It also seems like it was the first global television event, certainly the first mass British television event. Every British person I know who was alive at the time was in front of the TV watching it.
Ha ha ha!!! The royal family was abolished in 1649!!! The king was executed and government established!! Whose coronation you were watching I don't know!!! They managed to fool you so easily!! Poor you!!
@@jasminespencer3992no, they were not!!!!! They didn't allow to have their brains altered by such constant propaganda, telling them how superior to the rest of us the " royal" family is!!! My father in law said no one on his street watched it and they played football in the local park during this time, surrounded by hundreds of friends who were watching them play!! Anyone who had any intelligence didn't watch it!!
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I always sympathized with Prince Philip. The queen mother had been warmly welcomed into the Royal family but she didn't appear to extend that generosity to others coming into the family. That was my gut feeling.
Most of the royals are cold to the newcomers. Princess Diana knew that the Queen Mother allowed Charles to use her private castle in Scotland as a secret love nest for himself and Camilla Parker Bowles. She was not always very nice.
@@ritakisil1669 The Queen Mother knew a great deal more than we do - about the times she lived in, and the people she had dealings with. (In any case, the study of History isn’t about sorting people into ‘goodies and baddies’. It’s about learning as much as we can. ) The Queen Mother was thinking of her daughter first of all. She aware of the fact that Elizabeth had never had a boyfriend, had almost never been alone with a young man, and was quite inexperienced when Philip began courting her. Which he did as soon as it was proper. (She was 13 when they first met, he was 17.) Philip had no real money and no country. That beginning may have led to a very happy ending - but you have to understand the Queen Mother’s fears . They were quite reasonable at the time.
@@belindamay8063 i hear you Belinda...a great service to the country, we're only onlookers but in the end, it was a happy union and Prince Philip made Queen E happy
The Queen motber wasn't royal herself at all (her parents were Scottish nobles) but Philip was Royal on both sides of his family- his mother was princess Alice of Battenburg and his father was prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.
His mother wasnt precisely 'royal', but certainly noble. It was some generations since any of her agnatic ancestors ruled in their own right (Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse), and even then would be styled 'Grand Ducal Highness', not 'Royal Highness' or 'Imperial Highness', and as such is not royal. Royal blood, yes, but not in any legal sense inherited. As to his father, he never ruled any country as king, but Philip's grandfather did, but as to whether that could be inherited depends on whos laws and traditions are used. The use of titular 'prince' was continued to Philip, so that seems likely, even when no longer claiming the Kingdoms of Denmark nor Greece.
@@carmen47freixas96 Philips mother was profoundly deaf. She was not well, Freud diagnosed her and she was given x-rays to damage her ovaries so that they ceased to produce oestrogen. In other words a form of female castration! Her husband who was the brother of the King of Greece later ran off to the South of France with his bit on the side. This was all done in I believe Greece, not Britain I will add.
Prince Philip lived and died in the same castle his Mother Princess Alice was born...I believe he died a happy man. RIP , Prince Philip, thank you for your Service. You have left a great legacy in History.
No, I don’t think he’s leaving a “great legacy in History “. He had a cool easy and protected life thanks to the fortune of his wife’s family (as they say in the film) albeit a few frustrations , courtesy of his bitchy mother in law and his 2 steps behind his Queen status.
Everything I watched on Prince Philip since his passing has increased my respect & admiration & unfortunately I can’t say the same for the late Queen Mother
Remember the Queen Mother's two nieces Nerissa and Katherine who were locked up in the Royal Earlswood Hospital with no visits or correspondence? And to think she was the patron of Mencap....
The more one finds out over the years about the Queen Mother, the less likable she is, going back to her treatment of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. She apparently was the single driving factor in that rift lasting as long as it did.
@@cupcakefairy87 I'm no fan of the Queen Mother, but I think it unfair to hold her responsible for that. It was a different era and families were told by doctors in those days to institutionalize family members with mental or intellectual impairments. It was what was done then, even if a family could afford to care for their family member at home.
Thank you I just posted that on another comment and you are so right prince Philip was more royalty than his wife and that queen mother was not she had the audacity to comment on prince Philip who like you said he was royalty from both sides of his family and if his family where not exiled from Greece he would have been the rightful king unlike his wife who became queen by accident not by right as her uncle abdicated
@@athenarockabilly6245 I was about to leave the same comment. The queen mother had no royal blood but walked around looking down her nose at Philip. I think it was about jealousy. Jealous that she was a commoner and Philip was more royal then even her daughter the queen , jealous her daughter was now queen moving the queen mother out of her seat and jealous that the queen had a loyal and faithful man by her side. When people envy you and know you are a better person then them (not just status, but heart and soul) they will do what they can to try to tear you down . I really like Queen Elizabeth and i feel for her. This lady has been tired for a long time.
Philip very very handsome. He has been a very supportive and friendly husband. Queen is very lucky. He has sacrified and adjusted a lot for his wife. 1 in a million gentle man
get real!! he slept around in his good years and the queen who was in love turned a blind eye cause divorce was not an option! i think he is a looser with a macho ego who married money without thinking of the consequences
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth's marriage/life very much mimics that of Queen Victoria. Her husband, Prince Albert, was also called a foreign, German "Prince from Nowhere" who very much modernized the palace after they married. They both had to fight to be something more than just "the Queens husband". Nonetheless, both served with great dignity until their deaths. There are so many similarities between both men. Amazing.
@@TheYeti308 And so they should, the Hanoverians were a dissolute and incompetent bunch who never should have been near the crown of the United Kingdom
Prince Albert as Prince Consort was de facto King because Victoria hadn't a clue about how to be the monarch. He saw the ministers and simply had the Queen sign them. The Prince of Wales is currently de facto Regent although they won't publicly announce the fact.
As an ex Navy man and a Australian, l loved the man and l believe that's why the Queen loved him soo much because he was real and fun loving. May he R.I.P
But he did not love her back and was cheating on her openly with his live in lover, Penny!!! ( any any willing woman in Crathie, Ballater and surrounding area ) Elizabeth knew about it!! They didn't speak for months on end and when queen was asked by a reporter how he is, when he was unwell, she said " I don't ave any idea how he's doing as I haven't seen him or even heard from him on the phone for several months "That was what she'd said in an unguarded moment or maybe deliberately as she was sick and tired of pretending how much in love they were!!
I mean...do YOU know YOUR THIRD cousins? 'Cause I don't know mine. I don't even know if I HAVE any, to be honest. EDIT: Phil and Queenie are third cousins, not second.
My grandchildren know my second cousins ,it seems wrong to marry within ones own family BUT it seems perfectly normal and legal for the royals .! Go figure eh! 🙈🙉🙊 🇬🇧❤️🇨🇦🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 🕊👑☮️💟💛♈️🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
That shows a lot about how snobbish they were. I don’t know how true tv shows like “The Crown” are but if any if it is partly true I am not surprised he got treated like an outsider.
@@snoodledumpling4486. I know you posted this last year. How do you not know if you have second cousins? Your first cousins don't have kids? Cause my first cousins had 47 kids in total. They are my second cousins.
@ 41:59 you see a nun standing behind the queen mother at the coronation. That is Phillip’s mother Princess Alice (Queen Victoria’s granddaughter) who was a Saint in her own right an a beautiful human being. She secretly housed a Jewish family during the Holocaust. God Bless you Princess Alice.
She was deaf, stress out & placed in a mad house by her mother. She was a fantastic human being. Phillip's father was the loser that abandoned the family, ran off with mistresses. Princess Alice was a great woman, she took care of the poor, downtrodden, & orphaned. She could read lips in three languages, despite being deaf.
A Nun, by DEFINITION is a VIRGIN by CHOICE. Kudos for HARBORING REFUGEES. ZERO KUDOS for doing 0 about Bush Family who sent money to fund Russian Revolution EXTERMINATION of MILLIONS and 0 in Brittain DEVIDING Israel into 2 parts, which gave RISE to TERRORISTS in Palestine, which by the way is a term invented by the Romans 20000 yrs. ago.
I have highest respect for Prince Philip. It makes me sad that he was not given any importance or visibility by the Queen mother though he sacrificed a lot . They did not even let his children take his last name. Queen mother was very ambitious when her husband was the King n was jealous of her own daughter becoming the Queen...
After the Queen Mother died, Queen Elizabeth made a legal document to change the surname of her children who are not direct heirs to Windsor-Mountbatten to make room for her husband. Something we all understand. I saw a documentary about that here on youtube.
@@Celisar1 OH my! I hadn't heard! What are your sources? You have to be careful these days! A lot of mal adaptive persons regurgitate what they've heard and just repeat it without ever even researching it! Can you believe anyone could be such a sheep!?! Sheeple! Hahaha.... 🤔 So let me know, so I can do some more research! Hey! Have a wonderful day! Oh! Hey, thanks in advance on this help! 😶
What a handsome man he was and you could still the boyish charm and good looks right into his old age. None of his children had even a quarter of his looks. He was more royal than anyone of them and held an aura of royalty that came before he even married the queen.
Prince Phillip was related to most of the royal houses of Europe. Queen Victoria was his ggggrandmother. Queen Louise of Sweden was his aunt. Empress Alexandra of Russia was his great aunt. Tsar Nicholas was his second cousin. Empress Alexandrovna of Russia was his great aunt. Queen Alexandra of England was his great aunt. King George V of England was his second cousin. King George I of Greece was his grandfather. Princess Marie Bonaparte was his aunt by marriage. Marquis of Milford-Haven was his uncle George. Lord Louis Mountbatten was his uncle. Princess Alice was his mother. And Prince Andrew of Greece his father. Most here were related by family blood. It's a wonder his blood didn't run absolute blue rather than red.
@@andrewoliver8930 MOST HUMANS ARE MORE INBRED THAN THE ROYALS!!!!! From the beginning of history, humans rarely moved more than 5 miles from where they were born. We HAD to marry cousins, since no one else was available. The Royals and the Aristocrats were teh FIRST to know that there was wisdom in increasing the breeding pool. They were able to import or export breeding stock. So STOP being "sniffy" about the Royals. You are basically WRONG!
Prince Philip was an impoverished hanger on. He wanted to be in charge and be the power behind the throne. When he realised that wasn’t going to happen he consoled himself with affairs. He sounded an arrogant and self absorbed individual.
This was all the more hilarious when you realize that the Queen Mother lived up to 102 years old (1900-2002). Can you imagine having to deal with your mother in law for that long. Poor man!
Worse because she was a control freak...Already tried to manipulate the lives of her husband's brothers and effectively her own husband didnt even have much interest in becoming King and she made all necessary arrangements and always pushed him n made all decisions
@@FlySpanishMiss She also controlled the Queen. See how the Queen dresses now her damn mother is no longer around. She should have gone a good twenty years earlier
Philip has always been a stalwart part of the royal family. He's done this country proud, standing by Her Majesty the Queen for all these years. An amazing man - grumpy or not!
He didn't have to marry the Queen, and he didn't have to lose his career, he did it all voluntarily! Prince Philip was an INTEGRAL PART OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY. He was an active working member of the Royal family and he wasn't pushed or shoved about by anyone, he wasn't the type to stand for that. Give him a bit more credit, he was an intelligent, well educated, eloquent Royal who was part of OUR Royal family. His own family were the Greek Royal family who fled Greece after his father's brother, the King of Greece, was overthrown. When he came to England as a child he was sent to Gordonston school in Scotland and grew up more or less penniless. Philip was part of our Royal family for as long as I can remember, I'm 68, and was much loved and respected. He lived a life he wouldn't have been able to had he not married the Queen. He wore the trousers at home.
Like some, she followed only what suited her, when it came to traditions, that is Elizabeth's mother. Possibly Elizabeth wanted her there at the Palace, she was only 25, and probably thought she had much more time before becoming Queen.
She lived in Clarence House, and her castle on the Isle of Mey in Scotland, but have you seen how big Buckingham palace is???? It has probably got a hundred or more staff. Why should she have moved out? She was a Queen too, and a very good Queen at that.
It's amazing to learn the aftermath of Prince Philip. He is a person who had known the makeshifts of childhood being an orphan, he had known misery, war and poverty. May he rest in peace.
I totally get why he became how he did. So much adversity to harden him so young. Small correction - he was only half-orphan. His mum lived till 1969 I believe :) but since she was taken away from him and he was alone so young, I get why you'd call him an orphan :) God rest Philips soul.
The only reasonable, tangible misery he experienced was being banged up in Gordonstoun which was and is like Colditz Castle for children. As to poverty....get a hold of yourself, he has never been short of cash in his life. MILLIONS upon MILLIONS of people suffered in the war including members of my family. I actually rather like Philip and met him a number of times, I can tell you for certain that he'd laugh out loud at some of the rose tinted bilge on this thread.
He was the best husband to Queen 👑. She is so lucky for 70 yrs of marriage. He always.. sacrificed his desires. Sacrificed his surname, career, didn't show EGO at all😭
Call me naive, but every time I go to a funeral, memorial service, or like now, when a famous person dies, I learn so much more about them after they're dead, that it constantly amazes me. There certainly was a lot more to Prince Philip than I ever knew.....born royal, rescued, put in a fruit crate, was homeless, his mother became mentally ill, his father abandoned him, he gave up his royal titles, and married the most significant Queen (monarch) of the 20th or the 21st century, raised a family, for over 70 years. In one sentence in a nutshell.
@@han3572 What else could he do? Greece didn't recognise him and forbade him and his family to enter the country, Denmark was occupied and besides, his Uncle Dickie had already put him into the Royal Navy and therefore he did NOT volunteer.
She became queen when her father died, but wasn’t crowned until a year later at her coronation. I’m from the US so I’m not too sure how those things go
@@heytherejay04 Since way, way back (Henry I?), English (later British) law has been that the crown passes automatically down a specified line of succession. Usually father to son, or father to daughter (if no sons) (yeah, yeah, new law, but that doesn't kick in until William of Cambridge's kids anyway). The coronation is "just" the public recognition of the 'de jure' status of the new monarch, as well as that monarch's public oath to uphold the "laws and customs", etc. In some countries, the succession is NOT automatic, and then you get all sorts of fun things -- civil war, etc.
@@Brandon-mn1cx Because unless the King/Prince married his sister, or a VERY close cousin, with no other relatives between them, his wife is not HIS heir to the throne. It can happen, but the odds are very strongly against it, because so many first cousins would have to marry, and then have only one child, that it is extremely unlikely.
He is still handsome, merely weathered, first beauty retired. His loyalty and integrity are outstanding. I wish we had more film of him exercising his wit. He can be very funny. And I met a fellow once whose aristocratic family were well known to Prince Philip, whose serious interest in the little boy’s happiness in hospital made a huge difference to the boy’s entire family who had been temporarily blighted by politics in West Africa. The account was inspiring because it bore witness to the depths of Prince Philip’s appreciation of the welfare of others.
I've always had a long laugh everytime i hear his jokes...not a loud laugh,but a giggle then a laugh...😄😄😄 he is one of the funniest man in my opinion...
Elizabeth became Queen on 6 February 1952. She was crowned on 2 June 1953. There's always a delay between accession and crowning. A coronation is an enormous and complex event to plan.
He had most of his mother’s qualities, his mother Queen of The Helenics was a supirior person that wistood inhumanities from her mother one of Queen Victorias granddaughter
The myth that Prince Philip somehow wasn't "first class royalty" is bizarre. Unlike Queen Elizabeth, her husband's ancestry is solid bedrock European royalty. Prince Philip is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, Catherine the Great & the Tsars of Russia, the German Kaisers, the Kings of Denmark and Greece and is related to virtually every royal house in Europe including Sweden, Norway, Holland, Romania and Spain. Prince Philip's uncle was Lord Mountbatten a great grandson of Queen Victoria, his Grandmother Victoria of Hesse's sister was the last Empress of Russia, his father Prince Andrew of Greece's first cousins were King George V of England and Nicholas 11 of Russia and his first cousin Princess Marina of Greece was married to the Queen's uncle the Duke of Kent. Forensic scientists even used Prince Philip's DNA to identify the skeletal remains of Russia's last Royal Children. Prince Philip is several times directly related to Queen Elizabeth sharing the same great great grandmother Queen Victoria and great great Grandfather King Christian 1X of Denmark. Queen Elizabeth's great great Grandmother Queen Alexandra of Britain and Prince Philip's grandfather King George I of Greece were brother and sister. Prince Philip was chiefly raised in France, Scotland and in England mostly under the sponsored guardianship of his British uncles the Marquess of Milford Haven and Lord Mountbatten. Prince Philip served in the British Navy throughout World War Two and was no "foreigner" to England.
Cathy Borrege Thank you for educating us... I was just reading about his mother who went to work hands on during world war I and her sad destiny and her years locked away in an asylum by her mother and family. Yes Price Phillip was a true blue royal... And a very handsome man in his youth!
Cathy B, Thank You for stating factual bloodline! I have repeatedly been trying to clarify that Prince Philip & Queen Elizabeth II are both the great great grandchildren of Queen Victoria of England! ❤
Thank you thank you thank you it's so frustrating when these facts get overlooked and are not reported correctly you've put everything down succinctly well done
yes but he was without a penny had a father without country who slept with every woman that could not escape and had a mother that spent quite some tomes in mental asylums just to become a nun in the end ...not quite a picture book family and certainly not first class royal
The Queen Mother seemed jealous of Prince Philip; she no longer could be the primary influence in her daughter’s life and resented that. Her husband was a reluctant king, not meant for that position. She seemed to feel so entitled, so domineering and determined to control.
And her 2nd daughter was the same way, both Leos. The irony that a commoner became Queen Consort because of her brother-in-law's abdication, and one of the snootiest members of the family.
@@MauriceRivers415 King George V and Queen Mary were so keen for Elizabeth to marry their son ,they practically forced the issue. She had turned him down twice before. They really liked her and welcomed her. So why are people denying it ?
Yes I thought so too, when the light caught them they sparkled wonderfully, very eye catching. The Queen does have some magnificent jewellery and I love to see Catherine wearing some of the necklaces and tiaras on loan from the Queen. Catherine looks even more stunning wearing those jewels.
I sometimes just type in Royal Jewels just to look at them. They are so sparkly! I need to look up the history of tiaras and diadems. 🤔🙂 I haveADHD....
I don't think Prince Philip married Queen for her wealth... He was really in love... And he was a stable navy officer.. It's really sad when people always think people marry only for money..
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I met him once at the Brisbane Commonwealth games. I’m sure it was 1982 or so. He was very lovely to all of us who participated in the opening ceremony.Rip Prince Phillip🙏
I love when I watch these videos about Prince Phillip, they always talk about 'who was he' like they didn't know. His mother was a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria and she was born at Windsor Castle. Her mother, Princess Victoria of Hess later became the Marchioness of Milford Haven and she was a well known and beloved member of the family. His father was minor member of the Greek and Danish royal family. He also moved to the UK to live with his Grandmother and Uncle, and had a career in the British Navy. So they knew exactly who he was, they just keep asking that question in these videos for the drama that it adds....
Appreantly Prince Phillip met the Queen before she was even 13, which meant they knew him since he was a child! Love how the documentaries always contradict each other. She apparently feel inlove with him at age 13 but they met at prior family events 💀 ☠ 💀
@@TBWL829 How was England during the '80s? One historical moment I learned was in the year of 1988, Michael Jackson met Princess Diana and Prince Charles just hours away to perform at the Wembley Stadium.
I was there 6th grade to 10th grade living off the military base. My dad was station on two different military bases. So, my view was fun and educational. Our school field trips consist attending live plays, especially at the Shakespeare at Avon. Stonehenge and other places. We learned about the Royal Family, but not The Firm nor the Institution. I wish we would had. My friend went to see Prince, he preform there too. I wasn't there when Michael Jackson performed there in 1988, but his monkey was in quarantine because England was extremely strict of rabies. All animals (including household pets) was quarantine for months before they are release to their owner. My father made sure we travel majority of England. I was part of Hiking team. We hike (2 days) at different location around England. I mean hike up the mountains. Our 10th world cultural teacher made sure we understand the British Politics- Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister. Oh! My goodness...She was a force! I remembered Princess Diana and Prince Andrew wife press coverages. The Good, Bad and the Ugly. My opinion the Royal Family could easily had handle the local press easily this time around due to pass history. I do believe that the Queen and Philip didn't see the racism of the press would had on Megan. The press was like Twitter.
That's more or less true. But always remember that ALL Sottish aristos can trace their ancestry back to Mary Queen of Scots; which includes the Queen Mum. The Dukes of Hamilton, et al, continue to think of themselves as more royal than this German lot. That's fact.
One thing about Queen Elizabeth: she has never embarrassed herself. Which is pretty amazing since she has been in the public eye for 70 years! Very classy.
Oh? There’s quite a few missteps both professionally and personally. She wasn’t close to a perfect queen. In the end, the proof is in the lives of her children.
You're forgetting when she didn't make a statement after Diana got killed? She and the royal family were extremely unpopular after that and she had to actually come up with a public statement in apology. And people forget that they have been very unpopular until she became way older because usually people mellow out around older people. And of course what really made the royal family popular was Harry's dumping on them. People didn't like that
Just one awful example about Queen Elizabeth, and there’s plenty more, her praising the soldiers who opened fire and killed innocent civilians on Bloody Sunday. That was not classy, it was highly embarrassing, and not at all amazing! It was a mean, weak, and desperate thing to do, and heck it only took her about 50 years to see the error of her ways and to apologize for having been so heartless and cruel.
It is possible the Queen Mother was a typical mother in law ie always picking fault with her daughters husband . I think she may have come to terms with the Duke of Edinburgh later in her life when she had a perspective of his contribution to her daughter and the country over many years.
@@annewalden3795 I think her brain was close to being fried by then. She was described as being never quite drunk, never quite sober - and left her daughter the Queen with enormous debts in the millions given her demand to live the life she felt was essential for a queen. Her taste was only for the most expensive champagnes which were ordered by the crate.
@@Rosemary-vf5ei I think you are probably right about the Queen Mother's state of mind and her mental health generally. She died with a huge overdraft which her daughter repaid and obviously Elizabeth supplied the funds to enable William and Harry to inherit substantial sums .
@@annewalden3795 The Queen Mother had set up a separate trust which couldn't be used other than the original purpose - which was to give funds to all of her great grandchildren. I don't know about the others, but William and Harry would receive their funds when they turned 40.
My goodness, the queen mother sounds dangerous! A monster-in-law! She didn't like Diana either. And poor Philip had to put up with her for all these years.
@@jonjonwp Well, she might have blamed Wallis Simpson for the death of George VI since she was one of the reasons Edward VIII abdicated in favour of George VI and it was believed that the stress of being king lead to Bertie's heavy smoking.
@@iceprincess1898 Then the queen mother must also have known Edward threatened suicide if Wallis didn't marry him. She wanted to back out as she realised she would be vilified.
@@jonjonwp You are correct. However Wallis still got the brunt of it and was vilified by the Royals and the British public. The only time in life she was invited back to the UK was to accompany her deceased husband for his burial.
I love that the Queen Mother said Clarence House was to small. It would have been just her living there right? How much room does one older woman need? I did like the Queen Mother but when you hear the way she treated Prince Philip kind of puts a damper on it.
I'll bet you aren't aware that the Queen Mother allowed Charles and Camilla to use her private castle in Scotland as a secret love nest when Charles was married to Diana.
@@merricat3025 No wonder he was always close to his grandmother. She spoiled him with affection when he was a child (due to QE2 being gone all the time), then helped him commit adultery.
@@tomhermens7698 Actually, you're wrong. Through his mother, Philip, was a great-great grandson of Queen Victoria. Through his father, Philip, was a nephew of the King of Greece (he was 6th in the line of succession at the time); he was also through his father, a member of the Danish Royal Family.
It’s good that the coronation was televised. The reality is, despite what the traditionalists thought, the Monarchy had to modernize in order to keep up with the times and remain relevant in a new world that was (and is) constantly changing, and basically survive. Time is change, and everything needs to change with it if it wants to survive.
It's a pity the Queen Mother didn't realise the man Phillip was. Moreover, it should have been more about Elizabeth's happiness and not her prejudice over his German background. It appears she kept her negative opinion about Phillip until she died. What a shame...
A most unusual genetic heritage . Prince Phillip was hardly Greek though . Born on a Greek island that he left when he was about 2 years old . Many of his relatives back in Greece though spoke fluent Greek regarded themselves as Greek orthodox in faith and were totally assimilated into the Greek culture and customs as they ruled in Greece as princes and monarchs . Most of them were originally from Denmark. Phillip may have had German and Russian in him as well . He was certainly a mixture genetically which is why he was so devilishly good looking .
Yes, until it was high time that the so called "monarchy" was kicked out of Greece by Greek sovereigns for good reason. They served their purpose for what it was worth. It was high time, however, that they move on. The concept of Danish, British and German monarchs is a northern European quirk and concept. Greece hasn't had an Emperor since the fall of the Byzantine Empire and they certainly didn't need a Royal family to take them through the 20th century.
Oh, for Pete's sake Andrew, make up a better story. They were NOT descended from Greeks. They did not speak Greek. Philip's grandfather (King George I of Greece) was the SON of King Christian IX of Denmark. George was ALSO the BROTHER of Queen Alexandra (wife of King Edward VII) and great grandmother of the present Queen. They were BLUE-EYED, BLOND LUTHERANS who spoke Danish and English (and provided excellent monarchs or spouses for monarchs). There was NO country of "Germany" until 1871. Philip's ancestors were SCANDINAVIAN not "German." Elizabeth and Philip are DOUBLE cousins; both descended from Queen Victoria and from King Christian IX of Denmark. Christian IX was born in 1818 and Victoria was born in 1819. Christian IX delivered monarchs (or spouses of monarchs) to Denmark, Greece, England, Russia, Poland, Luxembourg, Norway and Spain. If Victoria was the "grandmother" of Europe, Christian was in the running for "grandfather" of Europe.
So many documentaries I have seen gave Queen Elizabeth all the credit for televising the coronation. She was immediately hailed as the modernizer and now I know that was false and Prince Philip deserves all the credit..
It certainly takes a strong person to have had such a crazy start and absent parents, and manage to come out relatively normal. Say what you will about his possible straying, he was otherwise extremely loyal to QE and gave her unequivocal support. May he RIP. 💔
Prince Philip, I found out through Ancestry.com and 23andME was my 5Th cousin on my Mother’s side. I know that it’s a distant connection, but May he Rest in Eternal Peace!!✝️✝️✝️🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@chaoswitch1974 Exactly. Ever wonder why the queen wanted his unwavering loyalty and devotion to be emphasized at his funeral even though Prince Philip himself said he didn't want any eulogy at his funeral? If his wife says his loyalty and devotion to her was unwavering, who are we to say otherwise as if we know the dynamics of their relationship better the couple themselves.
Indeed l Have The Greatest Respect for The Late Prince Philip He loved his Queen He Followed his Duty A MAN of Honour And My greatest Respect only Son Of The King Of Greece Steadfast Strong @And Faithful to Our Greatest Majesty Our Queen God Rest His Soul. Just A Shame About His Eldest Son. Princess Anne Now Definitely Her Fathsrs Daughter And Edward And Sophie A Credit to the Queen And Country Thankyou For Them All who. Have Honoured Our QUEEN And Country And long may She Reign letitia
Prince Philip was handsome. And the queen looked like the attractive Windsors, not like the Bose- Lyons. Unfortunately, the queen's children look like the Bose-Lyons.
How can the Queen's mother say he is a foreigner if they were cousins and had the same grandmother. She doesn't like Germans? Aren't they are Germans as well?
He was to her, The Queen Mother, but she was just as much, she was Scottish you can't say she hated Germans bc her husband's family was mostly German, Danish, Spanish, French, but mostly in the last 2or3 centuries they were mostly German & Prussian & Denmark & Greece thru Prince Phillip thru his Mother Princess Alice of Battenburg and his father Prince Andrew of Greece &Denmark
EXactly! German was a bad word back then, but she lost sight of the fact that there was German blood/heritage from way back/intermarriage of German cousins(Vic/Albert) etc......!
They were 3rd cousins. Queen Victoria was their great, great, great grandmother. Queen Elizabeth is from Queen Vic's son and Prince is from the daughter
This is the only Royal i saw as a high school student in York, close to Yorkminister Cathedral. The Duke was a very handsome man. He definitely was an epitome of Elegance and stood by the Q
He was very handsome. Can you blame those dowdy old women who just wanted to wear their tiaras and give the back-handed wave to the ‘subjects’? Frump SUPREME!!!!
Princess Diana turned out not to be the best thing that happened to the royal family when she wrote books and did an interview about how awful they are.
@@sherryd3299 So what? Who cares. Diana was treated very badly by some of the royal family. Especially by the horrible old queen mother. Diana was certainly better than CowMilla. You talk bad about Diana and you and I will get into a big fight!
@@sherryd3299 They were awful to her. They used her then threw her away. She provided new blood to a narrow family. She should have written about them. She was a lot better person than they were.
Yes, but she should have moved on with her own life and let the Queen 👑 and Prince live theirs. I loved my mother-in-law but there is no way I could live with her for 50 years even in a 750 room Palace.
Very good documentary on their unique family. I can't begin to imagine what their lives are like! They fascinate me due to a distant family connection. I also think the Queen is amazing! Impressive how much she still does at her age.
I think Phillip was right in wanting to modernize the palace. To walk half a mile to send a message? Absolutely ridiculous. I thought Prince Phillip was my least favorite royal but then I looked up all the inappropriate and racist/sexist comments he’s made and he’s absolutely hilarious!!!! Hands down my favorite royal!
He was a product of his time. Many people in those days were racists, classists, and any other-ist you can think of. Not excusing it, it's just the way people thought in those times. I come from Malta, where the Queen and Prince Philip were stationed in his naval days, and he did say some nasty things about us locals- it's pointless flogging a (literally) dead horse. He was simply behaving the way every other royal and nobleman or woman did
@@sarahpitcher4615 I am sorry that you did not understand him and are labeling him according to the stereotype that you are comfortable embracing. In fact, he was MOCKING the stereotypes. He was MOCKING the "forced sensitivity" that he found to be patronizing and inhumane. (I liken it to minorities who actually believe that a foul party, who has treated them badly for over 150 years, now believe that the "Democrats" care for them, so they must vote for Democrats. The SMART minorities knew that the Republicans treated them as equals and never demanded that they be "catered to" because they aren't able to succeed on their own.) IF YOU KNEW the rules he operated under, he was NOT ALLOWED to say, speak, inform, preach, write, or give ANY HINT of how he felt about policy. The "courtiers" and Parliament would have had his neck if he was even accused of setting policy. THE ONLY WAY HE COULD GET A POINT ACROSS was to "make a joke" about it. He did much good with his "jokes." I'm SORRY if you didn't get it and thought he was rude or a racist. That is not even close to truth. He waws one of the most decent, caring and "good" men who ever had to live a life in public, and be silent for 70 years.
Shame, Shame, Shame! You say nothing about Philip being the great grandson of Princess Alice, the daughter of Queen Victoria. Just as the Queen is the great grand daughter of Prince Edward, the son of Queen Victoria. The Queen and Prince Philip are cousins, so he is not some cast off Royal---Philip is descended from the British Royal family just like his wife!!!!
Yes... they all related to each other. 1st cousin married off other Royal then their descendant married back into the family. It's quite strange but.. I am sure that they wanted their own Blue Blood to reign in. Austria, Russia, Scandinavia, Italy and where else can't you dig out, They are not connected to each other.
Prince Philip was the first one to modernize the British Monarchy. Thank God, he had a strong character to put in her place, his mother in law. The Queen mother was the architect of the disastrous marriage between Diana and Charles. Now both of them should be arguing in heaven and God trying to keep peace between them. Prince Philip, a great man (RIP) 👍🌷
Prince Philip the most handsome Prince I've ever seen, he died peaceful, Rest in Peace Prince Philip,Praying you will go to Heaven with the King of King ,Our Lord JESUS!♥
@@athenarockabilly6245 You're right on with your comment Athena. Yes, she was a very jealous, nasty person. It needs to be said in spite of her having been dead for almost 20 years.
Prince Philip was very handsome and intriguing. Strong man. Not the type to say, "Stand Down". The queen's mother...never found her to be beautiful. Round face & plain. German? Say what you will. The British Crown is owned by the Germans.
Ima Mercier all formal royal families and the royals from today in Europe are related to one and other. Including Russia. In the old days one Royal was only allowed to marry an other. It was also a way to expand a kingdom. For example, the Netherlands was once a part off Spain. Read your history before jumping to conclusions
People don’t fight. At the and they have all Russian and German blood in there tree. Read some history books. They read like a novel. Or watch some videos on you tube. The Houses off King Or Queen you see to day you cannot compare with the old days. It was much more violent and they did not marry out off love. Spouses who did not got a son where murdered and traded in for another. They went to war all the time and repressed there citizens. They married the daughters from other Kings to expand there territory. The reason why many countries are now an Republic. Only the House off Kings that managed to adapt and give away there power are still there. I was against it as well but think off this. With an King or Queen at least there is not an change someone like Trump has the change to become an dictator.
You don't know how real Germans look like. Prince Philip looks German and Queen mum wasn't German but Scottish and doesn't look German at all. However, the family of Elisabeth aside from her mother were mostly of German origin.
Prince Philip is a man of honour,second to non.He has seen it all,very calm and tolerant.You will always see him putting his two hands in his back, this I see as a sign of humility.
Actually it's a stance that is taught to people who must stand for long periods of time. Rest your clasped or folded hands at the base of your spine the next time you get tired or your back hurts while standing. The relief is amazing!
I got missed emotions about what happened at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. It was good that Prince Philip 🤴 suggested that the coronation be televised. The Queen Mother and Queen Mary may had a right to say something about how the new young queen should rule. But only to a certain extent. They seemed to not have respect for Queen Elizabeth's choice of marry Philip. She was still a princess at the start of her marriage. But she was a grown woman. She had her own identity and her own mind. She was her own person. He wasn't an abusive husband. As long as she was happy. They should have been happy for her and Philip.
Very nice documentary! I am not British, but have learnt abit on the history of the royal family. The queen mother was really a piece of work! She always seemed like a sweet old lady, but now we learn she was a scheming and savory old lady. Poor prince Phillip. He really had to jump through hoops to matter in that household. Its a good thing he was steadfast in his fight to be recognised, and not ignored. Those coronation outfits look heavy!
I have that same impression too. I remember when she died, and I had no idea she was so unpleasant. Seems the Crown does her justice :( that's not a compliment. Thank GOD ELIZABETH turned out more like her dad x
The Queen Mother loved her husband dearly and was very angered, on his part as he did not want the role of King. He only became King because his brother abdicated. She did, however, take her role as Queen extremely seriously and not least because the King had a very bad stammer which was made worse when he had to speak in public. A very good film to watch is The King's Speech. If this video interests you, you will love The Kings Speech.
@@sherryd3299 She was of the old, that a man was allowed to have a wondering eye, and the wife was to just look the other way. I have this feeling she didn't like Diana very much.
I always got the feeling that Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother was jealous of her daughter’s reign. Obviously she was devastated by her husband’s death, as anyone would be, but I think another part of her was upset at no longer being the main woman in power and in the spotlight.
However, she was not above throwing her weight around in family issues. It is my belief based on things my Scottish grandmother told me, that it was the Queen Mother who required Charles follow the charges of marrying a virgin. Charles was in love with Camilla Shand, but the scuttlebut was that she slept with Charles and others and the Queen Mother forbid the match. My grandmother was the great great granddaughter of a Lady of the Bed Chamber or Dresser…and she spoke with authority! I know the Netflix series substantiated that if I remember correctly. I believe it for many reasons high on my list is her desire to retain power and authority over her daughter. As we know, Charles was able to marry a virgin, Diana, unfortunately, the whole palace thought Diana, because of her upbringing and familiarity with the RF, would accept her husband’s infidelity as many before her had done. After the Queen Mother’s death it permitted Queen Elizabeth II the freedom to permit the marriage. I’m pretty sure it was a topic of conversation after Diana’s untimely demise.
Being lowered from Queen to Queen Mother appeared to be difficult & she continued to live as Queen with her many many new gowns & esp refusing to leave BP when she had other homes that were hers (not owned by the crown) ... Queen Mother enjoyed the prestige of being Queen, living a high society life & living in BP
@@MurielMoore-c4vthe Queen Mother & Baroness Fermoy (Diana's maternal Grandmother) played match maker since Diana fit all the criteria that was so important to Queen Mother ... it was Prince Philip who basically pressured Charles to marry Diana since Charles was getting older & an heir needed to be secured ... he probably hoped that marriage would part Camilla & Charles forever
Yeah: more money than you can spend, royal blood, loving and beautiful wife, 4 children, living a life of comfort and privilege. what horrific circumstances that poor man had to endure.
@@Celisar1 he had a miserable childhood. His parents affectedly abandoned him. His favourite sister died really young. He must have been scarred by all that.
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I’m so glad they televised The coronation. It was such an important moment in time, historical in fact. Great that we can glimpse this ceremony.
It also seems like it was the first global television event, certainly the first mass British television event. Every British person I know who was alive at the time was in front of the TV watching it.
Glimpse how much of the people’s money they spent.
Ha ha ha!!! The royal family was abolished in 1649!!! The king was executed and government established!! Whose coronation you were watching I don't know!!!
They managed to fool you so easily!! Poor you!!
@@jasminespencer3992no, they were not!!!!! They didn't allow to have their brains altered by such constant propaganda, telling them how superior to the rest of us the " royal" family is!!!
My father in law said no one on his street watched it and they played football in the local park during this time, surrounded by hundreds of friends who were watching them play!!
Anyone who had any intelligence didn't watch it!!
Apparently the BBC wanted to televise the 1937 coronation, but it was refused because it might be watched by "people in public houses."
He was witty and handsome in his day.
I can see how the Queen fell in love with him.
😭 every woman will fall in love with him he was so handsome RIP
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Thas nazty! He was her COUSIN...yucky!
Very controversial jokes. Very inappropriate.
Why didn't any of the kids looked like him.
He was much more handsome than his sons and grandsons
Oh yes, the queen was very bonny to, I wonder what happened?
Everybody is.
Age happened
Yes ! He is gorgeous
His grandsons are still good looking. Well, I think they are!
I always sympathized with Prince Philip. The queen mother had been warmly welcomed into the Royal family but she didn't appear to extend that generosity to others coming into the family. That was my gut feeling.
Most of the royals are cold to the newcomers. Princess Diana knew that the Queen Mother allowed Charles to use her private castle in Scotland as a secret love nest for himself and Camilla Parker Bowles. She was not always very nice.
She was an old harridan
Now that you said it, yes, the Queen Mother was not so welcoming
@@ritakisil1669 The Queen Mother knew a great deal more than we do - about the times she lived in, and the people she had dealings with. (In any case, the study of History isn’t about sorting people into ‘goodies and baddies’. It’s about learning as much as we can. ) The Queen Mother was thinking of her daughter first of all. She aware of the fact that Elizabeth had never had a boyfriend, had almost never been alone with a young man, and was quite inexperienced when Philip began courting her. Which he did as soon as it was proper. (She was 13 when they first met, he was 17.) Philip had no real money and no country. That beginning may have led to a very happy ending - but you have to understand the Queen Mother’s fears . They were quite reasonable at the time.
@@belindamay8063 i hear you Belinda...a great service to the country, we're only onlookers but in the end, it was a happy union and Prince Philip made Queen E happy
The Queen motber wasn't royal herself at all (her parents were Scottish nobles) but Philip was Royal on both sides of his family- his mother was princess Alice of Battenburg and his father was prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.
His mother was born in England, his dad was from Danish and German blood.
Princess Alice was an extraordinary woman.
@@gilliscolgan4356 They said that she was mad, only to cover up their evil, she was probably the only sane one.
His mother wasnt precisely 'royal', but certainly noble. It was some generations since any of her agnatic ancestors ruled in their own right (Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse), and even then would be styled 'Grand Ducal Highness', not 'Royal Highness' or 'Imperial Highness', and as such is not royal.
Royal blood, yes, but not in any legal sense inherited.
As to his father, he never ruled any country as king, but Philip's grandfather did, but as to whether that could be inherited depends on whos laws and traditions are used. The use of titular 'prince' was continued to Philip, so that seems likely, even when no longer claiming the Kingdoms of Denmark nor Greece.
@@carmen47freixas96 Philips mother was profoundly deaf. She was not well, Freud diagnosed her and she was given x-rays to damage her ovaries so that they ceased to produce oestrogen. In other words a form of female castration! Her husband who was the brother of the King of Greece later ran off to the South of France with his bit on the side. This was all done in I believe Greece, not Britain I will add.
Prince Philip lived and died in the same castle his Mother Princess Alice was born...I believe he died a happy man. RIP , Prince Philip, thank you for your Service. You have left a great legacy in History.
He was a remarkable man very intelligent. He’ll be sadly missed RIP.
Very supportive handsome husband
I dont miss tyrants and criminals
The stomach jeez
No, I don’t think he’s leaving a “great legacy in History “. He had a cool easy and protected life thanks to the fortune of his wife’s family (as they say in the film) albeit a few frustrations , courtesy of his bitchy mother in law and his 2 steps behind his Queen status.
@@crisgildagarcia993 yes he was a wonderful supportive husband our Queen deserves nothing less...RIP to a great man
Prince Philip was handsome when he was young. Such a good looking prince.
Yes, he was one kind of a man!
Handsome and an honorable man to the end. Prince Philip was truly exemplary as is his wife.
OMGoodness, Yes!! Prince Philip was undoubtedly Gorgeous!!!
I think that he always cut a dashing figure!! The best looking ninety-nine year old man that I have ever seen
@@katherinoday1458 We won't know that for 100 years at least after the death of the Queen when the State Papers are released to the public.
Everything I watched on Prince Philip since his passing has increased my respect & admiration & unfortunately I can’t say the same for the late Queen Mother
Remember the Queen Mother's two nieces Nerissa and Katherine who were locked up in the Royal Earlswood Hospital with no visits or correspondence? And to think she was the patron of Mencap....
Exactly
Thank you
The more one finds out over the years about the Queen Mother, the less likable she is, going back to her treatment of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. She apparently was the single driving factor in that rift lasting as long as it did.
@@cupcakefairy87 I'm no fan of the Queen Mother, but I think it unfair to hold her responsible for that. It was a different era and families were told by doctors in those days to institutionalize family members with mental or intellectual impairments. It was what was done then, even if a family could afford to care for their family member at home.
She would have been better suited working in the palace kitchens. That's why Edward called her cookie.
Philip was more royal than the Queen Mother and even the Queen who was royal through her father. Both Philips parents were royal!
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Queen mother was no beauty
You said it! Yes, Philip was royal on both sides. Queen Elizabeth is not, only her dad was royal. Her mum was a commoner.
Thank you I just posted that on another comment and you are so right prince Philip was more royalty than his wife and that queen mother was not she had the audacity to comment on prince Philip who like you said he was royalty from both sides of his family and if his family where not exiled from Greece he would have been the rightful king unlike his wife who became queen by accident not by right as her uncle abdicated
@@athenarockabilly6245 I was about to leave the same comment. The queen mother had no royal blood but walked around looking down her nose at Philip. I think it was about jealousy. Jealous that she was a commoner and Philip was more royal then even her daughter the queen , jealous her daughter was now queen moving the queen mother out of her seat and jealous that the queen had a loyal and faithful man by her side. When people envy you and know you are a better person then them (not just status, but heart and soul) they will do what they can to try to tear you down . I really like Queen Elizabeth and i feel for her. This lady has been tired for a long time.
Philip very very handsome. He has been a very supportive and friendly husband. Queen is very lucky. He has sacrified and adjusted a lot for his wife. 1 in a million gentle man
get real!! he slept around in his good years and the queen who was in love turned a blind eye cause divorce was not an option! i think he is a looser with a macho ego who married money without thinking of the consequences
@@olavwilhelm6843 Seriously!
@@AmyElizabeth78 yes he did, many times.
@@olavwilhelm6843 probably but he really respected his wife, and served her well.
@@olavwilhelm6843 when and where did he sleep around?
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth's marriage/life very much mimics that of Queen Victoria. Her husband, Prince Albert, was also called a foreign, German "Prince from Nowhere" who very much modernized the palace after they married. They both had to fight to be something more than just "the Queens husband". Nonetheless, both served with great dignity until their deaths. There are so many similarities between both men. Amazing.
I think at times, people forget about the house of Hanover.
@@TheYeti308 And so they should, the Hanoverians were a dissolute and incompetent bunch who never should have been near the crown of the United Kingdom
Prince Albert as Prince Consort was de facto King because Victoria hadn't a clue about how to be the monarch. He saw the ministers and simply had the Queen sign them. The Prince of Wales is currently de facto Regent although they won't publicly announce the fact.
And now Elizabeth is the widow of Windsor, sort of like Victoria, lol
Very true.History does it repeat itself somehow...
As an ex Navy man and a Australian, l loved the man and l believe that's why the Queen loved him soo much because he was real and fun loving. May he R.I.P
But he did not love her back and was cheating on her openly with his live in lover, Penny!!! ( any any willing woman in Crathie, Ballater and surrounding area )
Elizabeth knew about it!! They didn't speak for months on end and when queen was asked by a reporter how he is, when he was unwell, she said " I don't ave any idea how he's doing as I haven't seen him or even heard from him on the phone for several months "That was what she'd said in an unguarded moment or maybe deliberately as she was sick and tired of pretending how much in love they were!!
He was fun loving and I know something about it.
You believe QE loved Prince Philip because you did? That’s presumptuous. I think I just uncovered a love triangle.
Prince Phillip was a handsome man...he was also a great grandchild of Queen Victoria...as is his wife. They treat him as an outsider but he's family!
I mean...do YOU know YOUR THIRD cousins? 'Cause I don't know mine. I don't even know if I HAVE any, to be honest. EDIT: Phil and Queenie are third cousins, not second.
My grandchildren know my second cousins ,it seems wrong to marry within ones own family BUT it seems perfectly normal and legal for the royals .! Go figure eh! 🙈🙉🙊 🇬🇧❤️🇨🇦🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 🕊👑☮️💟💛♈️🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
I know my second and third cousins some of my aunt and uncles have grandchildren and great grandchildren and here I am no kiddos.
That shows a lot about how snobbish they were. I don’t know how true tv shows like “The Crown” are but if any if it is partly true I am not surprised he got treated like an outsider.
@@snoodledumpling4486. I know you posted this last year. How do you not know if you have second cousins? Your first cousins don't have kids? Cause my first cousins had 47 kids in total. They are my second cousins.
@ 41:59 you see a nun standing behind the queen mother at the coronation. That is Phillip’s mother Princess Alice (Queen Victoria’s granddaughter) who was a Saint in her own right an a beautiful human being. She secretly housed a Jewish family during the Holocaust. God Bless you Princess Alice.
she was also a lunatic!! and philip the "first class royal" became prince consort cause of Mountbattens Ambitions
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She was deaf, stress out & placed in a mad house by her mother. She was a fantastic human being. Phillip's father was the loser that abandoned the family, ran off with mistresses. Princess Alice was a great woman, she took care of the poor, downtrodden, & orphaned. She could read lips in three languages, despite being deaf.
Princess Alice was born in Windsor Palace...and died there.
A Nun, by DEFINITION is a VIRGIN by CHOICE.
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Thank goodness the coronation was televised. I saw it as a child in my girlfriend ‘s father’s tv store. This American was thrilled!
I have highest respect for Prince Philip. It makes me sad that he was not given any importance or visibility by the Queen mother though he sacrificed a lot . They did not even let his children take his last name. Queen mother was very ambitious when her husband was the King n was jealous of her own daughter becoming the Queen...
After the Queen Mother died, Queen Elizabeth made a legal document to change the surname of her children who are not direct heirs to Windsor-Mountbatten to make room for her husband.
Something we all understand.
I saw a documentary about that here on youtube.
His legacy, other than his 4 children was to the boys clubs and the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme
@@doloresedwards3346……the D o E Award scheme is absolutely marvellous in what it does for young folk, throughout the Commonwealth………
The queen mother was a hateful old woman.
The queen mother hated duke Mountbatten and refused let that last name be part of the sovereign royals name
he was a perfectly sculptured handsome prince
A gorgeous, Hunk & more impressive than all, a charming, supportive, Christian husband.
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Having affairs and said to dominate at home
@@Celisar1 OH my! I hadn't heard! What are your sources? You have to be careful these days! A lot of mal adaptive persons regurgitate what they've heard and just repeat it without ever even researching it! Can you believe anyone could be such a sheep!?! Sheeple! Hahaha.... 🤔
So let me know, so I can do some more research! Hey! Have a wonderful day! Oh! Hey, thanks in advance on this help! 😶
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@@blueeyes6852 I agree, I think the rumors were "much ado about nothing. "
What a handsome man he was and you could still the boyish charm and good looks right into his old age. None of his children had even a quarter of his looks. He was more royal than anyone of them and held an aura of royalty that came before he even married the queen.
Bull dust. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
Wdym "he was more royal"? He was born a prince of Greece and Denmark, what do you expect? of course he was a royalty.
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William looked much like his grandfather as a young man. Too bad he got bald
Prince Phillip definitely looked like his mother.
I can see glimpses of family resemblance to William.
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Prince Phillip was related to most of the royal houses of Europe. Queen Victoria was his ggggrandmother. Queen Louise of Sweden was his aunt. Empress Alexandra of Russia was his great aunt. Tsar Nicholas was his second cousin. Empress Alexandrovna of Russia was his great aunt. Queen Alexandra of England was his great aunt. King George V of England was his second cousin. King George I of Greece was his grandfather. Princess Marie Bonaparte was his aunt by marriage. Marquis of Milford-Haven was his uncle George. Lord Louis Mountbatten was his uncle. Princess Alice was his mother. And Prince Andrew of Greece his father. Most here were related by family blood. It's a wonder his blood didn't run absolute blue rather than red.
In breeding.
@@andrewoliver8930 MOST HUMANS ARE MORE INBRED THAN THE ROYALS!!!!! From the beginning of history, humans rarely moved more than 5 miles from where they were born. We HAD to marry cousins, since no one else was available. The Royals and the Aristocrats were teh FIRST to know that there was wisdom in increasing the breeding pool. They were able to import or export breeding stock. So STOP being "sniffy" about the Royals. You are basically WRONG!
Prince Philip was an impoverished hanger on.
He wanted to be in charge and be the power behind the throne. When he realised that wasn’t going to happen he consoled himself with affairs.
He sounded an arrogant and self absorbed individual.
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This was all the more hilarious when you realize that the Queen Mother lived up to 102 years old (1900-2002). Can you imagine having to deal with your mother in law for that long. Poor man!
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I’m imagining an 81 year old Philip quipping “finally I can control my own future!”
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Worse because she was a control freak...Already tried to manipulate the lives of her husband's brothers and effectively her own husband didnt even have much interest in becoming King and she made all necessary arrangements and always pushed him n made all decisions
@@FlySpanishMiss She also controlled the Queen. See how the Queen dresses now her damn mother is no longer around. She should have gone a good twenty years earlier
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the best looking Royal couple ever and the Queens gorgeous smile has a sweetness like no other.
I like the Queen but honestly, she was never a beauty
Tsar nicholas and empress alexandra also ❤
@@juliosalazar6924 I don’t know what Philip saw in her. Apart from the obvious. She was future Queen!
@@startracker5895 Exactly
@@juliosalazar6924 I thought she was. Everyone raved about Princess Margaret. I thought the Queen was more beautiful. Just me I guess.
rest in peace, prince philip. thank you for your service to our country & to our queen, we won’t forget you. “grief is the price of love.”🌹🤍🕊
Who's that you're going on about?
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Poor Elizabeth II doesn’t think on her own about how families named themselves.
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Philip has always been a stalwart part of the royal family. He's done this country proud, standing by Her Majesty the Queen for all these years. An amazing man - grumpy or not!
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Agreed! Grumpy or not! I concur, lol. Lord keep him
We won't know any of that for at least 100 years
Sounded like a Classy,Cool and Clever Man.He was Her Rock.
Grumpy? He has a wicked sense of humour!
To lose your career, to be required to walk two steps behind your wife, and do it with good spirit, he was the epitome of a prince.
Well , women have done it for centuries so why is a man any different ?
He admired his wife
He didn't have to marry the Queen, and he didn't have to lose his career, he did it all voluntarily! Prince Philip was an INTEGRAL PART OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY. He was an active working member of the Royal family and he wasn't pushed or shoved about by anyone, he wasn't the type to stand for that. Give him a bit more credit, he was an intelligent, well educated, eloquent Royal who was part of OUR Royal family. His own family were the Greek Royal family who fled Greece after his father's brother, the King of Greece, was overthrown. When he came to England as a child he was sent to Gordonston school in Scotland and grew up more or less penniless. Philip was part of our Royal family for as long as I can remember, I'm 68, and was much loved and respected. He lived a life he wouldn't have been able to had he not married the Queen. He wore the trousers at home.
@@louiseharper7850 I agree with you totally.
Oh my gawd he was a philanderer!
He was not after her money, she found him, head over heels for him.
HRH said I want him.... and that’s what she got.😉She was sassy!
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The Queen mother, having been such a traditionalist should have followed tradition & moved out when her daughter became Queen!!!!
Yeah I know. She was such a drama queen, apparently she cried that Elizabeth was now the head of the family.
The Queen Mother lived at Clarence House.
I have definitely learned things about her that are disappointing and paint a very different picture than I was originally given about her.
Like some, she followed only what suited her, when it came to traditions, that is Elizabeth's mother. Possibly Elizabeth wanted her there at the Palace, she was only 25, and probably thought she had much more time before becoming Queen.
She lived in Clarence House, and her castle on the Isle of Mey in Scotland, but have you seen how big Buckingham palace is???? It has probably got a hundred or more staff. Why should she have moved out? She was a Queen too, and a very good Queen at that.
It's amazing to learn the aftermath of Prince Philip. He is a person who had known the makeshifts of childhood being an orphan, he had known misery, war and poverty. May he rest in peace.
I totally get why he became how he did. So much adversity to harden him so young. Small correction - he was only half-orphan. His mum lived till 1969 I believe :) but since she was taken away from him and he was alone so young, I get why you'd call him an orphan :) God rest Philips soul.
That's not in the least unique, at least he struck the jackpot and ended his life surrounded by doctors in a palace.
And yet he drank babies blood and did god know what with kids
The only reasonable, tangible misery he experienced was being banged up in Gordonstoun which was and is like Colditz Castle for children. As to poverty....get a hold of yourself, he has never been short of cash in his life. MILLIONS upon MILLIONS of people suffered in the war including members of my family. I actually rather like Philip and met him a number of times, I can tell you for certain that he'd laugh out loud at some of the rose tinted bilge on this thread.
@@Veronica-bc6pp Are you insane? Don,t answer, rhetorical question.
He was the best husband to Queen 👑. She is so lucky for 70 yrs of marriage. He always.. sacrificed his desires.
Sacrificed his surname, career, didn't show EGO at all😭
A true role model for all husbands supporting their wives. Respect ❣
Call me naive, but every time I go to a funeral, memorial service, or like now, when a famous person dies, I learn so much more about them after they're dead, that it constantly amazes me. There certainly was a lot more to Prince Philip than I ever knew.....born royal, rescued, put in a fruit crate, was homeless, his mother became mentally ill, his father abandoned him, he gave up his royal titles, and married the most significant Queen (monarch) of the 20th or the 21st century, raised a family, for over 70 years. In one sentence in a nutshell.
Don't forget he chose to serve in the Navy. Served exceptionally during WWII
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@@Hi-xu9xn call me by your name :)
@@han3572 What else could he do? Greece didn't recognise him and forbade him and his family to enter the country, Denmark was occupied and besides, his Uncle Dickie had already put him into the Royal Navy and therefore he did NOT volunteer.
@@teddybirmingham7608 he wasn't conscripted. His mother had been institutionalised and his father was quite preoccupied...
She didn't become queen on the day of her coronation; she became queen in February 1952 when her father died.
The King is dead, Long live the Queen. It's been the law for centuries now.
She became queen when her father died, but wasn’t crowned until a year later at her coronation. I’m from the US so I’m not too sure how those things go
@@heytherejay04 Since way, way back (Henry I?), English (later British) law has been that the crown passes automatically down a specified line of succession. Usually father to son, or father to daughter (if no sons) (yeah, yeah, new law, but that doesn't kick in until William of Cambridge's kids anyway). The coronation is "just" the public recognition of the 'de jure' status of the new monarch, as well as that monarch's public oath to uphold the "laws and customs", etc.
In some countries, the succession is NOT automatic, and then you get all sorts of fun things -- civil war, etc.
But why not his wife
@@Brandon-mn1cx Because unless the King/Prince married his sister, or a VERY close cousin, with no other relatives between them, his wife is not HIS heir to the throne. It can happen, but the odds are very strongly against it, because so many first cousins would have to marry, and then have only one child, that it is extremely unlikely.
He is still handsome, merely weathered, first beauty retired. His loyalty and integrity are outstanding. I wish we had more film of him exercising his wit. He can be very funny. And I met a fellow once whose aristocratic family were well known to Prince Philip, whose serious interest in the little boy’s happiness in hospital made a huge difference to the boy’s entire family who had been temporarily blighted by politics in West Africa. The account was inspiring because it bore witness to the depths of Prince Philip’s appreciation of the welfare of others.
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I've always had a long laugh everytime i hear his jokes...not a loud laugh,but a giggle then a laugh...😄😄😄 he is one of the funniest man in my opinion...
His humour can be quite unkind I’ve seen that in action
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Elizabeth became Queen on 6 February 1952. She was crowned on 2 June 1953. There's always a delay between accession and crowning. A coronation is an enormous and complex event to plan.
He had most of his mother’s qualities, his mother Queen of The Helenics was a supirior person that wistood inhumanities from her mother one of Queen Victorias granddaughter
and hugely expensive fot the taxpayer which has to be paid whether we want these morons or not
The myth that Prince Philip somehow wasn't "first class royalty" is bizarre. Unlike Queen Elizabeth, her husband's ancestry is solid bedrock European royalty. Prince Philip is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, Catherine the Great & the Tsars of Russia, the German Kaisers, the Kings of Denmark and Greece and is related to virtually every royal house in Europe including Sweden, Norway, Holland, Romania and Spain. Prince Philip's uncle was Lord Mountbatten a great grandson of Queen Victoria, his Grandmother Victoria of Hesse's sister was the last Empress of Russia, his father Prince Andrew of Greece's first cousins were King George V of England and Nicholas 11 of Russia and his first cousin Princess Marina of Greece was married to the Queen's uncle the Duke of Kent. Forensic scientists even used Prince Philip's DNA to identify the skeletal remains of Russia's last Royal Children. Prince Philip is several times directly related to Queen Elizabeth sharing the same great great grandmother Queen Victoria and great great Grandfather King Christian 1X of Denmark. Queen Elizabeth's great great Grandmother Queen Alexandra of Britain and Prince Philip's grandfather King George I of Greece were brother and sister. Prince Philip was chiefly raised in France, Scotland and in England mostly under the sponsored guardianship of his British uncles the Marquess of Milford Haven and Lord Mountbatten. Prince Philip served in the British Navy throughout World War Two and was no "foreigner" to England.
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Thank you for educating us...
I was just reading about his mother who went to work hands on during world war I and her sad destiny and her years locked away in an asylum by her mother and family.
Yes Price Phillip was a true blue royal...
And a very handsome man in his youth!
Cathy B,
Thank You for stating factual bloodline! I have repeatedly been trying to clarify that Prince Philip & Queen Elizabeth II are both the great great grandchildren of Queen Victoria of England! ❤
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Thank you thank you thank you it's so frustrating when these facts get overlooked and are not reported correctly you've put everything down succinctly well done
yes but he was without a penny had a father without country who slept with every woman that could not escape and had a mother that spent quite some tomes in mental asylums just to become a nun in the end ...not quite a picture book family and certainly not first class royal
Prince Phillip was a gentleman in the best british way...RIP charming Prince !
Hello how are you doing 😊
Not at all, he was full of inappropriate jokes.
How do you know. Did you know him personally??
You do know he was of Greek and Danish parentage right?
A war hero, yes. A racist, yes. Like everyone a mixed bag.
Prince Philip was definitely handsome but the Queen is gorgeous too
Why is everyone overlooking that? She looks so pretty on her wedding!
Yes, the Queen was such a very beautiful woman.🇬🇧🌹
I think she was beautiful...not pretty but unique
#CalmDown Could it be that people are "praising" bc HIS name is in the TITLE of this video?? 👀 (rhetorical question) 👀
more like a handsome woman
I always thought she was so cute and pretty too
The Queen Mother seemed jealous of Prince Philip; she no longer could be the primary influence in her daughter’s life and resented that. Her husband was a reluctant king, not meant for that position. She seemed to feel so entitled, so domineering and determined to control.
And her 2nd daughter was the same way, both Leos. The irony that a commoner became Queen Consort because of her brother-in-law's abdication, and one of the snootiest members of the family.
@@MauriceRivers415 King George V and Queen Mary were so keen for Elizabeth to marry their son ,they practically forced the issue. She had turned him down twice before. They really liked her and welcomed her. So why are people denying it ?
@@MauriceRivers415 futher irony, she got Queen in her name more than anyone else. Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
To Keep Tradition...
The sparkles on those jewels even in black and white are absolutely stunning👑💎💫
Yes I thought so too, when the light caught them they sparkled wonderfully, very eye catching. The Queen does have some magnificent jewellery and I love to see Catherine wearing some of the necklaces and tiaras on loan from the Queen. Catherine looks even more stunning wearing those jewels.
I sometimes just type in Royal Jewels just to look at them. They are so sparkly! I need to look up the history of tiaras and diadems. 🤔🙂 I haveADHD....
Stolen from other countries!!!
Indeed, he had the looks of an actor of his time.
I don't think Prince Philip married Queen for her wealth... He was really in love... And he was a stable navy officer.. It's really sad when people always think people marry only for money..
Picture Yourself so poor say the same thing. All Prince Philip with The Queen.
If it suits you to think that then on you go. I didn't know the navy had stables
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@@melianna999 He was literally the son of a prince and grandson of a king.
I met him once at the Brisbane Commonwealth games. I’m sure it was 1982 or so. He was very lovely to all of us who participated in the opening ceremony.Rip Prince Phillip🙏
Damn! Philip was fine piece! No wonder Elizabeth fell for him.
@@bigkahuna5477 Phillip was very intelligent and had a great sense of humour which appealed to the then Princess Elizabeth.
Now I have the highest respect and admiration for this former Naval officer about whom I knew so little. RIP.
Prince Philip was so handsome!
At his young ages only!
Because that time he was slowly getting ill and growing old.
I noticed that Harry looks a lot like prince Phillip.
@@oceanbay3690 Not at all.. he was a fine looking man into old age. Not many people reach 99, and look as well as he did....
@@glen7318 At 99 he looked like a satan himself
I love when I watch these videos about Prince Phillip, they always talk about 'who was he' like they didn't know. His mother was a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria and she was born at Windsor Castle. Her mother, Princess Victoria of Hess later became the Marchioness of Milford Haven and she was a well known and beloved member of the family. His father was minor member of the Greek and Danish royal family. He also moved to the UK to live with his Grandmother and Uncle, and had a career in the British Navy. So they knew exactly who he was, they just keep asking that question in these videos for the drama that it adds....
Media CREATES controversy to sustain itself.
Prince Philip did'nt speak a word of Greek
@@hamerjohn .
Thank you, people love drama.
Appreantly Prince Phillip met the Queen before she was even 13, which meant they knew him since he was a child! Love how the documentaries always contradict each other. She apparently feel inlove with him at age 13 but they met at prior family events 💀 ☠ 💀
Lol damn. I'm receiving more history about the Royal Family via TH-cam comments than I ever did in school.
Same.. it's all fascinating
@@nadinecameron7358 lol isn't it though!
Same here. I lived in England in 1983-1987.
@@TBWL829 How was England during the '80s? One historical moment I learned was in the year of 1988, Michael Jackson met Princess Diana and Prince Charles just hours away to perform at the Wembley Stadium.
I was there 6th grade to 10th grade living off the military base. My dad was station on two different military bases.
So, my view was fun and educational. Our school field trips consist attending live plays, especially at the Shakespeare at Avon. Stonehenge and other places. We learned about the Royal Family, but not The Firm nor the Institution. I wish we would had.
My friend went to see Prince, he preform there too. I wasn't there when Michael Jackson performed there in 1988, but his monkey was in quarantine because England was extremely strict of rabies. All animals (including household pets) was quarantine for months before they are release to their owner.
My father made sure we travel majority of England. I was part of Hiking team. We hike (2 days) at different location around England. I mean hike up the mountains.
Our 10th world cultural teacher made sure we understand the British Politics- Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister. Oh! My goodness...She was a force!
I remembered Princess Diana and Prince Andrew wife press coverages. The Good, Bad and the Ugly.
My opinion the Royal Family could easily had handle the local press easily this time around due to pass history. I do believe that the Queen and Philip didn't see the racism of the press would had on Megan. The press was like Twitter.
Prince Phillip was more royal than his mother in law
Indeed. That's why she's clinging way too long to her supposed power.
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He's talking about the Late Queen Mother(his mother in law) not his wife Queen Elizabeth II! ❤
True. She was.
That's more or less true. But always remember that ALL Sottish aristos can trace their ancestry back to Mary Queen of Scots; which includes the Queen Mum. The Dukes of Hamilton, et al, continue to think of themselves as more royal than this German lot. That's fact.
He is more royal than his wife 🙃
If the Royals had not televised the Coronation, that would have been a big mistake.
I agree!!
It was televised because of Prince Philip!!!
The BBC televised the Queens coronation in 1952, it was nothing to do with Prince Phillip.
What planet do some of you come from???
@@louiseharper7850 They gave away these cool mugs. For the coronation.There was a block party. Everyone was invited.
One thing about Queen Elizabeth: she has never embarrassed herself. Which is pretty amazing since she has been in the public eye for 70 years! Very classy.
Oh? There’s quite a few missteps both professionally and personally. She wasn’t close to a perfect queen. In the end, the proof is in the lives of her children.
You're forgetting when she didn't make a statement after Diana got killed?
She and the royal family were extremely unpopular after that and she had to actually come up with a public statement in apology. And people forget that they have been very unpopular until she became way older because usually people mellow out around older people. And of course what really made the royal family popular was Harry's dumping on them. People didn't like that
and daughter Ann was no beauty either
@@prettyaprilgirl6970 Anne is a wise and solid person. Anne should be ruling instead of Charlie.
Just one awful example about Queen Elizabeth, and there’s plenty more, her praising the soldiers who opened fire and killed innocent civilians on Bloody Sunday. That was not classy, it was highly embarrassing, and not at all amazing! It was a mean, weak, and desperate thing to do, and heck it only took her about 50 years to see the error of her ways and to apologize for having been so heartless and cruel.
I’ve seen several documentaries on the Queen mother. Not one person ever said she was a nice person. If I recall she admitted to that fact.
The well-known quote is ‘I’m not as nice as people think.’ As far as I remember. The trouble was she had a naturally sweet face.
@@belindamay8063 that was exactly what she said.👍
On the other hand I can imagine that Prince Philip got along with her quite well after a while.
She was a very nice lady
She was not a very nice lady. She was a terrible person.
Queen mother didn't fancy him, but Prince Philip stood by his daughter's side until the end. RIP dear prince of Greece 💐💐
He was a great man. Rest in peace Duke of Edinburgh. 🌹 🎩
It is possible the Queen Mother was a typical mother in law ie always picking fault with her daughters husband . I think she may have come to terms with the Duke of Edinburgh later in her life when she had a perspective of his contribution to her daughter and the country over many years.
@@annewalden3795 I think her brain was close to being fried by then. She was described as being never quite drunk, never quite sober - and left her daughter the Queen with enormous debts in the millions given her demand to live the life she felt was essential for a queen. Her taste was only for the most expensive champagnes which were ordered by the crate.
@@Rosemary-vf5ei I think you are probably right about the Queen Mother's state of mind and her mental health generally. She died with a huge overdraft which her daughter repaid and obviously Elizabeth supplied the funds to enable William and Harry to inherit substantial sums .
@@annewalden3795 The Queen Mother had set up a separate trust which couldn't be used other than the original purpose - which was to give funds to all of her great grandchildren. I don't know about the others, but William and Harry would receive their funds when they turned 40.
My goodness, the queen mother sounds dangerous! A monster-in-law! She didn't like Diana either. And poor Philip had to put up with her for all these years.
She was also very cruel to Wallis Simpson.
@@jonjonwp Well, she might have blamed Wallis Simpson for the death of George VI since she was one of the reasons Edward VIII abdicated in favour of George VI and it was believed that the stress of being king lead to Bertie's heavy smoking.
@@iceprincess1898 Then the queen mother must also have known Edward threatened suicide if Wallis didn't marry him. She wanted to back out as she realised she would be vilified.
@@jonjonwp You are correct. However Wallis still got the brunt of it and was vilified by the Royals and the British public.
The only time in life she was invited back to the UK was to accompany her deceased husband for his burial.
@@iceprincess1898 She was THE reason he abdicated.
I love that the Queen Mother said Clarence House was to small. It would have been just her living there right? How much room does one older woman need? I did like the Queen Mother but when you hear the way she treated Prince Philip kind of puts a damper on it.
She sounds like a dominating mother who didn't want to give up control
She wanted Marlborough House but Philip said to her, how can you afford to run such a huge house lol
I'll bet you aren't aware that the Queen Mother allowed Charles and Camilla to use her private castle in Scotland as a secret love nest when Charles was married to Diana.
@@sherryd3299 how sweet of her. Helped her grandson commit adultery.
@@merricat3025 No wonder he was always close to his grandmother. She spoiled him with affection when he was a child (due to QE2 being gone all the time), then helped him commit adultery.
Queen Elizabeth II was head over heels check out the thirst at 10:23 the Duke was a handsome man in his day.
ThatJohanna yes! She was very smitten with him!
@array s ikr
array s 😁😀😂whyyyyyyyy.... At least he isn't balding as fast.
ThatJohanna Oh my goodness.. The way she checking him out😍! Thirsty Queen indeed lol.
yes, and she was certainly average looking. Lucky royal girl.
Philip is also descended from Queen Victoria making him more royal than the queen mother
Wrong.
@@tomhermens7698 Actually, you're wrong.
Through his mother, Philip, was a great-great grandson of Queen Victoria. Through his father, Philip, was a nephew of the King of Greece (he was 6th in the line of succession at the time); he was also through his father, a member of the Danish Royal Family.
And?
@@malcolml309 The Danish Royal family were German and the kings of greece changed as often as one changes one's socks.
@@teddybirmingham7608 Fair enough. But that's really beside the point.
Philip, was MORE royalty than the Queen Mother.
The most handsome prince.......
@@melianna999 Any proof please? Because what I know of him is completely different from what you are saying. He was a good man.
It’s good that the coronation was televised. The reality is, despite what the traditionalists thought, the Monarchy had to modernize in order to keep up with the times and remain relevant in a new world that was (and is) constantly changing, and basically survive. Time is change, and everything needs to change with it if it wants to survive.
And there is news reel footage of George VI’s coronation. Cameras were going to be present. Seems a good fit.
The Queen become monarch in 1952, when her father died, not her coronation a year later.
It's a pity the Queen Mother didn't realise the man Phillip was. Moreover, it should have been more about Elizabeth's happiness and not her prejudice over his German background. It appears she kept her negative opinion about Phillip until she died. What a shame...
She didn’t like Germans, unyet her mother and father in law were Germans... what a small minded woman
Not German.
She, the Queen Mother, was herself on her Mothers side of German/Duch ancestry: Bentinck.
Maybe she did realize that and kept his spirits down because he was a threat. She’s a true monster in law 🥴
I’ve heard n read over the years that the Queen Mother wasn’t a very nice person at all. She thought she was above everyone else.
A most unusual genetic heritage . Prince Phillip was hardly Greek though . Born on a Greek island that he left when he was about 2 years old . Many of his relatives back in Greece though spoke fluent Greek regarded themselves as Greek orthodox in faith and were totally assimilated into the Greek culture and customs as they ruled in Greece as princes and monarchs . Most of them were originally from Denmark. Phillip may have had German and Russian in him as well . He was certainly a mixture genetically which is why he was so devilishly good looking .
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Yes, until it was high time that the so called "monarchy" was kicked out of Greece by Greek sovereigns for good reason. They served their purpose for what it was worth. It was high time, however, that they move on. The concept of Danish, British and German monarchs is a northern European quirk and concept.
Greece hasn't had an Emperor since the fall of the Byzantine Empire and they certainly didn't need a Royal family to take them through the 20th century.
His mother became a Greek Orthodox nun in later life.
Oh, for Pete's sake Andrew, make up a better story. They were NOT descended from Greeks. They did not speak Greek. Philip's grandfather (King George I of Greece) was the SON of King Christian IX of Denmark. George was ALSO the BROTHER of Queen Alexandra (wife of King Edward VII) and great grandmother of the present Queen. They were BLUE-EYED, BLOND LUTHERANS who spoke Danish and English (and provided excellent monarchs or spouses for monarchs). There was NO country of "Germany" until 1871. Philip's ancestors were SCANDINAVIAN not "German."
Elizabeth and Philip are DOUBLE cousins; both descended from Queen Victoria and from King Christian IX of Denmark. Christian IX was born in 1818 and Victoria was born in 1819. Christian IX delivered monarchs (or spouses of monarchs) to Denmark, Greece, England, Russia, Poland, Luxembourg, Norway and Spain. If Victoria was the "grandmother" of Europe, Christian was in the running for "grandfather" of Europe.
Hmm,good looking 🤔
So many documentaries I have seen gave Queen Elizabeth all the credit for televising the coronation. She was immediately hailed as the modernizer and now I know that was false and Prince Philip deserves all the credit..
Too bloody bad for the Queen Mum, he was Extraordinarily Gorgeous and Truly Classy!
and she lived to over 100. He must have thought he'd never get rid of her!
The Queen Mother was a meddling old woman.
@@catgladwell5684people with no heart can live for ages😂
It certainly takes a strong person to have had such a crazy start and absent parents, and manage to come out relatively normal. Say what you will about his possible straying, he was otherwise extremely loyal to QE and gave her unequivocal support. May he RIP. 💔
There's zero evidence that he cheated.
Prince Philip, I found out through Ancestry.com and 23andME was my 5Th cousin on my Mother’s side. I know that it’s a distant connection, but May he Rest in Eternal Peace!!✝️✝️✝️🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@chaoswitch1974 Exactly. Ever wonder why the queen wanted his unwavering loyalty and devotion to be emphasized at his funeral even though Prince Philip himself said he didn't want any eulogy at his funeral? If his wife says his loyalty and devotion to her was unwavering, who are we to say otherwise as if we know the dynamics of their relationship better the couple themselves.
No kidding !!!!! People forget what he went through !
Indeed l Have The Greatest Respect for The Late Prince Philip He loved his Queen He Followed his Duty A MAN of Honour And My greatest Respect only Son Of The King Of Greece Steadfast Strong @And Faithful to Our Greatest Majesty Our Queen God Rest His Soul. Just A Shame About His Eldest Son. Princess Anne Now Definitely Her Fathsrs Daughter And Edward And Sophie A Credit to the Queen And Country Thankyou For Them All who. Have Honoured Our QUEEN And Country And long may She Reign letitia
Bless his heart! 2-steps behind the Queen. Rip Prince Phillip🙏🏾
Supporting her over such a long time. Rest in peace Duke of Edinburgh, the most experienced plaque unveiler in the world. 🌹 🎩
I absolutely love that the public loved this man
The queen was so beautiful gorgeous very blast and Prince Philip was a very very handsome man. They’ve both have made a lovely stunning couple ever.
The queen got her beauty from her royal father. Not from her mother the QM. Ugh.
Prince Philip was handsome. And the queen looked like the attractive Windsors, not like the Bose- Lyons. Unfortunately, the queen's children look like the Bose-Lyons.
How can the Queen's mother say he is a foreigner if they were cousins and had the same grandmother. She doesn't like Germans? Aren't they are Germans as well?
He was to her, The Queen Mother, but she was just as much, she was Scottish you can't say she hated Germans bc her husband's family was mostly German, Danish, Spanish, French, but mostly in the last 2or3 centuries they were mostly German & Prussian & Denmark & Greece thru Prince Phillip thru his Mother Princess Alice of Battenburg and his father Prince Andrew of Greece &Denmark
EXactly! German was a bad word back then, but she lost sight of the fact that there was German blood/heritage from way back/intermarriage of German cousins(Vic/Albert) etc......!
They were 3rd cousins. Queen Victoria was their great, great, great grandmother. Queen Elizabeth is from Queen Vic's son and Prince is from the daughter
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The Queen Mother was a Scot
This was so wonderfully told, I can't believe I sat through this, am usually impatient and give up on longer videos.
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This is the only Royal i saw as a high school student in York, close to Yorkminister Cathedral.
The Duke was a very handsome man. He definitely was an epitome of Elegance and stood by the Q
York Minster is the correct title.
why does there seems to be this intense rivalry within a family? having said that Prince Philip is a very handsome man
The Queen Mother was a conservative woman and Prince Philip was someone that is progressive at that time.
@Tanmoy Debnath I hope no one say that after your death.
He was very handsome. Can you blame those dowdy old women who just wanted to wear their tiaras and give the back-handed wave to the ‘subjects’? Frump SUPREME!!!!
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Prince Philip must be soooooo happy that his mother in law had lived for freaking 102 year!!!!!! JESUS CHRIST HAVE MERCY
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I thought the same thing. Lol
LMAO right!?
I think this is the best comment I've seen on any TH-cam site for a long while
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Prince Philip, beside Princess Diana, was the best thing that could happen to the royal family.
Princess Diana turned out not to be the best thing that happened to the royal family when she wrote books and did an interview about how awful they are.
@@sherryd3299 So what? Who cares. Diana was treated very badly by some of the royal family. Especially by the horrible old queen mother. Diana was certainly better than CowMilla. You talk bad about Diana and you and I will get into a big fight!
@@sherryd3299 They were awful to her. They used her then threw her away. She provided new blood to a narrow family. She should have written about them. She was a lot better person than they were.
The Queen mother ruled until George died.She expected to be in charge of her daughters reign,But she had Prince Phillip to contend with.
@ Gillian Till. That is a common myth. Actually, she was afraid of Philip’s overbearing personality vis-a-vis her gentle daughter.
Yes, but she should have moved on with her own life and let the Queen 👑 and Prince live theirs. I loved my mother-in-law but there is no way I could live with her for 50 years even in a 750 room Palace.
@@belindamay8063 She hated Prince Philip because she couldn't control her daughter anymore. She was a terrible old woman.
What a handsome man was Philip!!!, no one looks like him!!!
Mercedes Stephens They have his ears 😂
Certainly they were a good looking couple. What happened with the kids tho esp Charles and Anne. They def didn’t inherit the looks
Well the house of Saxe-Coburg.... I mean Windsor is extremely inbred. They all look bug-eyed like Queen Victoria.
You know two pretty people make ugly babies lol
@@ayjamay lol omg 😀😀
Very good documentary on their unique family. I can't begin to imagine what their lives are like! They fascinate me due to a distant family connection. I also think the Queen is amazing! Impressive how much she still does at her age.
Marta Peterson Womack same.
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Marta Peterson Womack let's hear the distant family connection then..... half the world claims kinship, so make it good.
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I would go absolutely mad, living in a fish bowl like that.
The Hartnall white wardrobe was beautiful, but it looked so old-fashioned, more 1838 than 1938....
I think Phillip was right in wanting to modernize the palace. To walk half a mile to send a message? Absolutely ridiculous. I thought Prince Phillip was my least favorite royal but then I looked up all the inappropriate and racist/sexist comments he’s made and he’s absolutely hilarious!!!! Hands down my favorite royal!
So you like that he was a racist?
He was a product of his time. Many people in those days were racists, classists, and any other-ist you can think of. Not excusing it, it's just the way people thought in those times. I come from Malta, where the Queen and Prince Philip were stationed in his naval days, and he did say some nasty things about us locals- it's pointless flogging a (literally) dead horse. He was simply behaving the way every other royal and nobleman or woman did
@@sarahpitcher4615 I am sorry that you did not understand him and are labeling him according to the stereotype that you are comfortable embracing. In fact, he was MOCKING the stereotypes. He was MOCKING the "forced sensitivity" that he found to be patronizing and inhumane. (I liken it to minorities who actually believe that a foul party, who has treated them badly for over 150 years, now believe that the "Democrats" care for them, so they must vote for Democrats. The SMART minorities knew that the Republicans treated them as equals and never demanded that they be "catered to" because they aren't able to succeed on their own.)
IF YOU KNEW the rules he operated under, he was NOT ALLOWED to say, speak, inform, preach, write, or give ANY HINT of how he felt about policy. The "courtiers" and Parliament would have had his neck if he was even accused of setting policy. THE ONLY WAY HE COULD GET A POINT ACROSS was to "make a joke" about it. He did much good with his "jokes." I'm SORRY if you didn't get it and thought he was rude or a racist. That is not even close to truth. He waws one of the most decent, caring and "good" men who ever had to live a life in public, and be silent for 70 years.
@@cjosborne9430 what do republicans and democrats have to do with the Royal family ?
Better watch out,remember the virus 🤭
Shame, Shame, Shame! You say nothing about Philip being the great grandson of Princess Alice, the daughter of Queen Victoria. Just as the Queen is the great grand daughter of Prince Edward, the son of Queen Victoria. The Queen and Prince Philip are cousins, so he is not some cast off Royal---Philip is descended from the British Royal family just like his wife!!!!
Chattisimo123 cousins? Well that’s interesting. Gross too
Yes... they all related to each other. 1st cousin married off other Royal then their descendant married back into the family. It's quite strange but.. I am sure that they wanted their own Blue Blood to reign in. Austria, Russia, Scandinavia, Italy and where else can't you dig out, They are not connected to each other.
FDR and Elinor were cousins.
princess alice is the grand daughter of queen victoria. prince philip is princess alice's son.
Phillip had royal blood, just not English royal blood.
What a very colorful life.......and the rest is History...RIP Prince Philip......
All. People are Royal!!! Like myself! Cheers from Central America. Guatemala City.
He was not only stunning but a strong man with his own ideas and strength of conviction.
Prince Philip was the first one to modernize the British Monarchy.
Thank God, he had a strong character to put in her place, his mother in law.
The Queen mother was the architect of the disastrous marriage between Diana and Charles.
Now both of them should be arguing in heaven and God trying to keep peace between them.
Prince Philip, a great man (RIP) 👍🌷
Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband tried to modernize the royal family several generations before Philip.
Perfect Pair..Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philipp of Greece!!!!!!!!
Absolutely!♥️♥️
Prince of Greece and Denmark
And how lucky we are to have that video footage!
germany at its best, but i do have to say the present queens father was very handsome. in my opinion.
They definitely had some in common! Both lived a long life !
Prince Philip the most handsome Prince I've ever seen, he died peaceful, Rest in Peace Prince Philip,Praying you will go to Heaven with the King of King ,Our Lord JESUS!♥
Philip was far more royal than the old girl ever was , she was a commoner when she married QE2s father
I see no beauty in the Queen mother... her daughter, however was everything a Queen ought to be...
Yes, Philip was very royal. This is the reason why Queen Elizabeth's mother was so jealous of him.
Perfectly said.
@@renataostertag6051 queen mother seems to be jealous and not a nice person God rest her soul but she came across like that
@@athenarockabilly6245 You're right on with your comment Athena. Yes, she was a very jealous, nasty person. It needs to be said
in spite of her having been dead for almost 20 years.
A heavy responsibility for a woman of twenty five or so
Millions of pounds and an army of servants helped
Queen Bowes-Lyon was worse than a real royal. That she did not move out from the Buckingham Palace to give freedom to Prince Philip was despicable.
They wanted her to move into a palatial mansion with lots of servants.. How dare they!
Thank God, Prince Philip is behind having Queen Elizabeth's coronation. Had he not, we'd not have it on film.
Yes we would
@@teddybirmingham7608 you didn’t watch the video I see
Prince Philip was very handsome and intriguing. Strong man. Not the type to say, "Stand Down". The queen's mother...never found her to be beautiful. Round face & plain. German? Say what you will. The British Crown is owned by the Germans.
Ima Mercier all formal royal families and the royals from today in Europe are related to one and other. Including Russia.
In the old days one Royal was only allowed to marry an other. It was also a way to expand a kingdom.
For example, the Netherlands was once a part off Spain.
Read your history before jumping to conclusions
People don’t fight. At the and they have all Russian and German blood in there tree.
Read some history books. They read like a novel. Or watch some videos on you tube.
The Houses off King Or Queen you see to day you cannot compare with the old days.
It was much more violent and they did not marry out off love.
Spouses who did not got a son where murdered and traded in for another.
They went to war all the time and repressed there citizens.
They married the daughters from other Kings to expand there territory.
The reason why many countries are now an Republic.
Only the House off Kings that managed to adapt and give away there power are still there.
I was against it as well but think off this. With an King or Queen at least there is not an change someone like Trump has the change to become an dictator.
Yes, Germans are good looking people.
You don't know how real Germans look like. Prince Philip looks German and Queen mum wasn't German but Scottish and doesn't look German at all. However, the family of Elisabeth aside from her mother were mostly of German origin.
@Margaret Gust Philip looks like a typical pure German.
Prince Philip is a man of honour,second to non.He has seen it all,very calm and tolerant.You will always see him putting his two hands in his back, this I see as a sign of humility.
But he was a war hero as well as royalty born
Actually it's a stance that is taught to people who must stand for long periods of time. Rest your clasped or folded hands at the base of your spine the next time you get tired or your back hurts while standing. The relief is amazing!
I got missed emotions about what happened at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. It was good that Prince Philip 🤴 suggested that the coronation be televised. The Queen Mother and Queen Mary may had a right to say something about how the new young queen should rule. But only to a certain extent. They seemed to not have respect for Queen Elizabeth's choice of marry Philip. She was still a princess at the start of her marriage. But she was a grown woman. She had her own identity and her own mind. She was her own person. He wasn't an abusive husband. As long as she was happy. They should have been happy for her and Philip.
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Very nice documentary! I am not British, but have learnt abit on the history of the royal family. The queen mother was really a piece of work! She always seemed like a sweet old lady, but now we learn she was a scheming and savory old lady. Poor prince Phillip. He really had to jump through hoops to matter in that household. Its a good thing he was steadfast in his fight to be recognised, and not ignored.
Those coronation outfits look heavy!
I have that same impression too. I remember when she died, and I had no idea she was so unpleasant. Seems the Crown does her justice :( that's not a compliment. Thank GOD ELIZABETH turned out more like her dad x
The Queen Mother loved her husband dearly and was very angered, on his part as he did not want the role of King. He only became King because his brother abdicated. She did, however, take her role as Queen extremely seriously and not least because the King had a very bad stammer which was made worse when he had to speak in public.
A very good film to watch is The King's Speech.
If this video interests you, you will love The Kings Speech.
The Queen Mother allowed Charles and Camilla to use her private castle in Scotland as a secret love nest when Charles was married to Diana.
@@sherryd3299 She was of the old, that a man was allowed to have a wondering eye, and the wife was to just look the other way. I have this feeling she didn't like Diana very much.
@@teresamokua9756 She was jealous of Diana.
He served our queen and country well in his life time thank you sir R!P prince Phillip
I always got the feeling that Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother was jealous of her daughter’s reign. Obviously she was devastated by her husband’s death, as anyone would be, but I think another part of her was upset at no longer being the main woman in power and in the spotlight.
The queen's mother was an insufferable witch...jealoua and domineering!!#
Didnt she always hate goerges brother for abdicating and make them king and queen
However, she was not above throwing her weight around in family issues. It is my belief based on things my Scottish grandmother told me, that it was the Queen Mother who required Charles follow the charges of marrying a virgin. Charles was in love with Camilla Shand, but the scuttlebut was that she slept with Charles and others and the Queen Mother forbid the match. My grandmother was the great great granddaughter of a Lady of the Bed Chamber or Dresser…and she spoke with authority! I know the Netflix series substantiated that if I remember correctly. I believe it for many reasons high on my list is her desire to retain power and authority over her daughter. As we know, Charles was able to marry a virgin, Diana, unfortunately, the whole palace thought Diana, because of her upbringing and familiarity with the RF, would accept her husband’s infidelity as many before her had done. After the Queen Mother’s death it permitted Queen Elizabeth II the freedom to permit the marriage. I’m pretty sure it was a topic of conversation after Diana’s untimely demise.
Being lowered from Queen to Queen Mother appeared to be difficult & she continued to live as Queen with her many many new gowns & esp refusing to leave BP when she had other homes that were hers (not owned by the crown) ... Queen Mother enjoyed the prestige of being Queen, living a high society life & living in BP
@@MurielMoore-c4vthe Queen Mother & Baroness Fermoy (Diana's maternal Grandmother) played match maker since Diana fit all the criteria that was so important to Queen Mother ... it was Prince Philip who basically pressured Charles to marry Diana since Charles was getting older & an heir needed to be secured ... he probably hoped that marriage would part Camilla & Charles forever
My goodness, Prince Philip was so handsome and so intelligent.
This is very normal. 'in-laws' is another word for 'unavoidable headache'
Very normal indeed
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“🤕UNAVOIDABLE HEADACHE” 🤕
Good to know about history!!! Poor Prince Philip May he rest in peace!!!
Yeah: more money than you can spend, royal blood, loving and beautiful wife, 4 children, living a life of comfort and privilege. what horrific circumstances that poor man had to endure.
@@Celisar1 he had a miserable childhood. His parents affectedly abandoned him. His favourite sister died really young. He must have been scarred by all that.
"and the Queen was caught in the middle"
Queen mother: "we blood family must stick together!!"
Prince Philip: "elizabeth and I are blood family... Don't you remember 3rd cousins!?!"
QM:" oh dear..."
You made my Monday! Thank you!
@@kimma508 😂😂😂
That stupid old croaker. What a “See You Next Tuesday.”
@@tomkellycartoons Yes the Queen mother was.