I think Grey got confused between Mont Saint-Michel and St. Michael's Mount. The former is in France, but the latter is in Cornwall, in England. He pictured the French one, but the English one isn't too different in appearance -- except the church on St. Michael's Mount isn't as pointy as the French one.
What's bold here is to assume that the royal family would just be able to claim back the profits of their land after being abolished, as if they currently have private ownership over it
Forgive him, Yank. Wouldn't know an ancient building if he crashed into one. 1900 is ancient there. If it looks like Cinderella's "castle "at Disney, it's a castle.
@Jamie Owns you can try, but they have a lot of fancy expensive stuff to trade with specialist mercenaries to stop you. good luck, cuz if you're coming for royal land, you are going to have trouble paying the army I wouldn't worry about the royals. They're not worried.
Might also have something to do with that America is from there and its deeply tied to their countries history. Other countries don't go to Britain that much, and when we do it's not because of the royal family. Of course I can't speak for everyone, but a bunch of us have our own royal family and know how boring they are.
@@rafaelluna2529 I doubt you've ever listened to hello internet, but that kind of "joke" is very much not Grey's style. He accidentally put the wrong photo in, or misidentified it, he doesn't do misinfo as comedy, and he particularly dislikes people doing it in informative videos.
+William Bushe yeah I'm bilingual (French and English) and always found it utterly hilarious when English kids would use google translate for French presentations and go up to the front of the class and read that crap. They rarely had any idea how dumb they sounded ahaha
"We can't remove the royal family from this position of incredible power they inherited because they have this other position of incredible power they also inherited"
@@goranpersson7726 Assuming this is a comparable situation, which it isn't, because nobody here has tens of millions of pounds in annual income, wouldn't you also do that? Keep enough money to live comfortably and give the rest to whoever needs it more than you. Basic humanity. Anyways this also doesn't address the actual argument, that the royals created their privileged position with no say from the citizen and are using it to justify their other privileged positions. The reasoning in this video hinges on "respecting royal property" which in its inception was actually state property, meaning belonging to the community and handled by the ruler. Changing the definition to mean "owned privately by the queen" does not make their owning justified. Moreso when large parts of "royal" land is national parks and public spaces, which under no circumstance should belong to a single person.
@@dankos2556 and noone ever creates a "privelaged" position by letting others decide if they should be in that position, doesn't mean they didn't earn it by successful getting there
@@goranpersson7726 Precisely my point. If my friends and I beat up a person and steal their money it doesn't mean that it's rightfully mine because I "successfully got there" and that you can't make me give it back. Legally, ethically and morally it should not belong to me or to any of my descendents. No royal family derives its power from the consent and decisions of the citizens, they take a hold of it and retroactively justify it by maintaining and strengthening their power and supporters. It's a cycle, they have power (or lands or whatever they want) because they allow themselves to have it and they do that because they hold the power. It's a system that allows no change to itself and has no right to exist in a country that claims to be democratic.
@@dankos2556 fun little fact, the UK is not a democracy it's a constitutional monarchy.... And before that a feudal monarchy so that's a moot point, also how do you justify taxes? Because for the most part that was about the only thing a king could take from his own subjects because otherwise there would have been civil wars and uprising supported by vassals/people alike to overthrow them which happened. The taxes? Mostly went to keeping the kingdom running (fueling the army, upkeep of fortifications (those castles weren't just a swag place to live but also to protect and house just about everyone living in the local area incase of invasion) and upgrades to industry n the likes) sure a part of it went to the king's personal upkeep but that was usually not that large a part of it. They really weren't all that different from modern politicians.
lucas henrique OMG!!!! The solution why it is 9-2(!!!!!) !! didnt even thought about that! you are correct. now everything comes together. also, what has...3 corners!!!! double confirmed!
As a Spaniard I am wondering if the same thing applies to Spain... but I don't think we get any tourism because of the royal family, it's probably mostly our beaches and clubs that attract them
Marc Latorre It's probably because to Americans, Spain isn't as popular to them. American's came from the UK, and thus find a fascination with the Queen and the rest of the royal family. Americans are not actually taught much about Spain, even in AP World HIstory- most of any royal family they learn about is the UK's royal family. Hence, why if you mentioned that to most Americans, they would most likely act surprised- not even knowing Spain has one.
2:55 I'm 100% sure that it's in France. Saint-Michel Mt. By the way, it alone makes 2 million tourists and 80 million euros profit. France's tourism is in another dimension, rosbif.
Yes, it's Saint-Michel. France also makes about 200 billion euros in annual revenue from tourism, compared to the 120 billion euros Britain makes. But I'd still agree with his estimate of "british castles seem cooler than french ones because they're still in use". It's just a bit hard to compete with Paris, the city of love, you see. Also not a reason to pick such a dickish tone there, pal.
@@alduinfeetpic9250 I didn't want to offend anyone, that "rosbif" was based on a rival-friendship - if that's correct (sorry, English isn't my mother tongue as may already have guessed).
@@bobing1752 I've only seen "rosbif" used to refer to the British once up until now. It was graffiti on British war dead memorials in France, and perhaps you can imagine that not-so-nice things were written around that word. If you meant no offense then it's fine, but from my understanding this is pretty incendiary, or at least preferably used by people who mean to incend. You should perhaps not use it that way anymore. Then again, maybe I don't know full context either. Maybe I was out of line, in which case I apologise. I'm glad you took a step back when you realised you may have crossed a line, and explained you meant no harm instead of doubling down or something. More people should do that, thanks.
@@alduinfeetpic9250 though it’s mostly subjective the numbers don’t lie when it comes to tourists. Bucking ham lags behind Versailles immensely and that makes sense. You can’t enter buckingham and see the queen’s bedroom, 99.9999999% of people who set foot in England will never get within 500 yards of the the royal family. The “novelty” that royals still live in the palace is not a selling point but the main reason why tourist aren’t allowed inside Buckingham palace at all. Versailles on the other hand has its rooms open to tourist and draws in millions more each year. I think out of the many arguments that are halftruths in the video that one there is just a blatant conjecture presented as if it’s fact.
@@druzo5198 Yeah this whole Video was so dishonest and just eucking up all the propaganda about the royals. If anybody wants to know the real cost of the monarchs they should watch Shaun's Video.
Although I found the video very interesting I think there are a couple of factors that aren't taken in. Mainly those not being the real numbers/ possessions of the royal family. If you count all the possesions of the Queen of England worldwide it's benefits are ginormus if i remember correctly, mostly from the commonwealth, taking a share of oil production, etc. I think this would be a very interesting stuff to go in depth, and i would like to compare the European monarchies.
I think he’s just using figures from just the royal lands in the UK alone. But even just using that figure, it’s still a 160 million pound profit for Parliament. 160 million pound is still no joke.
Watch Shaun's rebuttal video to this. Most of the numbers were wrong in this video unfortunately. The royal family costs us a lot more than 40 million.
@@alexanderchristopher6237 Not true. If the monarchy were abolished, that land wouldn't go the former royals. The British Royal Family don't actually own the Crown Estate as private property! That land, and its revenue, belong to the State.
Was about to write the same thing. Claims to show how cool English castles after complaining about French castles but shows a picture of a 1) french 2) not castle.
I think the reason the yanks visit the castles in britain over the ones in france is because it is more convenient to be in a countries which speaks english too. With french and spanish i have found it to be that native speakers there have no incentive to learn english. Why would they? When they can also continue on with their lives using only their languages. And so when tourists from the anglospere come. Many people there dont speak english.
@@zilionis8003 I think he's talking about the willingness (of the mean US American visitor or the mean French citizen) to speak another language than English (or French) - or rather the lack thereof. It's pars pro toto, the monarchs speak English because it's an English speaking country.
Yeah, the revenue of tourism in UK, a monarchy is *145.9 billion GBP* while France, a republic is *170.6 billion GBP.* So, yeah I guess the Theocratic Government doesn't have effect on tourism.
@@aidanquiett668 Nope, does Russia has the most tourist revenue because it has the biggest area? No it doesn't. Though UK has ⅛ of French land, they have almost the same population count.
@@luisandrade2254 i was a tourist and I visited Buckingham Palace, but I didn't do to see the queen and she is never there anyway. I did it for the history and the historic landmark. Those would not vanish if the royal family stopped holding political power or stopped being funded by the tax payer.
Yep, he made a google image search for Saint Michel Mount (in England) but got instead the way more famous and huge Mont Saint Michel in France). That's a huge fail when attempting to proove that english castles are more attractive than french ones.
Technically, that's only the royal family's land by inheritance. You don't have to let them keep it. Heck, the Swedish government once replaced their royal family wholecloth, it's not that much of a stretch just kicking them out and tell them to get a real job. Or work a job promoting the country I guess, but it can't be that much fun.
Yeah sure, but the profits of those lands would go down anyway, because like he said, they attract tourists because they have royals using/living in them. If they were just big government owned mansions with nothing there it'd attract waaay less money for the government. Thereforce kicking them out turns out in a net loss which they don't want
@@captdarkstar3238 Thing is, he says this without evidence (and there is only evidence to the contrary out there from organisations like Visit England), and when if you look at somewhere like France, which gets *far* more tourists than we do, you'll see people go for the buildings, not the people. BTW, Buckingham Palace is often closed to the public *because* the queen is there. So you could easily argue the opposite - that the revenue would go *up* because they could open them all the time. He also assigned all £7bn in tourism to be because of the royal family for some reason, as if London is the only city that exists, and has nothing but the Mall and Buckingham Palace or something.
Well you do. When your parents die, you should inherit their estate. So why should the royals be stripped of theirs? If you believe in stripping the royals of their salary AND lands, you support theft. If you agree with that, then you might as well dissolve parliament and voting for your leaders.
@@azzameentv I mean, taxation is also theft, as is the very institution of private property. The question is what forms of theft are considered socially acceptable and in what kind of circumstances.
@@azzameentv You know, I've seen some logical leaps in my day, but "If you support stripping a single family of the land they gained over centuries of unjust rule and conquest, you support theft, and therefore are against democracy and also the concept of voting" is a unique level of bumbling, careless and inept logic that I don't even really know where to start with.
+realevilcorgi An American ending a YT video with god save the queen. The Founders must be turning in their graves. That said, god save the queen. Republicanism hasn't worked out so well.
They’d be forced to take back their profits? The issue so you assume the crown should keep its private property (a bigger issue in itself) but especially for a privileged class of people who just get to inherit it because at some point their family killed some people.
They can keep their private properties but the crown estates are not their private property. They belong to the crown which for all intents and purposes belongs to the government.
Hah! If only. By the way, if anyone wants to have this video dissected into pieces, watch Shaun's video. The title is "Abolish the Monarchy! - A response to CGP Grey". He published it 7 years later after this video.
The idea that the Queen has no political power sounds pretty damn ludicrous to me. She may not make any direct decisions but she still meets with the PM regularly and other politicians world wide and commands a lot of respect. What she says matters to some people and she certainly has the ability to influence people and possibly even their careers especially when you think about OBE's and the like. How much power does her selecting people to different ranks and structuring parts of British society have?
None at all mate my grandad got an MBE 20 years ago and he still lives the same way today as he did then. And in reference to influencing options, most celebrities world wide are more influential on political opinions by a large margin.
"I take this opportunity to confirm my willingness and intention to continue the tradition of surrendering the hereditary revenues, including the crown estate, to my government for the benefit of all, in return for the sovereign grant, which supports my official duties as head of state and head of nation." - King Charles III, Declaration to the Accession Council, 10 September 2022
***** To be brutally honest, our American stereotype is that of being overweight, dim-witted and overly patriotic to the point of being nearly indoctrinated. (Not that I'm at all saying that that's what you are like).
+The 7th Hold your longbow, I come in peace ! And I learned recently there IS an actual castle/monastery in Cornwalls named Saint Michael's Mount that is almost a clone of OUR Mont St Michel... ... ... ...Seriously, -Britannia- Great Britain ? ^^
This begs the question, why should royals even own that land anyway? Tourists come to see palaces and stuff, not to have tea with the Queen. Like, do you understand the middle ages have ended? What person in their right mind would ever defend Monarchy i the third millenium?
If it were just a question of speaking English, we'd just go to Ireland. They're closer, and we like the Irish more than we like the English. Stop popping out adorable royal babies and hosting fairytale royal weddings and you can kiss American tourist dollars cheerio.
@@jesseberg3271 Tourism to Versailles makes more money than tourism to the UK because of the Royal Family. Need I remind you of what the French did to their king?
@Duncan Whyte We Americans call our country “the land of the free” because our national anthem refers to the US as “the land of the free.” In case you didn’t know, that song was written in 1813, back when we were fighting against Europeans for our freedom. The more you know.
Butthurt is the number one word I'd like to see removed from existence. It's the lamest, laziest, most overused way of addressing someone's opposing viewpoints.
Vajid Ali YEAH! Finally someone who understands! And also fuck BMW while we're at it; all profits belong to the people who work in the plant, not the people who own it! The same with any large company that makes profits that don't go to the workers (all of them)! Down with capitalism; up with communism! On a slightly more serious note. I disagree; I am sure you have guessed why.
Atokasa Take two seconds and Google "most visited castles in the world". Versailles is 2-3 times more than the Tower of London, which is the highest of ALL English tourist attractions.
Make dublin the capital city and make irish gaelic compulsory in schools.Convert everyone to catholicism..Ban Soccer,rugby league and cricket and replace them with the irish games of gaelic football and hurling.And of course the flag well that would have to be green white and orange.
@@umno9830 not want I said. It's not like the land was lawfully gained. It was forcibly taken. Can't say I'd be all that torn up if the government had them hand it over
So basically it would have been in France's best interest to keep Napoleon as emperor, so in 200 years France's tourism would generate an amazing profit.
Joe JJ I know, but let's be honest, as awesome as Napoleon was, at a certain point he was definitely acting *not* in France's best interests, by his constant expansionist attitude and his refusal to make any compromises.
The coalition restored the bourbons to power after Napoleon got defeated. It was in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 when the French got sick and tired of Napoleon III and formed their republic
I don't think that the anger towards the royal family stems from the fact that they earn 40 million from the government yearly, but more so with how they gained those lands through which the government earns 200 mil from. Btw the Palace of Versailles garners more visitors per year than any other UK castle, all without a royal family. My point is that it is hard to discern how much tourism is garnered through the royal family, and certainly not the figure so nonchalantly.
3:46 Actually, the official name for the sovereign state is 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,' but most people are unaware of that.
when he says that Englands castles are awsome and france sucks he shows the french monastrey and castle le mont Saint Michelle Wich is The most popular visitation place in entire france with over 3 million visitors a year. that is What i call irony
The tourist argument is utterly specious. Tourists don't MEET the royals. If the royals didn't exist all the attractions would still be there. There's no pharaohs in Egypt - doesn't hurt the tourist industry, though, does it?
***** Sorry, I don't follow you. I'm not arguing that - the video is. I'm saying the tourists would come anyway if there was no Queen etc. because what the tourists actually visit would still be there, royals or not.
***** I'm saying although there are people that would visit the place anyway, the reason that some people visit in the first place is because of the queen.
***** No, but they go to visit her property and pay to do so. As such, she is (indirectly) responsible for the income tourists provide. If the royal family -- or rather, The Crown - to vanish, her property would be privately sold, and it is highly unlikely that most of the people rich enough to buy them would maintain the "I'll let the government take the profit from this property" deal.
Damian Freeman That's not what happens and there's no reason to think it would in future. The idea that Buckingham Palace might be put up for auction so that a private person or company could own it is impossible and would never be allowed in the UK. The Crown properties would be held in trust by the nation (as is normal for historic properties of special importance, eg. by the National Trust or English Heritage), their character preserved so that the public could continue to enjoy them. It would make no economic sense to sell them - and even if it did there would be no public support to do so.
There was a change in the laws regarding the royals not long after this video was published so they no longer have set fess but increase proportional profits
Honestly when I went to England on vacation, I went there for the Beatles, the old buildings (some castles, some not), the accents and Harry Potter. I visited the royal sites too, but mostly because it just seemed like one of the main attractions that people visit.
It translates to "What the fuck?!" I believe he laughed more at it being surprising, than actually funny. Still, that's a very common Norwegian phrase over the gazillion English ones ("What the fuck" "What the hell "What the heck" and so on) and can, indeed, be rather funny in the right circustanses, such as this - directly destroying my previous thought. Enjoy the ramble. :)
Except for big events, tourists dont go to the uk only to see the royals or anything associated with them. Thats ludicorus. And by the way, france is still number one in the world when it comes to tourists, so their castles must not be too smelly.
yeah but castles and stuff like like that arent the reasons people visit france. people visit france because of its countryside, beaches, food and paris
err.. it was not the only reason I visited London, but I'd be lying if I said the notion of the royal family that is part of the history of thoses places (and things) being still there and reigning was not a major plus. So yeah. To many people, the fact that you still have the royal family is an important detail when choosing to visit.
seleniaactimel I will not deny that it is a very nice, and awfully pretty thing. But it is not in line with the British values of fairness and democracy. It is a relic of something that we as a modern people are striving to move beyond... that god awful class system where people are simply BORN better than others...
"Except for the few surviving commons, the high roads, the lands of the National Trust, a certain number of parks, and the sea shore below high-tide mark, every square inch of England is `owned' by a few thousand families. These people are just about as useful as so many *tapeworms.*" - George Orwell. "The vast majority of the British people have no right whatsoever to their native land save to walk the streets or trudge the roads” - Henry George.
"Except for the few surviving commons, the high roads, the lands of the National Trust, a certain number of parks, and the sea shore below high-tide mark, every square inch of England is `owned' by a few thousand families. These people are just about as useful as so many *tapeworms.* " - George Orwell. "The vast majority of the British people have no right whatsoever to their native land save to walk the streets or trudge the roads” - Henry George
You said “why do they think Frances castles are so stinky and UKs so fancy” or something and as the UK example you showed the French Mont Saint Michelle
Yeah for reasons mostly unrelated to castles and queens. Good weather and good food, nice mountains, lakes, and beaches, and it's easier to get to for most Europeans. Why make the extra effort and cost to come to the grey and dreary UK?
@@MarcoTheGreat2008 but the Palace of Versailles gets way more visitors than any castle in England. Most Americans don't to to the UK for their monarchs, we go there because they speak the same language as us.
The logic of this argument is tantamount to this: Me stealing all your stuff, giving it back to you while demanding a salary from you for the privileged of me initially stealing your stuff. Now that is some fucked up logic in justification for a Royal family
The whole argument of why the queen is profitable is because of the revenue of the royal family lands, forgeting that the reason they own this lands is BECAUSE they are the royal family. If there were no queen, that would be state land and the profit would go to the state anyway
I'm never in favor of the government taking someone's land for profit. in fact the government would make some profit if they take your land how about they take yours too.
If it changed from the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" to the "United Republic of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland", why would it be known as URESWNI? The "United States of America" is usually known as just "America", but also just by its title, "United States"... Just like United Kingdom. Because there are no other places with those titles, at least not in their commonly used name, the titles are treated like the names. So it would go from the "United Kingdom" to the "United Republic".
chiefHunzahua My suggestion would be the Commonwealth of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I don't believe the the UK would use the word Republic, nor do I think it should take a name similar to another nation (like your US suggestion). Alternatively, it may just go with simply 'Great Britain and Northern Ireland', as with our neighbour Ireland. Or maybe the Union if Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Republic is a distinctly un-British word, and I would be greatly opposed to including it in our country's formal name. (Though i'm a monarchist, so this point is fairly moot, i'm happy with UK)
ProMonarchyGenius Are you? I thought you were a royal lickarse, I pity Russia having a despot like him as their leader, oh and fast 'thumbing' yourself up makes you look quite sad.
2:58 is the Tower of London. If that's the one you mean, then it's true that its design is French. It was created by William I, the first king of 'modern' England who famously invaded England in and around 1066.
Cgp was mistaken, the picture in the video is of the French one. But beside having the same name they also look very similar and even a google image search gives pictures of both. So it's easy fore someone who doesn't know one of them to be mistaken. You can tell the French one because the island is more anthropized and the architecture is more developeped (there's no free space left on the island).
it is indeed a picture of Mont Saint-Michel and not St Michael Mount. Though funnily enough they do look similar, have practically the same name and lie on opposite side of each other of the English Channel.
I think it is land that is personally owned by the monarch and passed down by inheritance. You have a point as I think at one point the monarch officially owned the entirety of the UK and sold it to individuals in order to pay debt. Still, ownership is ownership and I think it would be both unpopular and unfeasible to force the monarch to forfeit their ambiguously aquired land.
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I like how the video is so old that there wasn't even a hunger system implemented in Minecraft yet
that just blew my mind
I was there, 3000 years ago...
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Holy moly, that's one hell of an observation 👍
And look at the lava!
I love how you said "why do Americans not like French castles compared to English ones" and compared a French castle with a French castle
Exactly , le mont saint Michel, is a french castle , more specifically in Normandy
That confused me as well honestly
I think Grey got confused between Mont Saint-Michel and St. Michael's Mount. The former is in France, but the latter is in Cornwall, in England. He pictured the French one, but the English one isn't too different in appearance -- except the church on St. Michael's Mount isn't as pointy as the French one.
@@cyberherbalist Yeah, having been to both, st Michael's Mount is no where near as impressive, but still very nice
I was also very confused; I thought it was some kind of joke.
King George III, the guy who lost america and his mind.
But never fear, the rules are here.
And his bowels, apparently.
Lord north was the prime minister
Fliyo MB But never fear, the purple stools are here.
I mean technically parliament lost the colonies....
bold of you to assume government would use excess profit to lower taxes
I would use the world dishonest
What's bold here is to assume that the royal family would just be able to claim back the profits of their land after being abolished, as if they currently have private ownership over it
But they do though
@@daniellittlefield11 they do
@@kms_scharnhorst they also rule over the country legally and still i am pro guillotine
"And the UK's castles are so awesome"
djcfrompt Le Mont-Saint-Michel - a real beautiful place!
Small correction: It is an abbey and not a monastery.
Yes
It’s because there’s a twin monastery of the same name In Cornwall so he probs got the wrong one
Forgive him, Yank. Wouldn't know an ancient building if he crashed into one. 1900 is ancient there. If it looks like Cinderella's "castle "at Disney, it's a castle.
You're missing the amazing opportunity here. The Republic of Wales England Northern Ireland and Scotland, or the Republic of WENIS for short
Lol, there's no way we'd let Wales be first!
Or SWINE for short.
-_-
@Jamie Owns you can try, but they have a lot of fancy expensive stuff to trade with specialist mercenaries to stop you. good luck, cuz if you're coming for royal land, you are going to have trouble paying the army
I wouldn't worry about the royals. They're not worried.
If only a P fits.
grey: the queen is a kitten
also grey: cats are mini tigers just waiting to kill you
What video does he say that in?
@@BogusmanTheSwagman The video on domestication of animals
Explains a lot
why the royale family exist?
popular figurehead
+15 stability
Is this a hoi4 reference?
yes
Why other royal families don't exist:
King Carol ll's life style
Lol, it also look like stelaris reference as well
@@No.no_body king Carol is honestly why i despise playing Romania.
Even though you can get rid of the starting years are very important
I suggest that the reason Britain's castles are more popular than Frances is because English is spoken in Britain.
Might also have something to do with that America is from there and its deeply tied to their countries history. Other countries don't go to Britain that much, and when we do it's not because of the royal family. Of course I can't speak for everyone, but a bunch of us have our own royal family and know how boring they are.
But they aren't. Unless you talk only about Americans, France gets way more tourists than the UK.
@@lavitorroja2632 but he's only talking bout American tourists, not worldwide ones :-)
(Though I didn't look the numbers up)
They aren't though. He just straight up lied.
Agree!
"UK's castles are so awesome" - shows pic of Mont St. Michel in France...
LB that’s the joke
@Kandy Kandy Chill.
I mean, to be fair.. it was founded under the Norman and Anglo-Norman kings
@@rafaelluna2529 I doubt you've ever listened to hello internet, but that kind of "joke" is very much not Grey's style. He accidentally put the wrong photo in, or misidentified it, he doesn't do misinfo as comedy, and he particularly dislikes people doing it in informative videos.
Really original comment, no one has commented this before in the 9 years this video has been out. I guess this video has been completely debunked...
I regret nothing
They'll be back
oh
They’ll remember they belong to me...
Sucker
You’ll remember that I served you well...
Phillip: **dies**
TH-cam: let's recommend British monarchy videos.
i was already wathing those before phillip died
Queen *dies*
who the hell is phillip
@@modkip25 HRH the Duke of Edinburgh
Queen dies
2:54
"France's castles are so boring and stinky and UK's castles are so awesome"
*shows Mont-Saint Michel*
It's actually the toilets in France that stink....oh and most of the people....
*Laughs in Versailles*
@ Well, you cant die from stench, on the other hand It's not unlikely that you would regurgitate your organs if you ate British food.
That is like... the joke
@@heinrichmirgrautsvordir6613 bist du dir sicher, dass es dir nicht vor willy graut?
4:04 Hva fæn means "the fuck?" In norwegian
+Zoidberg Jesus "What the Hell" to Google Translate...
That isn't accurate to my knowledge
Google translate is barely ever accurate...
+William Bushe yeah I'm bilingual (French and English) and always found it utterly hilarious when English kids would use google translate for French presentations and go up to the front of the class and read that crap. They rarely had any idea how dumb they sounded ahaha
dulmater Sometimes they go up there and mutter "the fuck is this" under their breath... I always found that amusing.
Edward VIII: 1936-1936
Hoi4 players: hey I’ve seen this one
"We can't remove the royal family from this position of incredible power they inherited because they have this other position of incredible power they also inherited"
glad to know that if your parents ever got wealthy you would donate the inheritance you got from them to the poor, real inspiring of you
@@goranpersson7726 Assuming this is a comparable situation, which it isn't, because nobody here has tens of millions of pounds in annual income, wouldn't you also do that? Keep enough money to live comfortably and give the rest to whoever needs it more than you. Basic humanity.
Anyways this also doesn't address the actual argument, that the royals created their privileged position with no say from the citizen and are using it to justify their other privileged positions. The reasoning in this video hinges on "respecting royal property" which in its inception was actually state property, meaning belonging to the community and handled by the ruler. Changing the definition to mean "owned privately by the queen" does not make their owning justified. Moreso when large parts of "royal" land is national parks and public spaces, which under no circumstance should belong to a single person.
@@dankos2556 and noone ever creates a "privelaged" position by letting others decide if they should be in that position, doesn't mean they didn't earn it by successful getting there
@@goranpersson7726 Precisely my point. If my friends and I beat up a person and steal their money it doesn't mean that it's rightfully mine because I "successfully got there" and that you can't make me give it back. Legally, ethically and morally it should not belong to me or to any of my descendents.
No royal family derives its power from the consent and decisions of the citizens, they take a hold of it and retroactively justify it by maintaining and strengthening their power and supporters. It's a cycle, they have power (or lands or whatever they want) because they allow themselves to have it and they do that because they hold the power. It's a system that allows no change to itself and has no right to exist in a country that claims to be democratic.
@@dankos2556 fun little fact, the UK is not a democracy it's a constitutional monarchy.... And before that a feudal monarchy so that's a moot point, also how do you justify taxes? Because for the most part that was about the only thing a king could take from his own subjects because otherwise there would have been civil wars and uprising supported by vassals/people alike to overthrow them which happened. The taxes? Mostly went to keeping the kingdom running (fueling the army, upkeep of fortifications (those castles weren't just a swag place to live but also to protect and house just about everyone living in the local area incase of invasion) and upgrades to industry n the likes) sure a part of it went to the king's personal upkeep but that was usually not that large a part of it. They really weren't all that different from modern politicians.
U.R.E.S.W.N.I?
Or S.U.R.E.W.I.N?
Coincidence?
I think not!
or U.R.SW.I.N.E
that are 7 letters, two less than three times three! that surely is no coincidence! illuminati confirmed
Der eine Linus 2 points form a line and what has 3 lines?
lucas henrique OMG!!!! The solution why it is 9-2(!!!!!) !! didnt even thought about that! you are correct. now everything comes together. also, what has...3 corners!!!! double confirmed!
As a Spaniard I am wondering if the same thing applies to Spain... but I don't think we get any tourism because of the royal family, it's probably mostly our beaches and clubs that attract them
Marc Latorre Spain still has a royal family?
Lazy Spark yes, but it makes no profits for spain that I am aware of.
Marc Latorre It's probably because to Americans, Spain isn't as popular to them. American's came from the UK, and thus find a fascination with the Queen and the rest of the royal family. Americans are not actually taught much about Spain, even in AP World HIstory- most of any royal family they learn about is the UK's royal family. Hence, why if you mentioned that to most Americans, they would most likely act surprised- not even knowing Spain has one.
Nicole Shattuck Or it's because you barley or have never seen them on TV.
LAIthAMantis a The worlds tourist's like to come to us - we like to go to Spain.
ah yes..."the living, breathing queen"
Too soon
2:55 I'm 100% sure that it's in France. Saint-Michel Mt. By the way, it alone makes 2 million tourists and 80 million euros profit. France's tourism is in another dimension, rosbif.
Yes, it's Saint-Michel. France also makes about 200 billion euros in annual revenue from tourism, compared to the 120 billion euros Britain makes. But I'd still agree with his estimate of "british castles seem cooler than french ones because they're still in use". It's just a bit hard to compete with Paris, the city of love, you see. Also not a reason to pick such a dickish tone there, pal.
@@alduinfeetpic9250 I didn't want to offend anyone, that "rosbif" was based on a rival-friendship - if that's correct (sorry, English isn't my mother tongue as may already have guessed).
@@bobing1752 I've only seen "rosbif" used to refer to the British once up until now. It was graffiti on British war dead memorials in France, and perhaps you can imagine that not-so-nice things were written around that word. If you meant no offense then it's fine, but from my understanding this is pretty incendiary, or at least preferably used by people who mean to incend. You should perhaps not use it that way anymore.
Then again, maybe I don't know full context either. Maybe I was out of line, in which case I apologise. I'm glad you took a step back when you realised you may have crossed a line, and explained you meant no harm instead of doubling down or something. More people should do that, thanks.
@@alduinfeetpic9250 though it’s mostly subjective the numbers don’t lie when it comes to tourists. Bucking ham lags behind Versailles immensely and that makes sense. You can’t enter buckingham and see the queen’s bedroom, 99.9999999% of people who set foot in England will never get within 500 yards of the the royal family. The “novelty” that royals still live in the palace is not a selling point but the main reason why tourist aren’t allowed inside Buckingham palace at all.
Versailles on the other hand has its rooms open to tourist and draws in millions more each year.
I think out of the many arguments that are halftruths in the video that one there is just a blatant conjecture presented as if it’s fact.
@@druzo5198 Yeah this whole Video was so dishonest and just eucking up all the propaganda about the royals.
If anybody wants to know the real cost of the monarchs they should watch Shaun's Video.
I'm British and I never realised coins made a shield
OMG
Nah
Tahia Towhidul yeah those ones do.
Tahia Towhidul British? Hah
Ye I never realised, and apparently no one else in my family knew either
It's called a coat of arms not a shield.
Lol Samw
The yank picture was the most stereotypical thing iv'e ever seen, and also the most representative.
When speaking of taking things seriously ;)
AMERICA FUCK YAAA!
The person who put together the video must have recently walked through the neighborhood Walmart!
Han Nelson better watch it we got the biggest and most powerful army in world 🤠🤠🤠
hondo ohnaka productions I think Putin wants a word with you.
As a non-British, I do in fact visit Britain for the sparkly queen dust on every meter of the road
Yes, I also want the queen to turn to sparkly dust and pave the road with her remains
This comment has aged poorly
Although I found the video very interesting I think there are a couple of factors that aren't taken in. Mainly those not being the real numbers/ possessions of the royal family. If you count all the possesions of the Queen of England worldwide it's benefits are ginormus if i remember correctly, mostly from the commonwealth, taking a share of oil production, etc. I think this would be a very interesting stuff to go in depth, and i would like to compare the European monarchies.
I think he’s just using figures from just the royal lands in the UK alone.
But even just using that figure, it’s still a 160 million pound profit for Parliament. 160 million pound is still no joke.
The monarchy is only leaching money from Commonwealth nations. Britain benefits at the cost of millions.
Actually mindless
Watch Shaun's rebuttal video to this. Most of the numbers were wrong in this video unfortunately. The royal family costs us a lot more than 40 million.
@@alexanderchristopher6237 Not true. If the monarchy were abolished, that land wouldn't go the former royals. The British Royal Family don't actually own the Crown Estate as private property! That land, and its revenue, belong to the State.
"DEATH TO NORWAY!!!!"
"HVA FAEN?!"
Cracked me up. xD
Noobs DeSroobs lol
What have we done to deserve that? XD
@@Helperbot-2000 sent a ugly x mas tree
@@eapelll2600 aaaahh!
that "awesome castle" IS in France
thejoke.jpg
it does have some arthurian significance tho iirc
Thought I recognised the Mont Saint Michel
it's not even a 'castle'
But that’s the point- when you know a royal lives in the castle, it becomes more special, even if the first statement is actually false.
There is a twin version in Cornwall as well just like it
Well now we know she didn't randomly declare wars or dissolved parliament...
May she bring death to Norway from the great beyond 😭
she can but she is fully aware that it could start s chaos
@@someoneelse6900 she's dead.
Australia would like a word
Anyone here after Shaun's rebuttal video?
Shaun is a dumbass who uses PragerU tactics to debunk PragerU
@@Ueiksg tbf, PragerU is pretty fucking ridiculous. I ironically stan Dennis Prager, tho, bi icon.
@@citizeninsane8518 what
@@dontspikemydrink9382 Dennis Prager is a bi icon, and we stan.
Oh, it's really nice to see a French castle used to elevate the British monarchy at 2:55.
Cmon, use you own castles.
american made vid
Mary Christine And Mont Saint-Michel is a fortified monastery anyway, not a castle.
THERE'S ONE IN CORNWALL
@@494Farrell He lives in the us. I know I’m necroposting.
@@jiraffe9600 he lives in london
OK, I'm nitpicking but the awesome UK castle at 2m55s is actually Mont St-Michel, a monastery in France...
Vincent Poirier I think you are right.
Vincent Poirier you are correct and that bothers me too.
Was about to write the same thing. Claims to show how cool English castles after complaining about French castles but shows a picture of a 1) french 2) not castle.
CGP did it as a joke I think...
A convent actually, or so I have heard.
Dat thumbnail
2:05 ahhhhh I see what you did there “Victoria THE E P I C”
victorian times nibbas: ok this is epic
/i saw it, don't get it
now this is an e p i c moment
Um then why is the Palace at Versailles the most visited castle in the world….
Did you account for American tourists? What about other castles?
Because of MONAR--- Oh wait never mind
I think the reason the yanks visit the castles in britain over the ones in france is because it is more convenient to be in a countries which speaks english too. With french and spanish i have found it to be that native speakers there have no incentive to learn english. Why would they? When they can also continue on with their lives using only their languages. And so when tourists from the anglospere come. Many people there dont speak english.
2:55 More like "Because real monarchs still speak English in them"
@@zilionis8003 I think he's talking about the willingness (of the mean US American visitor or the mean French citizen) to speak another language than English (or French) - or rather the lack thereof.
It's pars pro toto, the monarchs speak English because it's an English speaking country.
Yeah, the revenue of tourism in UK, a monarchy is *145.9 billion GBP* while France, a republic is *170.6 billion GBP.* So, yeah I guess the Theocratic Government doesn't have effect on tourism.
@@fathfez7991 I mean the UK is tiny compared to France, so I'm not sure that really applies?
@@aidanquiett668 Nope, does Russia has the most tourist revenue because it has the biggest area? No it doesn't. Though UK has ⅛ of French land, they have almost the same population count.
@@aidanquiett668 *37.9 mil tourists visited* UK, while *89.4 mil tourists visited* France. Monarchy have little to no effect on tourism.
more people overall visit France than England
Because France is better doesn’t nullify that many people visit the uk because of the royal family
@@luisandrade2254 i was a tourist and I visited Buckingham Palace, but I didn't do to see the queen and she is never there anyway.
I did it for the history and the historic landmark. Those would not vanish if the royal family stopped holding political power or stopped being funded by the tax payer.
@@yavantii3615 Exactly
TRUE COST OF ROYAL FAMILY 😂
That's completely accurate if by TRUE you mean FOCUS ON THIS ONE TRANSACTION
Lolz, isn't the 'real shiny' castle actually Mont St Michel in France? :D
Yep, he made a google image search for Saint Michel Mount (in England) but got instead the way more famous and huge Mont Saint Michel in France).
That's a huge fail when attempting to proove that english castles are more attractive than french ones.
Or maybe he did that on purpose..
nope it was defiantly on purpose
He not only did it on purpose, he had a defiant attitude about it? So who was he defying?
Mont St Michel isn't even a castle.
URESWNI could very easily be know as U.R.S.W.I.N.E internationally. Fabulous.
If we renamed Northern Ireland to Ireland North, but that doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
+Jack Johnson Ireland in the North?
ireland the north!
How about the Anglo-Celtic Union? ACU has a rather nice ring to it...
A rather nice ring yes but that's the name of a Texan university XD
Technically, that's only the royal family's land by inheritance. You don't have to let them keep it. Heck, the Swedish government once replaced their royal family wholecloth, it's not that much of a stretch just kicking them out and tell them to get a real job.
Or work a job promoting the country I guess, but it can't be that much fun.
Yeah sure, but the profits of those lands would go down anyway, because like he said, they attract tourists because they have royals using/living in them. If they were just big government owned mansions with nothing there it'd attract waaay less money for the government. Thereforce kicking them out turns out in a net loss which they don't want
@@captdarkstar3238 Thing is, he says this without evidence (and there is only evidence to the contrary out there from organisations like Visit England), and when if you look at somewhere like France, which gets *far* more tourists than we do, you'll see people go for the buildings, not the people. BTW, Buckingham Palace is often closed to the public *because* the queen is there. So you could easily argue the opposite - that the revenue would go *up* because they could open them all the time. He also assigned all £7bn in tourism to be because of the royal family for some reason, as if London is the only city that exists, and has nothing but the Mall and Buckingham Palace or something.
Well you do. When your parents die, you should inherit their estate. So why should the royals be stripped of theirs? If you believe in stripping the royals of their salary AND lands, you support theft. If you agree with that, then you might as well dissolve parliament and voting for your leaders.
@@azzameentv I mean, taxation is also theft, as is the very institution of private property. The question is what forms of theft are considered socially acceptable and in what kind of circumstances.
@@azzameentv You know, I've seen some logical leaps in my day, but "If you support stripping a single family of the land they gained over centuries of unjust rule and conquest, you support theft, and therefore are against democracy and also the concept of voting" is a unique level of bumbling, careless and inept logic that I don't even really know where to start with.
Queen: Death to Norway.
Norway: HVA FAEN!?
apropriate reaction.
tell me if i spelled that wrong. i'm Norwegian, not english.
“Appropriate” close. Good for you on most of it
What does it mean in Norse?
@@DanS044 what the fuck
I meant Norwegian
@@DanS044 still means what the fuck
3:23 don't waste your diamond pick on gold ore. Use an iron one 👍🏻
Diamond pick has a lot of durability
Alex Wong yes, it does. But it's more worth using for obsidian and things that only diamonds can mine.
You only have to get 10 blocks of obsidian and that's it.
Spoods The Milkman true, unless you wanna build an obsidian house to keep creepers away
and 4 for enchantment table
God save the queen
'Cause tourists are money
We love our Queen!
+realevilcorgi An American ending a YT video with god save the queen. The Founders must be turning in their graves.
That said, god save the queen. Republicanism hasn't worked out so well.
+realevilcorgi Fuck the queen.
+David Kelly Aren't the Brits our favorite allies now? Also, CGP Grey has an EU citizenship so he is an European anyway.
Joshua Chung As far as I know, Grey is still American. He went to Europe for work and never bothered to come home after changing careers.
They’d be forced to take back their profits? The issue so you assume the crown should keep its private property (a bigger issue in itself) but especially for a privileged class of people who just get to inherit it because at some point their family killed some people.
They can keep their private properties but the crown estates are not their private property. They belong to the crown which for all intents and purposes belongs to the government.
Update from 2023: The queen didn't declare war on Norway
0:14 mind = blown
Also, the picture of the awesome 'British' castle at 2:55 is actually Mont Saint-Michelle (located in France, not Britain)
Jossie Palmer I wanted to write exactly ... exactly the same ;)
It could be St. Michael's Mount, in Cornwall.
Joe Kennally It looks similar, but go and look at a picture of Mont Saint-Michelle, France; it's the exact same as the one in the video
I was about to say that...
It's definitely in France.
Joe Kennally you're and idiot ;)
Monarchy acquires monopoly on land and military force and then sells it back to the ordinary person. WHAT A SWEET DEAL!!!
They are having anti monarchy rallies and demonstrations in Spain currently.
""Idocy" lol. You need to spell things correctly when you call someone else stupid. Go lick some boots.
Fuck off, teen.
You sound gay
Robot HandLove Remember what happened last time they kicked the Spanish Monarchy out?
Oh yeah.
I am a simple man. I see corgi, I click.
Exactly
Fu corgi
this video should have one of those fact checks warnings linking to the Shaun video.
Hah! If only. By the way, if anyone wants to have this video dissected into pieces, watch Shaun's video. The title is "Abolish the Monarchy! - A response to CGP Grey". He published it 7 years later after this video.
2:56...
thats Mont St. Michel, which is in France and isnt a castle
+Interceptor810 YES I FOUND YOU SIR
+Interceptor810 Yep
+Interceptor810 There is one in England as well...
+The_Almighty_DUCK Please do show your sources! I'd really like to see the English Mont St. Michel!
+Bastien Boutry Seriously? Just google it. It's in Cornwall with the same name.
The idea that the Queen has no political power sounds pretty damn ludicrous to me. She may not make any direct decisions but she still meets with the PM regularly and other politicians world wide and commands a lot of respect. What she says matters to some people and she certainly has the ability to influence people and possibly even their careers especially when you think about OBE's and the like. How much power does her selecting people to different ranks and structuring parts of British society have?
None at all mate my grandad got an MBE 20 years ago and he still lives the same way today as he did then. And in reference to influencing options, most celebrities world wide are more influential on political opinions by a large margin.
She doesn’t have any political power now
Clearly the queen is really just a corgi with a human mech suit I mean it makes so much sense
"I take this opportunity to confirm my willingness and intention to continue the tradition of surrendering the hereditary revenues, including the crown estate, to my government for the benefit of all, in return for the sovereign grant, which supports my official duties as head of state and head of nation." - King Charles III, Declaration to the Accession Council, 10 September 2022
Yep
This guy knows exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.
Perhaps the left should be told "abolishing the monarchy would raise your taxes", so they stop saying abolish the monarchy
Exactly :)
@@enderman_of_d00m24 What leftist do you know that likes to abolish the monarchy, but wants to leave them with their crown estates etc.??
That awesome castle at 2:55 is in France. :( So much for us Brits having the best castles.
Yeah! I saw that to Mt Saint Michelle!
***** To be brutally honest, our American stereotype is that of being overweight, dim-witted and overly patriotic to the point of being nearly indoctrinated. (Not that I'm at all saying that that's what you are like).
Sam Otten lol Britain is the same thing
Luca Bernabei I've been there! It's magnificent!
***** smelly
the picture of the castle that is not boring and stinky is a monastery.... in france
Ouaip c'est marrant, ça m'a *vachement* fait penser au Mont St Michel... ou le Saint Michael Moutain comme ils l'appelle là-bas (je suppose ;).
God save the queen, it's a frenchman! Get him out of this English comment section!
+The 7th
Hold your longbow, I come in peace !
And I learned recently there IS an actual castle/monastery in Cornwalls named Saint Michael's Mount that is almost a clone of OUR Mont St Michel... ... ...
...Seriously, -Britannia- Great Britain ? ^^
Normandy would be ours if you didn't cheat in the 100 years war!
+The 7th
Dear Perfidious Albion,
We will make an excuse when you'll bring us back Joan of Arc !
...
She's still fine, right ? RIGHT ?!
This begs the question, why should royals even own that land anyway? Tourists come to see palaces and stuff, not to have tea with the Queen. Like, do you understand the middle ages have ended? What person in their right mind would ever defend Monarchy i the third millenium?
Because it's their property?
Why can I not bun your house down?
@@krzesaw7691 their property they inherited they didn't do anything for it
@@natvelo so what? We shall scrap the inheritance, because you are salty about monarchy? Inheritance is a legit way of acquiring property and wealth.
It’s their land even if they are not a monarch it’s still their land. Nothing will change that
Or maybe they just go to england because Americans are famous for not being able to deal with foreign languages.
REAL AMERICAN no they visit europe
If it were just a question of speaking English, we'd just go to Ireland. They're closer, and we like the Irish more than we like the English. Stop popping out adorable royal babies and hosting fairytale royal weddings and you can kiss American tourist dollars cheerio.
@@jesseberg3271 Tourism to Versailles makes more money than tourism to the UK because of the Royal Family. Need I remind you of what the French did to their king?
@@duncanhw You are the most hateful person I've run into on the internet today. Congrats
@Duncan Whyte We Americans call our country “the land of the free” because our national anthem refers to the US as “the land of the free.” In case you didn’t know, that song was written in 1813, back when we were fighting against Europeans for our freedom. The more you know.
So much butthurt republicans saying this video sucks. God save the Queen
How pathetic for people to devout themselves to an old inbred bat
Butthurt is the number one word I'd like to see removed from existence. It's the lamest, laziest, most overused way of addressing someone's opposing viewpoints.
Vajid Ali YEAH! Finally someone who understands! And also fuck BMW while we're at it; all profits belong to the people who work in the plant, not the people who own it!
The same with any large company that makes profits that don't go to the workers (all of them)!
Down with capitalism; up with communism!
On a slightly more serious note. I disagree; I am sure you have guessed why.
Vajid Ali Clearly, you did not actually WATCH the video you commented on...
Vajid Ali
Not being funny m8 but it clearly wasn't your ancestors they took the money from
Who actually watches the video Shaun is discussing?
Me after i finished Shaun's video.
Well, me I guess. I'm a bit disappointed in Grey tbh.
+1
y
Me!
the queen saying; NO PARLIMENT FOR YOU, as if it was your parents taking away your phone or tv privilages is so funny to me
Update: King Charles III has just declared he will give up the same land profits to the government.
It's no surprise though, he is obligated to do so
"old man in power chooses not to change anything" man thats crazy never saw that coming
Ummmm no one goes to the stinky french castles? The palace of Versailles receives 8 times the number of visitors than Buckingham palace
Yes, and they they walk out and say "God that Palace was stinky"
and the other replies "that's not the Palace sir, that's France"
@@atokasa9776 France has something like 3x the tourism of England. Nearly every point made in this video has been disproven.
Atokasa um, no, that was disproven as well. France has one of the most well visited CASTLES in the world. Even MORE SO than England.
Atokasa Take two seconds and Google "most visited castles in the world".
Versailles is 2-3 times more than the Tower of London, which is the highest of ALL English tourist attractions.
Atokasa And it's a reputable source.
www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/worlds-most-visited-castles-180954081/
U.R.S.W.I.N.E. - United Republic of Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Northern ireland and England now that is an acronym for a country :D
And if the SNP and Plaid Cymru get their way it'll be U.R.I.N.E.
Make dublin the capital city and make irish gaelic compulsory in schools.Convert everyone to catholicism..Ban Soccer,rugby league and cricket and replace them with the irish games of gaelic football and hurling.And of course the flag well that would have to be green white and orange.
Dylius01 That would actually be the funniest thing ever!
U r swine. Wow.
Alvin K To right?
France literally gets more tourists than England but go off I guess. Also it wouldn't be their land anymore if they got kicked out now would it
Why wouldn’t it be. Making someone not royal doesn’t make it legal to steal their land
@@umno9830 awfully convenient of those pesky royals to go and make that illegal after they stole all that land then lmao
@@pinkyblushbottom1897 did you just say it’s awfully convenient that it’s illegal to kick someone off their land?
@@umno9830 not want I said. It's not like the land was lawfully gained. It was forcibly taken. Can't say I'd be all that torn up if the government had them hand it over
@@pinkyblushbottom1897 can you explain how it was taken
I am LIVING for the shade being thrown here
Hearing a non british person say a 'tenner' makes me shudder :D
_Cringy_.....
yea, muricans pronounce the r too strongly. should be 'tennah'
Tenner is a common term in Boston.
EpicRexx its choida!
It's used here in Ireland, as well, full R-y goodness.
So basically it would have been in France's best interest to keep Napoleon as emperor, so in 200 years France's tourism would generate an amazing profit.
WheresWallace4883 technically back then the french loved napoleon
Joe JJ I know, but let's be honest, as awesome as Napoleon was, at a certain point he was definitely acting *not* in France's best interests, by his constant expansionist attitude and his refusal to make any compromises.
WheresWallace4883 Ikr. France is the most visited country per year anyway
France did try to keep Napoléon as emperor. The coalition countries forced him into exile not once but twice
The coalition restored the bourbons to power after Napoleon got defeated. It was in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 when the French got sick and tired of Napoleon III and formed their republic
I don't think that the anger towards the royal family stems from the fact that they earn 40 million from the government yearly, but more so with how they gained those lands through which the government earns 200 mil from.
Btw the Palace of Versailles garners more visitors per year than any other UK castle, all without a royal family. My point is that it is hard to discern how much tourism is garnered through the royal family, and certainly not the figure so nonchalantly.
Revenue isn't profit :/
1:24
3:46 Actually, the official name for the sovereign state is 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,' but most people are unaware of that.
the ukgbni
@@leol2254 If you want to be technical, yes...
That super exciting glittery castle is french, Norman to be precise.
Nah, its st michael's mount in cornwall
Maciek Bos No, it's got a paved road going to it.
Maciek Bos, Well there's an exact replica of it in Normandy then...😒
oh yeah fair point didn't see that
Maciek Bos, No prob, man.
My brain just died when he said 7000 million
"The YANKS"
This, right here, got me.
when he says that Englands castles are awsome and france sucks he shows the french monastrey and castle le mont Saint Michelle Wich is The most popular visitation place in entire france with over 3 million visitors a year. that is What i call irony
lama banana that was the joke
That was steelmanning
How about the palace of Versailles?
The tourist argument is utterly specious. Tourists don't MEET the royals. If the royals didn't exist all the attractions would still be there. There's no pharaohs in Egypt - doesn't hurt the tourist industry, though, does it?
***** You can't argue that a percentage of tourists are there because of the queen.
***** Sorry, I don't follow you. I'm not arguing that - the video is. I'm saying the tourists would come anyway if there was no Queen etc. because what the tourists actually visit would still be there, royals or not.
***** I'm saying although there are people that would visit the place anyway, the reason that some people visit in the first place is because of the queen.
***** No, but they go to visit her property and pay to do so. As such, she is (indirectly) responsible for the income tourists provide.
If the royal family -- or rather, The Crown - to vanish, her property would be privately sold, and it is highly unlikely that most of the people rich enough to buy them would maintain the "I'll let the government take the profit from this property" deal.
Damian Freeman That's not what happens and there's no reason to think it would in future. The idea that Buckingham Palace might be put up for auction so that a private person or company could own it is impossible and would never be allowed in the UK. The Crown properties would be held in trust by the nation (as is normal for historic properties of special importance, eg. by the National Trust or English Heritage), their character preserved so that the public could continue to enjoy them. It would make no economic sense to sell them - and even if it did there would be no public support to do so.
It’s crazy that it’s only a decade later and these figures have more than doubled 😐
There was a change in the laws regarding the royals not long after this video was published so they no longer have set fess but increase proportional profits
"It's the embodiment of the living, breathing Queen"
Yikes
at 2:56 ITS A FRECH CASTLE (mont saint michel)
*French
@@nikonikos9734 It's not even a castle. Beautiful place though.
There's a twin castle in Cornwall though
I have never heard of the Frech.
It's good to be the king!
All hail the king of the losers!
Rogan?
***** Roman?
Wololo
The wonder the wonder the... NOOOOOO
Honestly when I went to England on vacation, I went there for the Beatles, the old buildings (some castles, some not), the accents and Harry Potter. I visited the royal sites too, but mostly because it just seemed like one of the main attractions that people visit.
What do you mean they would still keep the land? What did you not understand from overthrowing?
Ok if you wanna dedicate time money and resources to overthrowing a figure head then go ahead
@@gamerskingdom4897 I'm not even british. The video was about the cost of keeping the royal family around. An obvious antithesis is not doing that.
I lol'd internally at "Hva faen?!"
Can you explain this "Hva faen?!" joke. All I could gather from google is its translation.
It translates to "What the fuck?!" I believe he laughed more at it being surprising, than actually funny. Still, that's a very common Norwegian phrase over the gazillion English ones ("What the fuck" "What the hell "What the heck" and so on) and can, indeed, be rather funny in the right circustanses, such as this - directly destroying my previous thought. Enjoy the ramble. :)
Damn you, you Scandinavian riddler, I am more curious now!
Coffeestain It was a pleasant surprise, yes. Didn't exactly see it comming.
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Except for big events, tourists dont go to the uk only to see the royals or anything associated with them. Thats ludicorus.
And by the way, france is still number one in the world when it comes to tourists, so their castles must not be too smelly.
You sound mad and french
yeah but castles and stuff like like that arent the reasons people visit france. people visit france because of its countryside, beaches, food and paris
stormageddon _ Are you really suggesting that people don't visit France for the old palaces. You're off your head!
err.. it was not the only reason I visited London, but I'd be lying if I said the notion of the royal family that is part of the history of thoses places (and things) being still there and reigning was not a major plus. So yeah. To many people, the fact that you still have the royal family is an important detail when choosing to visit.
seleniaactimel I will not deny that it is a very nice, and awfully pretty thing. But it is not in line with the British values of fairness and democracy. It is a relic of something that we as a modern people are striving to move beyond... that god awful class system where people are simply BORN better than others...
RIP Queen Elizabeth II, 1926 - 2022
2:55 both of the castle are french
and also the second one isn't even a castle btw
Doesnt in any way change the point that millions of people visit the queen
"Except for the few surviving commons, the high roads, the lands of the National Trust, a certain number of parks, and the sea shore below high-tide mark, every square inch of England is `owned' by a few thousand families. These people are just about as useful as so many *tapeworms.*"
- George Orwell.
"The vast majority of the British people have no right whatsoever to their native land save to walk the streets or trudge the roads”
- Henry George.
Private property,dude!
private property??? go join a commune
"Except for the few surviving commons, the high roads, the lands of the National Trust, a certain number of parks, and the sea shore below high-tide mark, every square inch of England is `owned' by a few thousand families. These people are just about as useful as so many *tapeworms.* "
- George Orwell.
"The vast majority of the British people have no right whatsoever to their native land save to walk the streets or trudge the roads”
- Henry George
@@JamesKelly-rt3ul
The Monopolies Commission does not cover land - how strange.
But that's largely true of everywhere, not just the UK.
“DEATH TO NORWAY!! NO MORE PARLIAMENT FOR YOU!!”
man, that cracked me up.
Sad cold noises
@@markusnashorn1145 you ment revenge?
@@markusnashorn1145 were going to invade agin whith the hellp of the us if you try to take away our *FREDOMMMMM!!!*
You said “why do they think Frances castles are so stinky and UKs so fancy” or something and as the UK example you showed the French Mont Saint Michelle
Should we be sending an undemocratic message of royal lineage for less than a 1% budget increase a year?
Why not? Democracy is flawed.
@@christopherzhou5361 Just less flawed than anything else.
@@christopherzhou5361 how?
France actually gets more tourism than England.
Yeah for reasons mostly unrelated to castles and queens. Good weather and good food, nice mountains, lakes, and beaches, and it's easier to get to for most Europeans. Why make the extra effort and cost to come to the grey and dreary UK?
@@MarcoTheGreat2008 Because actual Queens, Princes and Princesses.
@@MarcoTheGreat2008 but the Palace of Versailles gets way more visitors than any castle in England. Most Americans don't to to the UK for their monarchs, we go there because they speak the same language as us.
@@TheNavid001 We don't speak the same language as you, you speak the same language as us!! ;)
Ever heard of the eiffel tower?
The logic of this argument is tantamount to this: Me stealing all your stuff, giving it back to you while demanding a salary from you for the privileged of me initially stealing your stuff.
Now that is some fucked up logic in justification for a Royal family
Trrruuuu
Btw watch Shaun's rebuttal video to this.
@@psychicbyinternet Republic has a rebuttal to this as well.
what this fails to consider is that the U.K. could just, like, decide to seize all the royal's ill-gotten property.
absolutely
Except thats illegal lmao
@@voltray7643
The French revolution was "illegal", it still happened.
@@Atilla_the_Fun yep
The whole argument of why the queen is profitable is because of the revenue of the royal family lands, forgeting that the reason they own this lands is BECAUSE they are the royal family. If there were no queen, that would be state land and the profit would go to the state anyway
The profits would likely be even higher because normal people do not have tax exemptions.
It is not royal family lands but personal lands owned by the queen.
I'm never in favor of the government taking someone's land for profit. in fact the government would make some profit if they take your land how about they take yours too.
lol 2:09 Victoria the Epic
***** you have a very handsome avatar
Saren Michael Rosen.
***** I guess it's some sort of joke?
HaoSci If your comment is about my avatar, I already changed it a month ago and about the Victoria the Epic thing I have no idea.
***** I was going with Victoria the Not A Number
If it changed from the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" to the "United Republic of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland", why would it be known as URESWNI?
The "United States of America" is usually known as just "America", but also just by its title, "United States"... Just like United Kingdom. Because there are no other places with those titles, at least not in their commonly used name, the titles are treated like the names.
So it would go from the "United Kingdom" to the "United Republic".
chiefHunzahua My suggestion would be the Commonwealth of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I don't believe the the UK would use the word Republic, nor do I think it should take a name similar to another nation (like your US suggestion).
Alternatively, it may just go with simply 'Great Britain and Northern Ireland', as with our neighbour Ireland. Or maybe the Union if Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Republic is a distinctly un-British word, and I would be greatly opposed to including it in our country's formal name.
(Though i'm a monarchist, so this point is fairly moot, i'm happy with UK)
(JOKE)
(your head)
denzal689 Actually I would prefer that the United Kingdom to be renamed as the Greater Britannic Empire with Elizabeth II as Empress
permaveg Vladimir Putin fanboy ;)
ProMonarchyGenius Are you? I thought you were a royal lickarse, I pity Russia having a despot like him as their leader, oh and fast 'thumbing' yourself up makes you look quite sad.
That was the Mont Saint-Michel mate. It IS in France, and it’s a convent not a castle...
2:56 hold on a minute that’s mont Saint Michel in France. You won’t foul me 😂
"... to see castles that aren't made of plastic." LOL!
2:58 that is a French castle though..
It's St Michael's Mount in Cornwall :)
Very similar!
2:58 is the Tower of London. If that's the one you mean, then it's true that its design is French. It was created by William I, the first king of 'modern' England who famously invaded England in and around 1066.
Bestiaccia was right, I got St Michael's Mount mixed up with the similar french castle
Cgp was mistaken, the picture in the video is of the French one. But beside having the same name they also look very similar and even a google image search gives pictures of both. So it's easy fore someone who doesn't know one of them to be mistaken.
You can tell the French one because the island is more anthropized and the architecture is more developeped (there's no free space left on the island).
it is indeed a picture of Mont Saint-Michel and not St Michael Mount. Though funnily enough they do look similar, have practically the same name and lie on opposite side of each other of the English Channel.
Monarchist Grey somehow isn’t surprising
What is meant by "their land"? Why not look into how they acquired "their" lands?
I think it is land that is personally owned by the monarch and passed down by inheritance. You have a point as I think at one point the monarch officially owned the entirety of the UK and sold it to individuals in order to pay debt. Still, ownership is ownership and I think it would be both unpopular and unfeasible to force the monarch to forfeit their ambiguously aquired land.