Jeremy Northam credited as playing...
Anthony Eden
- Queen Elizabeth II: [after Eden briefs her about the ongoing Suez Crisis] Before you go, I do have one or two questions. When you mentioned that the Israelis had launched an attack, you didn't seem surprised.
- Anthony Eden: Why would I seem surprised?
- Queen Elizabeth II: Unless I'm mistaken, the Israeli position has always been that they would, under no circumstances, launch a full-scale attack by themselves for fear of diplomatic isolation. And yet they've gone on to do precisely that, indicating that either they changed their mind, or there'd been some kind of collusion. Have we?
- Anthony Eden: Have we what?
- Queen Elizabeth II: Colluded with Israel? In any way?
- Anthony Eden: Six days ago, this government met with representatives of the French and Israeli governments in a small village on the outskirts of Paris, where a document was signed. The Sèvres Protocol, which outlines plans for a coordinated offensive against Egypt, whereby the Israeli army would attack the Egyptian army near the Suez Canal, thus allowing the intervention of Anglo-French forces.
- Queen Elizabeth II: Who else knows about this?
- Anthony Eden: Individual members of Cabinet. Senior members.
- Queen Elizabeth II: But not Parliament?
- Anthony Eden: No.
- Queen Elizabeth II: Or the United Nations? When does all this begin?
- Anthony Eden: Airstrikes begin tomorrow.
- Queen Elizabeth II: You don't want to give it more time?
- Anthony Eden: No, ma'am. The right thing to do is to go in now and to go in hard. I was right about Mussolini, I was right about Hitler, and I am right about this fella! Do I have your support?
- Queen Elizabeth II: The Prime Minister always has the sovereign's support.