Scientia Potentia Est

The Queen is seen in a flashback, receiving instruction from a tutor who gives her information on how to be a young lady. There is no math or history or politics. She is informed of the protocols of royalty. When she sits down to eat, she learns that all others must wait for her to take her first bite. When she is at a state dinner, she is only to talk to one person at the table. She is also, for the most part, to keep quiet. This segues into the current world situation, which is accented by the H-bomb tests by the Soviets. Churchill and Eden are both quite ill, Churchill having had a mild stroke, and she not knowing enough about world politics to converse properly. She is also being led by the nose by her secretary, who is filled with his own importance, telling her what is "right." She engages a tutor who is going to give her basic instruction. Eisenhower agrees to come to Buckingham Palace and a state dinner is planned. She knows nothing of Eisenhower and his interests or much about him as a leader. The tutor is instructed to get her up to speed. She suddenly realizes that she can't lead with the cautiousness that she has exhibited to this point. She is in a crisis situation and realizes that somehow her power has been taken over. She wants it back....now.