What It Is Like to Live at Buckingham Palace
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- What is life like in Buckingham Palace? That continues to be a bit of a mystery. As a royal residence and an official state building, Buckingham Palace operates in both private and public spheres. Buckingham Palace on the inside contains rooms designated for official purposes, with private apartments nearby for the queen and members of her family.
Living and working in Buckingham Palace comes with a variety of perks - staff enjoy everything from medical services to exercise facilities. Some of the challenges of the aging structure, including a leaking roof and falling detritus, may not seem like the ideal living situation, but as part of Buckingham Palace's history, these defects could just be considered part of the building's charm. The size and grandeur of Buckingham Palace exceeds general knowledge, and maybe even expectation, giving individuals living in Buckingham Palace access to much more than meets the eye.
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I had to laugh when he talked about Elizabeth’s coronation chair having been sat in just once. You know damn well that the staff has plunked their asses in it when no one was looking.
There’s pics of Epstein’s madame Ghislaine Maxwell & either him or Andrew sitting it the chairs. It happens all the time.
@@Garbeaux. and I think some dames and knights told tale on Graham Norton 🤣😂 (I'm looking at you dench, mirren, stewart, mckellan, walters, smith et al)
Who wouldn't!😁
I heard Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sat in them during a tour of BP by the Duke of York.
@@lesliecas2695 You know, I suppose after seeing a pic of them sitting on it, it takes the magic away.... Might as well toss that throne (ick, shutter!)
The narrator voice never bores me. The WH team should be lucky to have a cool narrator like this.
I kn right, we need a face reveal
agreed. they could use a new press secretary over at the WH... I would love to hear this guy shit on fox news reporters..
@@_warren6659 the narrator is cool so he is definitely republican.
@@blakeengle4153 on the contrary, he is intelligent. a trait almost exclusively democratic.
It’s Stephen Colbert.
"the queen enjoys having the windows open, even in the coldest months"
wow, me and the queen actually have something in common
How else the mold inside there could be eliminated 😁
We di to summer andwinter
Probably has something to do with being cooped up indoors working most of the time I would think 🤷🏻♀️
Same, I had stuffy rooms in winter
As long as its just the window…. Don’t kill your daughter in law
@2:52 - I met Princess Anne once in Lexington, KY, USA at a horse show event called "Rolex KY Three-Day Event." What a wonderful woman. She was so down to earth and just loved people. She didn't flaunt her royalty status. She acted and wanted to be treated just like everyone else.
Wonder what went wrong with her older brother 😅who’s now a king 👑
Not even remotely surprised that Queen just walks into rooms to look around the palace. 👑
Yeah I've even seen her photobombing
Without her clothes on 😳
With 775 rooms she has her work cut out.
"God save the queen, but the queen save her own house" lmao
Hello there, how are you doing today I hope you’re having a great weekend so far 👋👋
It’s the Monarchs house - The Crown. And the renovation money is Crown money, not tax money. A monarchy works very differently than more modern governments. The Crown has a lot of income which usually goes to public goods, but Buckingham Palace needs a gut reno, it’s almost four centuries old and the heat doesn’t work.
🤣🤣🤣
My mother’s cousin was a Gardner there and Queen once came bye and said hello while she had perms in her hair 😂
I read an article once where the author ate and drank what the Queen would eat and drink on a typical day.
It included so many g&t's, wine and champagne, the author was wasted most of the day.
Perfect quarantine research!!
Yeah buzzfeed uk did this video like a few weeks ago. I’ve been drunk ever since.
What a crock of…….. 👎🏻
That would be more likely the Queen Mother than the Queen
@@vbee3571 The Queen is known to drink at both lunch (champagne) and dinner (G&T). These are apparently her favourite drinks. It's been documented, and is fact. No one is spouting nonsense with regard to said topic... In fact I believe I watched another video on a similar channel to this that chronicled the daily life of an employee of the royal family. They stated that the Queen enjoys a drink, and credits it greatly with helping maintain her health. I can certainly see the logic in that
Possible, she is known to enjoy a drink or two, and is known to have a champagne with her lunch and G&T with dinner. Excessive amounts that we're talking about here that would impair your ability to maintain composure at state functions and events or administrative duties however I would rule out. That would more likely be attributable to her mother, or sister, who was known to be quite the party animal. KInda makes sense when you consider as immediate family to the monarch, they wouldn't have much else to do, but have the means to live lavishly.. I doubt many people would choose to abstain from enjoying themselves when placed in the same situation .
y'all trynna tell me my house is more structurally sound than BUCKINGHAM PALACE? seems like I'm actually doing quite well at this adulting thing
Heck your house is more structurally sound than the White House pre-1955...
Same here... And I live in a trailer! 🤣
You are probably a more responsible adult than the spoiled brats in the palace. Imagine spending half a billion pounds on renovations of a single building.
I'm starting to think being a royal isn't all it's cracked up to be. At least my roof doesn't leak. Lol
They probably do that so they can complain to the peasants that their roof leaks too.
The Queen has never liked Buckingham Palace, she never wanted to live there, she's always preferred Balmoral in Scotland, that's probably why she doesn't care much for repairing Buckingham Palace
@@lauriethompson6069 Yeah they apparently call it the office but don’t like to stay there.
It's not a private residence....it's the monarch's base when in London. State dinners are held there....and it passes from one monarch to the next.
lol... me too
When her majesty inherited the crown, she was reluctant to move in to Buckingham Palace. It was Winston Churchill who "demanded" her to do so as it is her royal duty to live and work from Buckingham.
P.s: I read about this in her biography as well as from documentaries.... Then saw it dramatised in The Crown. 😂
He did well 😄
They wanted to live at Clarence House, yes?
To walk around like it's the 1800s seems like a once in a lifetime experience but I couldn't do it for more than 2 weeks.
Okay
@@gregromer9441 why did you steal the photos from the beard brand guy for your profile photo? Does that work fooling people?
bro the soil you step on outside is 2.3 billion years old.... some of the hills and mountains you see are 500 million years old.... the ocean water is 6 billion years old.... im baffled by how amazed people are about old buildings while the soil they step on is billion years old...
Talking about Buckingham Palace while showing photos of Westminster.
Classic.
same thing, both buildings full of peodos and murderers
@@fargodavilleitnotd6729 I'm surprised TH-cam didn't delete your comment lol
@@fargodavilleitnotd6729 explain
Who cares. England sucks
@@carrienicholasxo415 aye
Love the narrator's voice. He sounds like a handsome cowboy lol. 🤣
Suarve Man.
😆😆😆😆
Imagine him being 74 year old japanese man
It’s Stephen Colbert.
@@mrsp4720 Is he a 74yr old Japanese man? Maybe lol
pretty sure that at around 1 minute you're showing the houses of parliament, not buckingham palace.
Americans.
they make that mistake a couple of tiems, they also don't really explain what it's like just give a couple of details on staff and this room or that room that might just have been copied from a tourist guide.
Yep it is!
Cat Grant yup The Palace of Westminster!
the Queen doesn't even live at the Palace. she lives elsewhere in Windsor Castle
I married a Brit as a student there in the late 80s. I was employed as a marble mason’s assistant. We got a job rehabbing a government building across the road from Buckingham Palace. We could look over the wall into the back garden where the queen would often hold events. Saw the changing of the guard often and witnessed a few military parades to escort dignitaries from Victoria Station. Saw the Queen herself, Prince Phillip, Prince Charles, and Princess Diana while working there. It was quite the experience for an American.
@Pablo Bruning then you must realize these pictures are NOT Buckingham Palace but Westminster Abbey? You would have to have binoculars to see any of those people. "Across the street"?! Hmmm 🤔
I would also love to see videos about Balmoral Castle & Windsor Castle.
The Queen is absolutely bonkers about Balmoral Castle. I understand that she detests Buckingham.
The main problem with big houses is the amount of cleaning it needs
I mean they got staff 😅
I think there should be a part two…there must be more!! ✨☺️
If you are taking suggestions, can you do a story on how people who lived hundreds and thousands of years ago did piercings and tattoos? I'm curious as to how they did them and what they did to maintain them, kept them from getting infected and the significance of them in certain cultures. Thank you in advance.
I know the queen is the most important, but I’d be interested to know the quirks of the other higher ups too
They just lay around being lizards all day🤫
FYI: Westminster is not Buckingham
Certainly is NOT. Subjects call it fucking ham palace...
I was pretty confused when that picture kept popping up im like “wait, isn’t that Westminster? Or have I been mistaken this whole time?”
@@thornyrose4709 Subjects can’t afford the neighborhood so let them eat cake.
I'm surprised they didn't show Father Ted's house, too. lol
Weird History has never exactly been a bastion of good research and editing.
U keep showing Westminster which is not buckingham palace 🙈
The palace is so huge and very well known around the world. I love it. Did you know that it stands as the symbol of the British monarchy
I'll stick to my three room apartment. Easy to clean and heat, no leaky roof. Besides, I don't need a stop light to tell me when to enter a room!
I don’t think I would be interested in working somewhere where telling my boss hello could get me into trouble. Royalty or not, they’re just people.
You are so right. They are just people. They are having heaven here on earth. In death I think it will be different.
@@joycenichols512 Their the monarchs, that means their privelleged.
''furnished and decorated to a very high standard'' well, that's a lie. I went on a summer tour two years ago and whilst walking through the rooms I saw coffee stains on two sofas, wallpaper peeling off in one room to paint work being non existent and just a general unkept and dowdy feel to the place. The palace may look all bling to the eye but on close inspection it's not in a good way
She likes chocolate and shortbread cookies. She has my appetite.
The Building was originally a House not a Palace, built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703.
Yes a house, as the video states.
The same guy from the three musketeers?
Hence the name "Buckhouse".
@@friendlyjun three stooges
I would like to know the history of the Georgia Guidstones.
It may be interesting to see a video on The Tokyo Imperial Palace.
I'm sure it is, look it up.
@@jenniferpoland8886 Rude. They were making a recommendation for the channel. 🤦🏻♀️
Meh. Japan is boring asf tbh
@@isaackelly1294 Almost no one from the western world agrees with you on that.
Yes! I read a book on the Japanese royal family and their stick protocols absolutely fascinating! For example as a boy the emperor visited Australia and snuck off away from his handler’s to play golf which at the time was seen as a very western game.
I’ve been there I can tell you it’s lovely. The carpet on the red staircase is like walking on a soft soft bouncy mattress
10:44 “As a result of unapproved snacking, palace police officers were warned to “keep their stick fingers out of her nuts” LMAO 😂
Can you do a video on Romania? I don’t see many of those on yt. Love these videos ❤️🥰
This was a very enjoyable and informative piece.
Yes! Count me in. I enjoyed this video immensely. Cheerio!
These are so enjoyable and I often go to sleep watching them. I think you would do well to create videos for schools; it would make learning history easier and interesting, especially for audio/visual learners.
You will feel like a king.
Rodney King.
dude
I wish this channel would make long videos. 40 min+ would be 👌🏻
I love this channel and his narration 🥰
I totally agree, leave the palace is it is, it called history 😊😊
After watching, "The Crown", I don't think I'd like to live in the palace.
The Crown is largely fiction
honey, dont base your info off an netflix show.lol oh dear
I'd love to work at Buckingham Palace! I'd definitely try to sneak a sit down on Her Majesty's throne.
Then she appears and says there can only be one Queen here. Obligates you with laser beams.
You have to literally wipe their asses after they shit so no.
@@psychedelicpayroll5412 No you don’t. Stop spreading misinformation under this video.
@@psychedelicpayroll5412 the job of Groom of the Stool or Stole was abolished a long time ago and I think it had already stopped being the Royal arse (not ass as we are British) wiper
Thank you for this video ! 😄
Q: What is life like in Buckingham Palace?
A: Boring for some but not for the Queen...just ask Mel Brooks
It’s good to be the king.
Though they are keeping it the same, as you mention it is being renovated at an amazing cost which are rightly picked up by the government. As you mentioned the queen does not own it, the royal family gave the crown estate to the government.
I should point out the money the government makes from renting out the crown estate properties far exceeds the money given to the queen and the renovation costs combined.
You say it like the crown rightfully owns the land in the first place. I'm sure somewhere down the line of kings and queens one of them actually worked hard to earn it....not. Most of the land was stolen over the centuries.
"Most people redecorate their house every ten years." Really? How does anybody know that?
I'm still trippin on "falling detritus." When I had that, I saw a dentist, not an architect!🤣English people are so funny.
Love this one! Thanks!
I’d love it if you’d do a story on the Roman baths at Bath…
The walker’s shortbread cookies should be considered a controlled substance because they are addicting
Sign me up! Sounds like one Hell of an experience I need and want!
Wow. That was pretty interesting. She sure is one special Lady. Thanks 👍👍
This makes me feel better about my much easier to manage middle class home.
As its halloween soon, maybe you could do a video on the most haunted houses in history or the haunted Ship the Queen Mary
Love your videos, keep it up
💖 A Story about Gettysburg! Thank you😊
You should do a whole video devoted to Michael Fagin, the man who broke in to the palace.
I’d love to hear about the Dutch colony in the cape of good hope. Worlds first ever all stop service station 😊 Also, the VOC issued the first ever stock certificates if I’m not mistaken.
I would also love to hear VOC attrocities commited in the Dutch east east indies (Indonesia) and other colonies the company owned.
I come for the history but stay for your narration, sir.
Woah ! We both like Tabasco !! Hell yeah !
Yeah you're 100% mixing up pictures of the Palace with Westminster....
Daily moderation of drinking and her favorite sweets. No wonder Her Majesty has lived so long! 😂
Thanks for this! 🏰
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In a former life, I believe that I was a wealthy Earl back in the 17th or 18th century and we visited that palace many times... 🤴
In the 17th and most of the 18th centuries the palace did not exist as it is today. It was known as Goring, Arlington or Buckingham House then the Queens House when ownership was transferred back to the Crown it didn't become known as a Palace until around 1791 and was heavily rebuilt by George IV, Victoria and George VI
It's interesting how people who believe in reincarnation always USE TO BE someone famous or important but in the current life they're a nobody. Reincarnation didn't serve them too well. In the new life everyone gets a huge demotion.🤣
“The decorations may feel out of dates”
Me:Of course it is,it a f****ing castle
It’s not a castle. It’s a palace. and not a great one at that
@@nicoles7800 Castle,palace It’s the same thing
@@kingstar5494 nope they’re not. A Castle is built as a Fortified Structure with the aim to repel organised violent attacks
A a palace is built as a palatial building meant for a show of wealth and indulgence.
Look at pictures and the history of Windsor Castle est circa 990 ad , as opposed to Buckingham Palace circa ad 1820.
Windsor castle is hewn from its own Ancient Rock surrounding. It is a fortified Castle. A Battlement.
When you get the chance to see them the difference is astounding. The castle emerges from the rock
@@nicoles7800 Oh I thought they were just A fancy building with Different name
I always wondered if Queen had payamas that says ROYAL on her back.
No, she has pajamas with Queenie II on the back.
@@jimster46 both in rhinestones
@@jimster46 lmao
Those shortbread cookies are delicious!! Very enlightening video.
I sure liked the one about the palace and the queen, thanks
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Westminster and Buckingham are not the same place.. the wrong picture kept being showed !
Unless you are the queen, that place seems like a hell hole for staff. 😬
Why? From what I’ve heard, most people enjoy working there.
It’s an excellent reference!
A video about the Anasazi Peoples, please and thank you
This is entertaining cuz i love history ❤
I’d love a video on the Winter Palace
I've been to both.
sounds like real torture to be around the high and almighty.
I mean at least they don’t keep cutting our heads off anymore… so that’s something
@@MissMentats 😂😂😂😂
I’m sure the job pays way more than any other private family gig.
@@joermnyc amazing how much they have for doing so little.
I would love to spend the night at the palace so much rich history
Love the narrators voice it completely made this video
you should always pronounce Roman numerals as the number they represent ... 2 not "I, I"
The text is typed; and auto generated narration is “reading” aloud. It will “read” the Roman numerals as letters. A “text to voice” generator is common for those who make videos. In other words, it’s not a real human voice you are hearing. There are many different auto voices to choose from; male, female, with different accents too. What the creator should have done was type “..the second,” and not II. ☺️ hope that helps☺️
@@piapadmore430 II = 2 , not "second" ... as he reads it literally. Bill Wurtz is a robot? Does he know? lol
@@piapadmore430 sorry but thats false. they have a narrator
Here I thought it was eleven.
@@groovytoney Really? I had no idea! He’s so perfectly perfect. Thank you for letting me know☺️
The Queen has never really liked Buckingham Palace, she never really wanted to live there, she much prefers Balmoral Castle in Scotland which is beautiful, that's probably why she doesn't care much for repairing Buckingham Palace.
Well its us who pay for it so what would she care for? scrounging bastards
@Life as we know it pretty based your comment is based
@@lauriethompson6069 explain English history please, heritage and culture, what does that mean to you?
@@lauriethompson6069 go educate yourself on what it is thats so special to you and come back
If it meant that much you would be able to articulate it surely.
As above, brainwashed
This subject about other famous people would be great! 👍
Please make video of the Malacanan Palace too. Watching from PH!
The channel keeps showing parliament/westminster when it talks about Buckingham palace.
Probably on purpose. They don’t want the average person to know the layout of a building with supposedly important people inhabiting it…
@@alexisf5006 They're showing exterior shots of Westminster. They're completely different looking buildings that look nothing alike
It's good to be the Queen? I see the Mel Brooks reference Weird History
I ponder upon this topic daily.
Great job as always! You should do a video about what it's like to live in the Kremlin
I imagine living there is pretty rough, if your name is Andrew.
well,only the reigning monarch lives there, so I imagine it would be... but then probably no harder than duchess megain.
Can we make sleeping in separate rooms a thing again? I love my husband but damn he makes sleeping hard sometimes. He also gets his feelings hurt whenever I bring up separate bedrooms 😅
My wife and I sleep in separate bedrooms out of necessity. Not only do I snore loudly I toss and turn all night as I don't always get a good night's sleep.
Great video!
That was really interesting!
I would love to see you do a video like this about some of the historical mansions in the southern United States that are now Museums with all of the original furnishings and architecture as well as the original art and draperies ! Please include the name of the historical families that lived in them!
Plantations i.e places where enslaved people were kept and worked?
This is tone-deaf.
“That’s the Palace of Westminster you pleb!” 😝😂
Ya, they showed a photo of the Palace of Westminster several times and I thought "That looks nothing like Buckingham Palace. How do you screw that up?"
Awesome narration
Do a video about Francis Marion. He was a famous American general who is pretty interesting to learn about
Notification gang. 😎
Why use a waxwork pic not a pic of the actual queen?
Working a 12 hour double shift with only a 30 minute break & u know I’m shotgunning ur newest videos
H.M. The Queen is well known not to favour Buckingham Palace as a residence, referring to it as "The Office" whilst Windsor Castle remains her preferred residence close to London. What is interesting to note however is that like so many of these palaces and even large country houses, the chief occupants in fact now live in comparatively small apartments compared to the overall size of the buildings. Apparently even at the Palace of Versailles, the last Royal occupants Louis XVl and his family actually lived in about 12 rooms..!!
I mean when you get to say Edward the Seventh decorated my place than yea I feel you Queen
On the back of certain products you can buy in your local grocery store in the UK it actually will say on the back if it's used by the British royals.
I believe Marmite spread, Coleman's Hot Mustard and Branston Pickle (relish) have this printed on their labels.
I'd love a video about Blenheim Palace!
There is one on a channel called Reel Royalty
It would be great to learn about the High Kings of Ireland and the Hill of Tara.