- [Charles has just signed his Instrument of Abdication]
- Charles: It's done. The King is at an end. I will retreat to bed, and when I wake to a new dawn, I'll simply be an old forgotten gardener, who potters round and talks to plants and chuckles to himself. Whilst far away the King and Queen do rule over a golden age of monarchy that bothers no-one, does no good, and is a pretty plastic picture with no meaning!