles--the Charles; the chosen heir who will succeed the Queen on her death and is therefore a reminder of her mortality.
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** A telegram from the Palace is sent (not to Philip, but to the Admiral commanding the Britannia) instructing Philip on his public meeting with his wife, even down to making him wear a hat purely so he can remove it as a sign of deference to his wife. It's this kind of petty humiliation that leads Philip to demand his RankUp. Taking orders from the Queen is one thing, but not the 'moustaches' who run the Palace.
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** A telegram from the Palace is sent (not to Philip, but to the Admiral commanding the Britannia) instructing Philip on his public meeting with his wife, even down to making him wear a hat purely so he can remove it as a sign of deference to his wife.deference. It's this kind of petty humiliation that leads Philip to demand his RankUp. Taking orders from Being bossed around by the Queen is one thing, but not the 'moustaches' who run the Palace.
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* CoolCar: Lascelles has a Rolls Royce and driver as a retirement present that [[Fiction500 Queen Elizabeth doesn't even remember giving him]].
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* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Philip has to give Elizabeth more children as his side of the bargain. Mike notes she's always been a touch cold to Charles--the chosen heir who will succeed the Queen on her death and is therefore a reminder of her mortality.
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* AssociationFallacy: The spectre of Wallis Simpson ''again'' raises its ugly head when the newspapers bring it up in relation to rumors of Philip's infidelity.
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* AssociationFallacy: The spectre of Wallis Simpson ''again'' raises its ugly head when the newspapers bring it up in relation to rumors of Philip's infidelity.infidelity, never mind that there's nothing similar about it.
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* AssociationFallacy: The spectre of Wallis Simpson ''again'' raises its ugly head when the newspapers bring it up in relation to rumors of Philip's infidelity.
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* HumiliationConga: Eden's is complete when he returns from Jamaica to find that the Cabinet are against him, forcing him to resign as Prime Minister.
-->'''Elizabeth''': So, I suppose it's only natural that ambitious men, driven men, want to go down in history.
-->'''Anthony Eden''': Or make history by going down.
-->'''Elizabeth''': So, I suppose it's only natural that ambitious men, driven men, want to go down in history.
-->'''Anthony Eden''': Or make history by going down.
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* HumiliationConga: HumiliationConga:
** Eden's is complete when he returns from Jamaica to find that the Cabinet are against him, forcing him to resign as Prime Minister.
-->'''Elizabeth''': --->'''Elizabeth''': So, I suppose it's only natural that ambitious men, driven men, want to go down in history.
-->'''Anthony --->'''Anthony Eden''': Or make history by going down.down.
** A telegram from the Palace is sent (not to Philip, but to the Admiral commanding the Britannia) instructing Philip on his public meeting with his wife, even down to making him wear a hat purely so he can remove it as a sign of deference to his wife. It's this kind of petty humiliation that leads Philip to demand his RankUp. Taking orders from the Queen is one thing, but not the 'moustaches' who run the Palace.
** Eden's is complete when he returns from Jamaica to find that the Cabinet are against him, forcing him to resign as Prime Minister.
** A telegram from the Palace is sent (not to Philip, but to the Admiral commanding the Britannia) instructing Philip on his public meeting with his wife, even down to making him wear a hat purely so he can remove it as a sign of deference to his wife. It's this kind of petty humiliation that leads Philip to demand his RankUp. Taking orders from the Queen is one thing, but not the 'moustaches' who run the Palace.
* QuitYourWhining: Elizabeth makes it clear that divorce is not an option for either of them, so her husband needs to stop complaining and get with the program. However, she asks Philip what he needs to make this bearable. His price is to be made a Prince, so the Queen's retainers will be forced to [[DudeWheresMyRespect treat him with respect]].
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* ShoutOut: Philip supposes that his family would rather watch ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' than his home movies.
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* ShoutOut: RevealingCoverup: Averted when the Queen Mother's suggestion that they fly Philip home at once is rejected for this reason. Instead they simply advance the Queen's reuniting with her husband in Lisbon.
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** Philip supposes that his family would rather watch ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' than his homemovies.movies.
** While photographing Prince Philip, Cecil Beaton quotes from Creator/AlfredTennyson's ''Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington''.
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** Philip supposes that his family would rather watch ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' than his home
** While photographing Prince Philip, Cecil Beaton quotes from Creator/AlfredTennyson's ''Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington''.
