King George IV Coronation 1821
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- 19 July 1821 King George IV's coronation
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Chris Green (The History Chap) tells the story of probably the most extravagant, crass and mad coronation in England's history...
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0:00 Introduction
0:43 The Prince Regent
3:45 The Coronation Procession
6:50. The Coronation Service
8:25. Queen Caroline Arrives
10:09. Canopy Capers
11:38. The Coronation Banquet
12:30 Bill Richmond - the black boxer
14:20. The Kings Champion
15:08. The Party from Hell
17:24 King George IV
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George IV, was the son of King George III and Queen Charlotte.
Since 1811 he had acted as Prince Regent, during his father's incapacity from mental illness (see the film: "The Madness of King George").
Renowned for his extravagance and the huge debts that he ran up, not least building The Royal Pavilion in Brighton.
The coronation ceremony cost over £9.5m in today's money.
The Coronation Day split into 3 parts:
1: The Procession to Westminster Abbey
2: The Coronation Service
3: The Coronation Banquet.
The procession was more like a carnival pageant or gigantic cat walk.
It was led by Miss Fellowes, the Herbwoman and her 6 attendants.
In an ancient tradition they scattered flowers and herbs to ward off pestilence and disease.
The procession entered Westminster Abbey to Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus".
For 5 hours the 57 year old, obese king had to sit in his velvet costume, with his wig and his crown (which weighed 5 pounds).
Poor old George used 19 handkerchiefs to wipe the sweat from his face on that hot summers day!
It was now that one of the most farcical (and embarrassing) moments at an English coronation happened.
Estranged wife Caroline turned up to be crowned Queen.
George was adamant that there was no way she was going to be crowned on his big day…or ever if he had his way.
King George had hired 18 professional (bare knuckle) boxers to act as "bouncers" on his big day.
These boxers included John "Gentleman" Jackson, former champion of England and Bill Richmond, a former slave from America.
With 17 wins from 19 fights, Bill Richmond was probably the very first black sporting superstar in Britain.
And they blocked her entry.
Humiliated, Caroline had to get back into her carriage and head back to her house.
There had been a coronation banquet ever since Richard the Lionheart's coronation in 1194.
But in true George IV style this was the biggest and best…it was also to be the last.
Over 1200 guests were seated at 47 tables in Westminster Hall.
A further 2900 guests watched the proceedings from a raised gallery.
For the very last time in British history, the hereditary King's Champion now entered the hall on horseback and fully suited in armour. Throwing down his gauntlet 3 times he challenged anyone who denied the kings right to wear the crown to fight him.
George IV lived for another 9 years. Upon his death he was succeeded by his brother, William IV. In 1837, when William died, the young daughter of another deceased brother, came to the throne and her name was Victoria…
British tradition meets comedy show!
The Coronation of King George IV, 19th July 1821
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Dear Lord...you can't make these things up... Excellent story of which I had no idea. Thank you very much.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hilarious and so delightfully narrated. Another great job.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
This is great so many funny facts lol
Great story, I liked your fun presentation! There were a few other details I'd heard about elsewhere that added to the ridiculousness of the event: Many of the officials' wives were heard giggling at the sight of their husbands in their flamboyant Tudor costumes, so the overall spectacle must have came across as more burlesque and silly than grand and traditional. It was also said that during the 5-hour ceremony, George apparently nodded off to sleep several times...and was also caught winking at his mistress/es, both of which I imagined happening during the more serious parts. Oh, George!
It's hard to imagine how...uh...voluminous George was with a waistline that big, given that he wasn't very tall. By all descriptions he must have been perfectly spherical!
Thanks for liking my story about George IV's coronation. He was definitely a character (although by most accounts not a particularly nice one).
Did you know George IV, whilst still Prince Regent, opened up the tomb of King Charles the Martyr? The doctor who accompanied him drew a sketch of the head and, though obviously rotted, it was still surprisingly a bit more intact than one would expect. I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s easy to look up.
Strangely enough I didn't know that!
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You can find it on other history channels such as History Calling , the doctor in attendance, I believe desecrated the body by cutting a little off the beared, removing one of the body parts and a tooth, over a century later Edward VII had them returned to the tomb in a casket with a not explaining what they were.
Holy moly, jeez Louse, 55 inch waistline,! 😂😅I am wondering how he did not have more health issues with that kind of weight problem. You captured the madness of the coronation of King George, late to his own ceremony! Too funny 😮😊well done, amigo.
This was perhaps the most iconic and humorous event in British history, I am surprised Benny Hill never did a comedy routine, in my mind, I can hear the theme music playing in my mind! 🤣😂😁
Harry, there would be some Americans, who would be envious of that waistline!
I’d like to hear more about Bill Richmond. Fascinating!
Thanks for that suggestion.
what a wonderfully humourous narration
Glad you enjoyed it.
Sounds like a proper party!
More like a teenage party!
Entertaining as well as informative!! 😊 Thanks !!
Brilliant, Chris - very amusing and nicely told :)
Many thanks Simon. Glad you liked it.
Marvelous!!! Thank You!!!
Glad you enjoyed. Completely mad historical event!
That was brilliant, thanks Chris......
Thanks. Have a great weekend.
Your narrative is so casual and fun… I really enjoy it.
Many thanks
Great story.... brilliantly told.
Thank you.
History is always stranger than fiction
And you don't get stranger than this event!
My dear Sir I completely agree with your assessment. This amusing farce could only be celebrated in Georgian England. Well done Sir. Kudos!
There is a film in there somewhere!
Thank you! This was wonderful. It was interesting, informative, and fun!
It certainly makes more recent coronations look pretty boring!
Loved it Chris hilarious as well as informative
It is comical...and shocking that it really happened. No wonder George IV was pretty unpopular.
@@TheHistoryChap I've just finished watching a series called Prince Regent, he really was a bit of a rat bag
Excellent video!
Thank you.
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Might even do one about the Dutch attack on the English navy in the Medway.
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Great stuff, very amusing.
Farcical.
Hilliarious. Well done, you've made my ⚔night.
I’m glad that you enjoyed my story.
The more I researched the more I laughed too!
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The dinner service was inscribed with the royal cypher and was made by London pewterer Thomas Alderson. Some of these pieces still turn up in salerooms now.
That’s fascinating. Thanks for sharing
The only lasting remnant of this day of excess is the George IV State Diadem, now worn by Her Majesty. It's depicted on every postage stamp, coin and banknote. George IV wore this piece of jewellery, emblematic of the Kingdoms of England, Ireland & Scotland (Rose, Shamrock & Thistle), over his processional head gear to the Abbey before his coronation; no male monarch has worn it since.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share that information and add to my story.
The Duke of Marlborough? and his sons’ costumes (the mock Tudor get-ups) still exist and are on display….
@@annwilliams6438 I didn't know that and it's interesting that to know these costumes still exist.
His coronation robe exists and can be viewed! There’s a short video of this on TH-cam in fact!
@@davidclarke9215 That is good to know because so much was lost as a consequence of the Prince Regent's and latterly George IV's excessive spending; Queen Victoria had a lot undo and repair in respect of the damage done to Royalty in Her Reign - the Prince of Wales didn't help with his philandering.
i am inspired by 240p upload, over 4hrs long, The Kings & Queens of England, the execution bits get me every time. g5, MichiganUSA
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Hi Chris, we in Germany have a saying about some of the houses of high nobility, verrückt wie ein Märzhase i.e. crazy as a march hare. Look at the Welfs today and you know what I mean.....You must be a good man because you have Cornwell on the same book self like Higgins. I keep the same. Stay blessed !Ludwig
He makes very good contemporary comparisons.
Thank you for watching.
A box of blinking frogs? I might have to work that one into my Texan vernacular.
Its a great expression isn't it? Hope you enjoyed the story?
I would love more on Bill Richardson
Yes, he is on my hit list. What an amazing character. He only took up boxing to support his family when he arrived in England.
This was fabulous!!! I'm now a subscriber 😊🎉. Thank you for making this so much fun!!! What a party they had!! Hope Charles and Camilla have better luck than this lot did. 😂
it was totally bonkers! Thanks for the sub.
How ridiculous!! I would not been happy watching people eating then just getting leftovers. What did they do for 5 hours in their costumes. I hope the poor horses behaved themselves. I am sure the government was thrilled with the bill ! I am amazed the throne was able to hold him. Very enjoyable post.
Lesley, you have been so kind making so many positive comments. I'm working my way through them (honest!)
I love the Bennie Hill reference. Hey how about reenacting the whole thing with "yakatee sax" music as the sound track?
Thanks...I've now got that blinking music running through my head...it's going to be a very long day!
As soon as Benny Hill was mentioned, I could hear the music and see the "sped up" shenanigans in my head!
Brilliant! Benny Hill meets Blackadder meets Monty Python and everybody else apparently 😂
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Monty python and blackadder spring to mind🤣🤣
A great film methinks!
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Glad it tickled your fancy!
Chris your stuff is pretty funny. You ever think of being a stand up history comedian?
Tom, I take that as a compliment. It has crossed my mind. Maybe I need to make it happen.
I heard that when George IV was told that that his greatest enemy (Napoleon) was finally dead that year he said, "The Queen?"
Very possibly!
Well that was some party😂😂😂😂😂😂
He certainly knew how to have a good time (normally with somebody else’s money!)
Kilvert's Diary states that the Queen was told that she could come into the Abbey as long as she sat in a back seat which she refused to do. Riot squads were going around one for the King one for the Queen. The King was not really very popular in many parts.
Thanks for sharing.
His father most likely didn't have mental illness but a physical disease called porphyria or was bipolar. Some say the Georges all suffered from depression.
Thanks for sharing
I believe this is how History could be made more interesting in school . Instead of a stuffy headmaster , Maybe John Cleese ? I did see a history series with I believe Terry Gilliam talking about Roman History ? I recently saw a movie called " The Death of Stalin " , which was a riot , check that out ! It must have been something to go through that . A comedy of the History of this event could really be made with all the things that has happened . The quick pace of the King ahead of the guys with the over head sun shield until it turns into an all out run , that British comedian character Bean , playing the Kings champion , the guy with the wood leg unable to get off his horse , maybe have the horse with a wooden leg ? WWF wrestlers as the bouncers keeping the Queen at bay giving her pile drivers and hitting her with folding chairs, the outlandishly long robe , the corset on the King bursting and the King ascending like a hot air balloon until he hits the candles and burst into flames like the Hindenburg , Oh the humanity ! It bogles the mind ? Great story and I can see why it was the last one . Of course we had our moments . I don't think we will allow huge crowds when they count and certify our electoral college votes in the Capital . Great job !
Lonnie, just before Covid lockdowns I did a standup comedy class which culminated in a show in front of over 100 people. Don't think I have ever been so nervous or on such a high!
This is somewhat reminiscent of Andrew Jackson's presidential inauguration a few years after this coronation.
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Man, this definitely does sound like some British farce comedy! How many times did you lose it to laughing and have to reshoot what you were saying?
You've made me chuckle on a cold morning. Thanks.
Id love to know which school you attended as you sound like you were taught by my late history master Mr Jolly. M
I attended that mighty educational establishment, Townsend C of E Secondary school in St. Albans!!!!
@@TheHistoryChap At least it was a church school, but Caroline did not spend most of her time in Brunswick following the separation.
Five hours?! How/when did they use the loo? It must have been agony!
With the manners of the day I wouldn't be at all surprised if some of them relieved themselves in the corners!
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Eewwww!
when Napoleon died The King was told thus "Sir you greatest enemy is dead " he replied by god is SHE ! meaning Queen Caroline
Thanks for sharing Seamus. Made me smile of a cold day.
Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) founded the first new Metropolitan Police Force at Scotland Yard in 1829.
Thank you for sharing that fact.
You're welcome.
Georgie porgie, pudden and pie,
kissed the girls and made them cry.
When the boys came out to play
Georgie porgie ran away.
Beau Brummel "Good God, who is that man's tailor?"
Thanks for sharing.
My coronation was fabulous I know
Oh you are so humble, Sire.
Was Edward VII's coronation postponed because he had emergency surgery?
Appendicitis.
Why the Archbishop of York shouldnt it have been Canterbury???
Michael, my understanding is that the Archbishop of Canterbury places the crown on the monarch's head and another bishop (usually the Archbishop of York) delivers the sermon.
Dear Chap: I heard it said that Caroline was having an affair with an Italian named Mr Piggami. Is this true?
Hi Paul, thanks for your question. I'm not sure who she was having affairs with. I will have a little look into it for you.
@@TheHistoryChap Thanks for your reply.
Even of he didnt like Caroline, he could have been nice enough to let her be crowned queen beside him
Theirs was really a hate-hate relationship!
Try not to imagine the amount of ordure on the streets outside Westminster Abbey; roughly two hundred years ago. Both horse & human, (public privies don't exist: ladies wore long skirts to cover their dignity should they have to squat over a gutter; and imagine the overflow from the heavily patronaged, nearby male sinks, at half decent Public Houses): blimey! And on that grand day, both Commoners & the Gentry had to wade through it in their finest. The stench inside Almighty God's sweet House would have been disgusting; street sweeper's "dust" mixed with perfume & Altar incence. Charming. Those were the days eh. Plenty of pipe tobacco & gin to coverup & wash down the stink. Puke
Stink indeed!
Stone??? What is that? Surely in this day and age we should stick to metric?
Thank you for taking the time to comment.
I’m 65 and I know exactly how a 24 stone man looks but if you put it in metric, I wouldn’t have a clue! And there are MILLIONS more like me!
@@verenamaharajah6082 Yes,there probably are but I really think we should stop living in the stone age.I am 78 and was brought up on that stupid imperial system That was so long ago that I hardly know what a foot is anymore.Yes,when I was in the UK I came across that crazy stone thingy.I wonder what stupid bugger thought that one up?
For more on Geo IV, watch the 1979 tv series “Prince Regent,” it’s on TH-cam.
Gosh, that's a blast from the past!