Diana Page #4

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We can all be thankful.

As we look forward...

To the future.

Nice one.

What are we gonna do?

Our objective is to protect Hasnat.

So we rubbish the story.

But they'll find out eventually.

Well, we're buying time.

That's what we need, isn't it?

Talk about putting 2 and 2 together,

and making 5.

Not a word, not a word of truth.

Officially, I'm furious.

It's upsetting for Wills and Harry.

Unofficially?

Well, to be honest.

Richard, we're laughing

ourselves silly over this.

For God sake.

What do I look like?

One minute everyone's pointing at me because

I'm sleeping with the Princess of Wales.

Next thing she denies it,

and I'm the hospital joke.

I was just trying to protect you.

Protect?

I knew you'd be upset,

that's why we rubbish the story.

Rubbish?

Yes, good choice of words.

That's exactly what I felt like.

You can't object to being on

the front pages and then...

Complain when I protect you from

looking like Cassanova.

You've blown our cover.

It can be dealt with,

I'm good at handling the press.

Oh, magnificent.

Now I'm clear on what you want.

How could it not had been clear?

I am a surgeon!

I can't work with paparazzi

sticking their cameras in my face.

If you had to put up

what I have to put up with...

Exactly,

I don't have to put up with it.

And I don't want to put up with it.

So what are you saying?

I'm saying there's no future.

The way your life is,

the way my life is.

It's pointless.

Hallo, Dr Khan?

How did you get this number?

We would like to visit you

at the office tomorrow.

How did you get this number?

Can you give me some...

Sonya, it's me.

I'm sorry, I know it's 3.30

in the morning, but...

Can you talk?

I'll never be happy again.

It's the end,

I just know it is.

I know it isn't.

You haven't gone this far

for nothing.

Nobody goes this far

for nothing.

Come...

Good morning, may I speak

to Hasnat Khan please?

He's in the Cardiac Surgical Unit.

Please hold.

Yes I'll hold.

I'm sorry,

Dr Khan's not available.

He's not available?

What do you mean he's not in?

He's in but not available?

Morning, love. Can I have a word

with Dr. Hasnat Khan, please?

He's in the Surgical Unit.

He's very busy now.

Yes, but it's rather urgent.

My name's Rita.

Rita Johnson.

Hasnat, it's me.

Hasnat!

Hasnat!

Hasnat!

I want to say this.

Yes, I've been a mad b*tch.

Yes, I've been a stalker,

and yes most of all...

I put on a crummy Liverpool accent

just to get your attention.

But, I was provoked.

I don't know what to say if I

upset you, that was because...

I don't know,

I was trying to celebrate you...

And protect you at the same time.

Those two things got confused.

But...

I think I have a right to be confuse when

I'm up against a gorgeous creature like you.

Plus...

I'm a Princess.

And I get what I want.

The people have spoken.

I like the way Blair walks,

like he's crossing a bridge.

He's what this country needs.

Yes it is.

But I think we need to

think about beyond this country.

My work is here.

Well, all you need to do

is finish your PhD and then...

We could pretty much live anywhere.

- People...

- People have hearts everywhere.

- Yes, they do.

- Hearts that need repairing?

Exactly.

America...

Australia.

See my point?

If I could just get the boys away

from here for some of the time...

Somewhere warm.

There's been a communication

from my family.

Saying what?

Saying "you are 36, this is beyond the

age when you're expected to marry".

Haven't you escaped all that?

The press coverage stirs things up.

The Phatan men is expected to marry a

woman who will run an extended household.

A woman who will live with her

husband's mother and family.

Someone from within the clan.

And what about you?

What are your feelings?

I want to save people's lives.

Hasnat, I asked about your feelings.

I love you.

But do you want us to be together

in spite all of our problems?

Do you want to make this work?

Yes.

I do.

Then it's time

I meet your family.

Are you serious?

Uh um...

I think I should go there, and they

can get a good look of how I really am.

Okay, then we'll go out there together.

Hasnat, we can't go together.

We'll be on the front page of

every newspaper in the world.

I'll go alone.

Doesn't matter how much you've

charmed the rest of his family...

But mother is the only

one that counts.

She's the key.

Tough nut to crack.

She's an educated woman.

From a generation where such

a thing is rare.

I would say two things.

Don't try to impress her.

And don't imply you're as close to

her son as you're obviously are.

Diana, I'd like to introduce

you to Hasnat's father, Rashid.

- Welcome, my dear.

- Hello.

Now then, Diana...

How good are you with names?

Diana, this is Hasnat's mother,

Naheed.

Lovely to meet you.

Thank you.

Sir Cyril Radcliffe.

An Englishman by that name?

Is given 5 weeks to decide the

fate of 90 million people.

And who advices it?

Mountbatten.

Your former husband's

favorite uncle.

Muslims go one way,

Hindus the other.

6 billion people crossed

the new border.

Inevitably, there are crashes

and massacres.

One million people die.

I was 16.

And I can't forget that.

I'm sorry.

Yes, the English always say

sorry so beautifully.

It's a power cut.

Come on Diana...

Ready?

That was fun.

Diana, I want you to meet Hasnat's

grandmother, Nanny Appa.

Hello.

She says that you are

a young lioness.

You must forgive me.

I can't help saying my piece

about the British.

Now everyone please,

try very hard to relax.

Say cheese.

Cheese!

God, it was magical. It was like a dream

of how life should really be, children and...

Grown up and grandparents living

together, one big family.

You know what your grandmother

called me?

A young lioness.

She's right, as always.

Perhaps that's the future.

Being lions?

No.

Living abroad.

But that's impossible.

My work, your boys.

Yes I know, my boys.

But...

Anything's possible, isn't it?

We just have to make it possible.

Yes.

Yes?

Yes.

Yes?

Yes.

All of us, if we're lucky,

grow old.

But in the future, old people will make a

much larger percentage of the population.

The old, and that will include me,

will be weak.

But we won't be ware. This will be

the final battles of our lives.

And we must fight them, by establishing a

habit of respect for the older generation.

And by keeping our own skills fresh,

so that when we're in our 90s...

We can still be active contributing

members of our communities and families.

Thank you.

Bravo.

Bravo...

- Professor.

- Please, call me Christian.

Christian.

Diana.

I want to tell you something

confidential.

I'm very good at keeping secret

except my own.

I'm in love with a heart surgeon.

He's still finishing

his PhD, but...

I believe he's a man of genius.

What's his training?

He was a favorite pupil

of Victor Chang.

He's now with Professor Yaku.

That's some reference.

I want to marry him.

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