Edward the King (TV Mini Series)

King at Last (1975)

Richard Vernon: Lord Salisbury

Quotes 

• A.J. Balfour : Now is the time to insist on constitutional reform. He cannot rule in the same way as his mother.

  Lord Lansdowne : Even as Prince of Wales he was light-weight, Prime Minister: undependable.

  A.J. Balfour : Let him wear his fancy dress uniforms and entertain visitors - he's good at that. But he must not interfere in the government.

  Lord Lansdowne : We needn't worry. All he wants is the position and none of the responsibility.

  Lord Salisbury : He certainly wasn't given much training for it.

  A.J. Balfour : Well now he's too old to learn.

  Lord Lansdowne : He must know all the betting's against him - he won't even try.

  Lord Salisbury : Well, we shall soon see.

• Lord Salisbury : We have never found an acceptable basis for an Anglo-German alliance before.

  Lord Esher : The King is convinced of his

  [the Kaiser's] 

  Lord Esher : sincerity. He feels it essential that we join in closer ties with Europe: if we do not, we shall be squeezed out between the United States and Russia before the middle of the century.