After Princess Charlotte: Replacing a Lost Heir
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- The death of George IV and Caroline's daughter sent shockwaves through the nation, but what did it do to the succession?
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Images taken from Wikimedia Commons (unless otherwise stated):
Princess Charlotte with her mother, Caroline of Brunswick, by Thomas Lawrence (1801). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, heiress presumptive of the British crown by George Dawe (c.1817). Held by theMuseum of New Zealand.
Portrait of Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1804). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales; Leopold I, King of the Belgians by William Thomas Fry, after George Dawe (based on a work of 1817). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
“The Funeral Ceremony of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales and Saxe Coburg” by Thomas Sutherland, after Charles Wild, and after James Stephanoff (published 1818). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
A royal visit to the monument to Princess Charlotte in the chapel of St. Georg. Lithograph by A.J. B. Bayot after E.H.T. Pingret, 1846. Held by the Wellcome Collection.
Portrait of George, Prince Regent and Prince of Wales; later George IV by Thomas Lawrence (1816). Held by the Vatican Museums.
“The Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York” by Henry Singleton (1791). Held by the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Portrait of Charlotte, Princess Royal by William Beechey (between c.1795 and 1797). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Ernst August von Hannover by Edmund Koken (after 1842). Held by the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum.
Portrait of Mary of Great Britain, duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh by Thomas Lawrence (1824). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex by Guy Head (1798). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of George V, King of Hanover by Conrad L'Allemand (1861). Held by the Hannover History Museum.
Portrait of Princess Elizabeth by William Beechey (1797). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of King William IV by Sir Martin Archer Shee (c.1800). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Queen Adelaide by John Simpson (1832). Held by Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries.
Portrait of William IV by Martin Archer Shee (1833). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn by Sir William Beechey (1818). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Princess Alexandrina Victoria aged four by Stephen Poyntz Denning (1823). Held by the Dulwich Picture Gallery.
Portrait of Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge by William Beechey (1808). Held by the National Trust.
Portrait of Princess Augusta after William Beechey (between c.1819 and c.1840). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Princess Sophia by Thomas Lawrence (between 1800 and 1824). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Queen Victoria in her coronation robes by Henry Pierce Bone after George Hayter (1843). Held by the Royal Collection.
“The Marriage of Queen Victoria, 10 February 1840” by George Hayter (1840-1842). Held by the Royal Collection.
Consulted texts:
Relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
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There's no shame in making a mistake. Thank you for modeling the proper way to deal with it. Refreshing when you see honesty in the world.
I think she doesn’t need to apologize and explain when making a mistake, but when creators make mistakes they should mention that in the following video briefly and in the comments of original. And if it’s a big one edit the original video but this was not that kind of mistake.
Nobody’s perfect ;)
After the parents had so many children it is so strange to know that the 15 children had so many problems to provide with one succesor.
One of the reasons is because of their mother. She didn't want her daughters to be in a constant state of pregnancy and agonising childbirth. So she discouraged them from marrying.
@@cerysfalmai8644 She didn’t discourage them from marrying, she prevented it.
The bigger question is, why they didn’t act to get their 7 surviving sons married before making them independent.
Please don't be so hard on yourself. I have dyslexia too you do wonderful work you've corrected it no big deal. It's not the end of the world. I love your videos I love the work that you do. Again I have dyslexia and it happens. People without dyslexia don't quite understand, we're in a whole different world where our brain just functions so much differently and it's just so hard to explain to people and it really affects our day-to-day life at little moments and if we don't catch it we make oopsies. Plus we're all only human. So please don't be so hard on yourself. Just continue on. Continue being strong. And keep doing the hard amazing work that you do. I've always been a big history buff it's the one thing I'm good at because of my dyslexia and to watch your videos I feel like I'm brushing up on stuff and I learn stuff that I didn't know that I thought I should have known. Please don't be so hard on yourself. Big hugs! ☺️❤️🤗
This made me cry, thank you for be lovely ☺️
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I truly enjoy your content. I have discalculia which is sort of like dyslexia but with numbers. I love history but all the years and dates do make it difficult. I have to remind myself to double check anything involving numbers. Don't feel bad for making a mistake. As you correct it s soon as you discover it. Keep making such wonderful content.
Chiming in to agree!
@@ReadingthePast , I hope it was tears of joy I'm so very sorry if I made you cry.... The one thing I'm able to enjoy is watching your videos because I like history because you learn from the past the past is to teach us our mistakes so we don't repeat the past that's the one thing I was always always taught growing up. Continue doing your amazing work I don't know how you do what you do and find all the research that you do but you do amazing job and you need to know that!! You're very welcome!! ☺️❤️🤗🌞
HI DR CAT i cant believe you do all the research ,editing ,and getting all the dates right its hard enough but to have dyslexia as well my brother has it ,and so that he could retain info and overcome it a bit before the age of computer he wrote everything down its amazing what my brother and you have overcome xx
We're all human and are prone to mistakes. It takes nothing away from your content in my opinion. Your delivery is so refreshing and facts you disseminate informative. Thank you.
It’s an incredible achievement and many of us are so grateful for your efforts.
We have dyslexia and dyspraxia in our family, this hasn’t stopped us going to university, writing articles and having interesting careers, but there have been many moments of confusion caused by it. It could be embarrassing as teenagers but we laugh and get on with it now
I really enjoy the interesting work you produce and the occasional mistake is no big deal.
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We are all just human Dr Kat , no big deal.
I've always thought of Princess Charlotte and her son as one of the great "what ifs" of English history. No Victoria, no Windsors and most of the royal houses of Europe would also look a lot different. Thanks for the clear outline
Well there would not be Windsor’s the same way there are now regarding people. But the royal house would have become Saxe coburg and gotha anyway since Leopold and Albert were from the same house as said here! And presumably the alternative house would have also renamed itself due to WWI and Windsor probably would have been one of the suggestions then too, although there were others now as well.
I think the main difference could have been that the German Kaiser and Russian Tsar’s would have been different men and those rulers still had power. So maybe WWI would have gone differently.
Taking it even further, no Kaiser Wilhelm to start the First World War 🫣
@@sarasamaletdin4574 Without Victoria's children spreading hemophilia around the European royal houses, a LOT would have changed
Yeah, who would become the King of Belgians?
What a convoluted mess to get Victoria on the throne. Thank you for walking us through it. You do such a great job and it's nice to know that you can make mistakes
It was a very tumultuous time. A race to provide an heir. All those children and no legitimate future heir to the throne.
And the death of Princess Charlotte was so devastating. So similar to how we all felt when Princess Diana died. Just goes to show the technology may change but the human experience never does.
Thanks Dr Kat you tell our stories so well xx
As a fellow dyslexic historian... the dates do get slippery! And you correct them. And in that one it was pretty clear what the correct century was! Very much no harm, no foul.
Hello Sara
I don’t have dyslexia persay but I do have learning problems and struggle with my brain messing up information sometimes too. I admire you for being able to be a historian while having a learning disability.
@@ardenalexa94 learning disabilities are so vastly different from person to person that it's always difficult to know what an individual CAN accomplish. In my case, I had a couple of professors who made all the difference not because they were easy, but because they were both exacting and had good tools they could recommend to help me. And I'm very thankful I came along in the age of computerized spelling checkers!
Charlotte is one of my all time favorite British royals in history. Such a good loving person we could all learn a thing or two from her. So tragic & sad god rest her beautiful soul.
Hi Dr. Kat. I love this subject. I find Leopold a fascinating character - he could do with his own video! Also, I think your description of the public mourning of Princess Charlotte reminds me very much of the public mourning of Princess Diana in our own time. Finally, as a neurodiverse person myself, I want to tell you that I’m so impressed with the work you do on these videos, and a little mixing up of numbers is by no means a reason to deprive myself of your content , nor your warm and thoughtful personality. Cheers!
Neurodiversity rocks. Whatever it is we struggle with, respectively; is what makes us brilliant in other areas.
Yes the Nation was convulsed by grief at the death of the Princess Charlotte. By the time the Nation was convulsed by grief at the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, very few people even knew who Princess Charlotte had been. So every emotion, no matter how profound is forgotten, as are the people who experienced them. How very depressing.
@@roddo1955 No! You are mad or bad ..it does NOT rock. In plain English it's a bloody nuisance, a total bore and time wasting. Look up 16 in an index, spend ages searching, only to find it was 61 you needed. Write down numbers, if you get the sequence right it's a miracle. But numbers don't convey much, so maths in any form is a struggle.
You live and die by spell check, blessings upon whoever invented that. You can never learn shorthand and as a baby you can't crawl, you go straight to walking.
I tell my students who are dyslexic "Remember! You have to be twice as smart as the next person, just to work out, every morning, what shoe goes on what foot!"
So Roddo you think that rocks eh? Bizarre! The meaning of "That Rocks" has obviously changed in the last six decades.
@@anngray9171 Warning: heavily edited and long post. I was genuinely upset.😅
I'm not bad. But I am mad. I don't have dyslexia. I have adhd, PTSD and borderline personality disorder. I struggle with being happy and content. When I typed that post, I was feeling great. I had things under control. I was performing tasks and getting stuff done. I felt in sufficient control of my challenges to embrace the parts of me that make me unique. Dr. Cat inspired me. She shows that she can rock in history whilst dealing with dyslexia.My inattentiveness can get me in to trouble. My hyperfocus can be an asset. Anyway; I am going through a rough patch at the moment. Major depressive episodes. All my shortcoming are plainly obvious. Really struggling but coping. And then I read your reply. You are right. I am mad! Being neurodiverse sucks. It's falling down and getting up. Every day and it never ends. Realising that no matter how optimistic I try to be; I will never amount to anything! Thank you for reminding me. Seems that fate and youtube have a knack of putting me in my place and reminding me that I don't 'rock'. I suck! My life sucks. I was probably manic at that time. What a difference 7 months can make. One thing though: be more uplifting to your dyslexic students. Positive reinforcement is a thing in education that you probably missed in the past 60 years and they don't need that negativity. They already deal with dyslexia as it is. I hope their parents don't hear you say that to them.
I VERY MUCH enjoy your content! I also admire how far you went in your education DESPITE learning issues. There was little awareness of these issues when I was young, and so I was written off as 'smart but lazy.' I DID keep fighting and got my M Ed in my early 50s.
Hello Evelyn
Hi Dr. Kat. A little hint you are probably aware of. When I was a teacher and made a mistake like that I always claimed i had done it on purpose to see who was paying attention. Whether anyone believed me was, of course, a completely different matter!
I have been always fascinated by English history and particularly in the time period you cover. Thanks for your your very interesting and informative talks.
That’s clever. I applaud you 👍👍👍👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
When playing with an instrumental group (recorders, the vertical flute), the musician who was coaching us told us that if we hit the wrong note, we should always look around at everybody else and look shocked that anybody would make such a mistake.
Once we were sight-reading a piece of some unfamiliar "modern" music for recorders and I was playing the alto part. I finished several measures before everybody else. Turned out that I was playing an entirely different piece in the book than the rest of the group. Nobody noticed! The music was that ... odd. We didn't try again.
😃 one of the things I was told in therapy was; 'it is okay to 'fake it until you make it', sometimes. I have ADHD and when I tell people it's:'oh that's just a fad, you are just lazy and forgetful' and try as I might; some people have already made up their preconceptions and not willing to understand. So instead of saying :" oh I forgot, again!" I sometimes turn it into: 'are you sure? Well, tell me then?' But not always! 'Masking' should be used sparingly😊
A most excellent subject!! I have never heard a clearer way of explanation of the oddest subject of King George III many children yet a child of a distant, almost minor royal became one of Brittan's greatest monarchs.
Good Dr. Cat, the "error blindness" you describe is quite common. It's part of why I have a job--as an editor. When someone has put a lot of work into a piece of writing, for whatever medium, they will get to a place where they've just looked at it so much that they stop seeing it, or at least stop seeing the details. This is where a fresh set of eyes (mine, for instance) is helpful, or putting the piece aside for a while until you can see the details again. Sometimes there is no time to employ the latter strategy.
I haven't done video editing, but I imagine the principle is the same. Certainly I've spotted errors in on-screen text (not yours!), particularly in spelling. And that from outfits with the budgets to pay for those extra eyes.
Being diligent about researching your material and posting any necessary corrections rates as so admirable in these days of ghastly grammar, bizarre overuse of capital letters in the midst of sentences, the vagaries of "auto-incorrect", and a blizzard of misinformation and outright lies that you deserve a trophy, not squidgy feelings of guilt.
To err is human. You do good work.
Don’t worry about the wrong date happens to me all the time speaking as a fellow dyslexic, ain’t gonna stop me from watching you ,love your videos. 🥰
It is so wonderful when someone with so much knowledge and understanding honestly owns up to mistakes. It reinforces that even the best of us make mistakes. I think it would great to change the old adage to "to err is human, to admit is divine."
You do so much work on these videos it’s inevitable you’re going to have the occasional mistake. I left a whole important paragraph of argument in my head for one essay years ago. Yet every time I read the draft it was there! I was devastated when my professor commented I should have spoken about the exact point I had so brilliantly covered in my mind!
Yes! Spot on. Damn professors for not being psychic…..
So happy to see history channels reaching 100k😃 History Calling also got to 100k so a good week for History TH-cam🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for clearing up my confusion about Uncle Leopold.
When you are able please do a video on the Kensington House System. I always felt that Victoria had a very unhappy childhood, because of the adults who wanted to use her for their own prestige, and the controlling nature of her mother.
Take care of yourself and your family. I can sympathize with the dyslexia problem. Absolutely love your videos.
Good grief, lady! I couldn’t do all the research, editing and producing and get it all right every time and I don’t have dyslexia. You are a great talent!
Love your work! Thank you so much for your dedication to educating people on the past. My favorite part is how you manage to humanize these giant historical figures.
Dr Kat, you do a fantastic job of bringing history alive. I love every article you talk on. Keep up the good work. It is so interesting.
I think you’re amazing and should never apologize for being human. I’m fact I personally think you are SUPER human to do all that you do and I think you’re beyond brilliant!! I love your channel and just the sight of your beautiful face and soothing voice brings me joy!
Hello shotzie
Everyone slips up at some point! I, myself, and my baby sibling (whom also watches your videos, diligently) have dyslexia! Knowing that you have it, dr. Kat, is very inspiring to a newly made history major and a 13 year old fixated on the past as well. My sibling and I often talk history and have to correct ourselves and eachother when dyslexia takes over our favorite subjects. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and also sharing your dyslexia, as it has brightened many hopes for me and my own.
Please be kind to yoursef, no one died. As my Mother was want to say "Don't put yourself down the world will do it for you".
I *totally* understand your mistake. I'm dyslexic too, with additional visual processing and eye tracking issues (basically, my eyes don't work together and my brain often doesn't register everything I see, so I wind up skipping words and even whole lines), so proof-reading is EXTREMELY hard for me. When I was younger, my mother would often make me read essays out loud, and even then I'd miss things! Your videos are so well made, on the other hand, I didn't even notice. Dyslexic historians untie!
WHAT a delightful Historian, Speaker, Researcher, Videographer, Editor, etc. you are! 😀 We so look forward to each Friday and your latest episode.
Thank you for this walk through history! Visiting St Georges Chapel, I was moved to tears at Princess Charlotte’s memorial. It was so moving…
Georgian/Regency English History is my jam, so LOVING this series
Dr. Kat, if anything your flubs help me to admire you more :) I know when I get excited over something my brain and my words get out of sync so it helps to see I am not alone.
You work so hard on all your videos and research and a mistake here or there doesn't detract from that at all...
I love your channel. Mistakes happen. Your Wonderful.
Dr Kat you really really don't need to apologise for such an error. I love your channel and especially the unique presentation that keeps me fixed from start to finish. Your knowledge and research has to be above approach .... I wonder sometimes why or where people are coming from with their true motives who would even bother to remark on such a trivial detail. Also congratulations on reaching 100k subscribers, I've been following your channel since day one and will continue as long as you keep posting.
The memorial to Princess Charlotte in St. George's Chapel is beautiful, and very moving.
Bless you Dr Kat, perfection is unachievable, to err is human. You are an amazing lady
I love your content, and appreciate the correction. It's really nice to see someone take the time to show a correction instead of ignoring it or just tossing out the content as a whole. Thank you for all of your hard work!
A wonderful boss, very early my career, once told me that making a mistake was not as important as what you did to resolve the mistake-to make it right, that was was what counted. You are amazing and will always be one of my favorite historians and the fact that you are able to acknowledge and correct your mistakes reinforces that devotion.
This was another great video. I thought I knew a lot about George IV his terrible marriage and his daughter Charlotte. But it is so much clearer after you showed us the line of succession and the in-depth story of their lives
I do the same thing with dates. I heard the error and giggled because you reminded me of me! You are fabulous.
Hello Karen
It's OK, Dr. Kat. A trip of the tongue happens to all of us. I love your videos. They are always informative and entertaining. I always learn something new! Take care!
Dr. Kat, we forgive you for not being perfect. Your perspectives on history help keep me sane during awful events here in the USA.
You forgive a slight. Not being perfect is not a slight.
Rather; we acknowledge that nobody is perfect. Terrible thing that happened in your country...there are simply no words.
We respect your honesty Dr. Kat. We your fans find your information to be well thought and well researched and as history students will know to self correct as well. When talking about George IV, we know you did not mean 1590 to 1595 which was during the reign of Elizabeth I
Mistakes like switches in centuries are so common and happen to all of us! I imagine its especially likely for you, not only because of dyslexia, but also that you jump around centuries a lot, and do a lot of content that is set in the 16th century. We are all human, and all we can do when mistakes happen is own up to it and fix it as well as we can. This is a fantastic example of that, and part of what makes me attracted to your content. You have real integrity. It is also an example of how humans have always been human, both in the past and now, which is what makes studying history so fascinating. We have always made mistakes!
This is my favorite memorial in all of London! I've recently found your channel and am enjoying it very much.
A beloved princess and a husband who loved her. Tragic!
I hope no one was condescending about the dates on that video! Very easy mistake, and not a really big deal. I noticed, but I knew it was probably a consequence of talking about the 16th and 17th century for a lot of your videos, and anyone who had any idea of the Georgian era would know you meant 1790s.
I’ve completely forgotten time zones exist before, and looking at an itinerary, wondered why our Seattle-> Texas flight would take longer than our Texas-> Seattle flight 🤦♀️
Hello amber
Don't beat yourself up ... when I heard you say it I laughed first and then thought that can't be right. At no time did I consider anything negative about you, your videos, subject matter knowledge or expertise. Thank you again for another interesting and comprehensive video.
What I really love about your history videos is your voice, it's so rich and smooth and greatly adds to your narration of history
Love the video!
The family tree made it so much easier to follow! X
I Just (as of about 2 hours ago, handed in an essay about Princess Charlotte for my final english assignment at uni! I wish the algorithm got this to me sooner!
As I fellow dyslexic, I thoroughly understand how our brains correct our errors. Proof reading is the bane of my existence. No worries, you provide excellent information.
As usual, outstanding work 👏🏼 I’m thoroughly impressed that you handle the entirety of this wonderful endeavour completely on your own, despite the difficulties of dyslexia.
I have seen it suggested that the 'race' among the male sons of George III to produce a legitimate heir was in part because Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, was so unpopular in the country that he would never have been accepted as King.
When William IV died Victoria became Queen in the UK, however a woman could not accede to the throne in Hanover, so Ernest became Elector of Hanover.
Thank you for the correction, but don't worry too much about it. You are right that we all make slips like that even when we work very hard at editing. Wait till you are thirty years along in age!!
Thanks, Dr. Kat! Listen, you are okay and I love learning from you!
Hello Darlene
I'm so busy right now!!! ...... but I found time for you ! Thank you for forcing me to take a break..... another great video !
I spotted the error, but realised it was just a slip up, we're all human, we all make errors. Videos are absolutely great. Thoroughly enjoyable, xxx
Hello Barbara
I am a big fan, although I have never commented before now. First, thank you for such well thought out and presented videos making history, and all it's twists and turns, understandable and even more interesting. Second, if someone gave you grief for the date "flub", well let's just say that is very unwelcome input. You do a fantastic job which is made all the more impressive by your overcoming the dyslexia obstacle.
Thank you again for sharing your talent, expertise, and lovely personality with all of us.
This was a great follow-up! Question: I heard that there were Africans in the Tudor court. I've only heard it discussed once, but with no details. I'd love to know their stories- actually, I'd love to hear any stories of people who were at court and witness to the Tudor craziness and survived. Like you. I'm not a fan of Brandon either- but the man survived Henry, and that's amazing.
Hello patti
I also wanted to comment on all the loss that endured over the ages. I myself have tragically lost my daughter in late 3rd trimester stillbirth, a son in early trimester miscarriage and triplets, two boys and a girl in 2nd trimester. After my first loss I was so bereft. I was drowning in sorrow though I had my 18mth old son. Any type of early miscarriage, pregnancy or infant loss was taboo even 25 years ago. I can imagine how terrible it was decades and centuries ago. I became a Bereavement Counselor for families who've lost children (early miscarriage to age 2). It is the single most tragic thing that can happen to a parent. We never expect to bury our children. My heart goes out to each and every woman who has suffered a loss whether it be known or not. I have been down this bumpy and winding road. I strive to stand beside each person who experiences a loss. In early days the family may have just started preparing. We send a memory box home because that is all they have. We provide funerals for these babies up to 20 weeks. (After 20 weeks it is deemed a still birth and a funeral home then buries the infant). I still walk the path with them as a guide, as a hand to hold or to pick you up when the weight is too much to bear alone. My message to all families who have suffered a loss is that we will never forget. We will strive to have faith and to know that our children were a gift and there is a specific purpose. We strive to give you Hope, Love and one day Closure and Peace. Know that you are not alone! From a mother's heart to yours, I send you warm hugs and Love so that you can withstand the journey ahead. ❤️🩹😇😢💔
You're only human - thank goodness ! Don't worry about it ! The best history channel - ever !
I really need to start heeding Dr. Kat's advice regarding making sure that my notifications are on. Her videos are one of the few things I look forward to, and if this hadn't randomly shown up with my feed, I wouldn't know that it was up! I'm getting a little bit at what TH-cam showing me things that I'm not interested in, but possibly making me miss things I am.
Dr. Kat please don't apologize! You are amazing.
Dr. Kat, I look forward to your videos every week. I appreciate the work you put in and an occasional date mixup does nothing to diminish that appreciation and thanks. You have taught me so much about English history and Benin bronzes.
You are great! Happens to those without dyslexia too.
Totally.
Thank you in advance for your upcoming video on "The Kensington System." It is one of my favorite bits of Victoria's early life to learn about. I am only sorry she had to live through it.
Also, please don't worry about making a mistake. You fixed it as soon as you found out about it, so it's time to let go of it. Don't let it weigh upon you. That only slows you down. Thanks for the apology, but you have enough to work on without letting a corrected mistake worry you.
P.S. Love you and your content, Dr Kat!
Thank you. I have dyslexia and it's what I live with. You are my favorite history person on TH-cam and the fact that you are brave enough to admit mistakes can happen is refreshing. My dyslexia is challenging daily and also unique in thought. I hope it is the same for you.
my dear I must say your respond here is heart warming, your surroundings must be filled with Peace
I absolutely adore your videos and look forward to them each and every time you post! Please don’t attack yourself for a silly date mistake- newspapers have tons of editors and they still have to print retractions and corrections!
If you can, could you add a video of diseases sometimes- you mentioned dropsy as a cause of death here and I would love to know more about that along with things like gout and sweating sickness and similar and all the ways they were treated.
Girl, you are brilliant and tenacious-no apologies necessary.
Agreed. She is forgiven.
I absolutely love your channel. I have taken to listening whilst I clean or work. I also listen as I fall asleep. Your voice is so soothing and rich with so much knowledge! Phenomenal work!
Lessons from royals: Sad families seem to frequently beget more sad families! Money and status don’t assure happiness…
I really enjoyed your video. Mistakes are a fact of life and I certainly won’t hold any against you. Thank you!
Please don't apologize, but thank you for acknowledging it. I know how hard it is to catch one's own mistakes, as you've said, one tend to overcorrect the text in one's mind. And it always happens with academic texts, and usually it'd be an editor or a proof reader to spot them. Since you're also filling this roles I think it's natural for slips to happen. Let's just do our best.
What a messy bunch. Aren't there some well adjusted, resonable pairs in the history? :D
Dear Doctor Kat, I just want to thank you for all of the company and education from my 1770 house in Virginia ... you are the best dinner companion....xoxo
Anyone who blames you for mixing up dates is an idiot. You do an amazing job! I stayed up past my bedtime to watch this video, that's how much I loved this topic! Keep up the good work.
You have hit on the reason why, in my current field (medical transcription), we always have our work corrected by others, never by ourselves. Our brain does take our own errors as correct, for whatever reason; whether it is a bias or reinterpretation or whatever. Interesting phenomenon, and it happens to us all, I am certain.
Dr Kat, your work and presentation are much appreciated. I so enjoy watching your videos. I do believe we are all human and 'compost' happens.
Thanks for apologizing for a mistake we’d all could make. I wish people in power would have your grace and humility to do it!
This video came up on my feed. I never understood after so many children Victoria would become queen. Thank you for your explanation. Wow! What a history lesson.
None of us is perfect.
We ALL make mistakes.
Thanks for correcting it.
Excellent as always. Please do not apologize. ??? For any mistakes?? You are so incredibly intelligent. I learn so much from you . Love love history
We are all human. I am glad that you are prepared to keep going. Thank you
We still love your content! Don't worry we all make mistakes and nobody is perfect. You're already doing amazing ❤️
It’s inspirational to see a woman who is so well educated who also has a learning disability. Bravo.
Hello Liz
Dear Dr Cat, I love your videos and while I caught the date error, I said nothing as I knew what you most likely meant to say. Keep doing your excellent videos. My ancestors left England/Scotland/Ireland/France/German to what is now Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia. I love learning about history, and thoroughly enjoy your readings🥰
Hello Joanne
From a fellow dyslexic you are amazing!
Your videos are so interesting, and I enjoy them so much. Don’t worry about mixing up dates occasionally as it’s so easy to do. You are so appreciated.
Hello kim
So fascinating!! I don't know how you keep track of that tangled web of succession!
I'm finally getting around to catching up with all your videos. ❤️
Please don't apologise for date slip ups. You correct them as you go, so are not ignoring them. Making a TH-cam video is not a carefully curated and edited document that has many retakes and edits. The best part about these videos is the rawness and simplicity of them. Information content vs entertaining content. It's nice to watch something that is over produced!
I am Dyslexic and have ADD. I failed at high school. I was in the English class that people who speak a 2nd language are in when I come from a long generation of Australian/ scholars. My lack of ability to read and write till later on, did not squash my interest in history. It's been a passion since I was 10 (I'm now 40) I picked up a book, I kinda read it but didn't absorb it. But the story it showed lit a spark.
Keep up the brilliant work. Your short informative videos are sublime ❤️
First I want to say how much I enjoy your channel. I ended up binging videos late last year as it became my place to go when I was feeling the need to feel better (I was going through alot at the time). So I appreciate this channel as a history geek and because it helped me alot when my mood would go down.
Now more on topic, I have to wonder if Victoria was called Victoria by her family after her rise to the throne or If she was still referred to by her first name. I also wonder if her uncle told her about Charlotte
At some point I’m going to do a deep dive of Victoria’s diaries… that might have to be a series!
Dear Dr. Kat. Do not be too harsh on yourself. I (and I think all of us who weekly look forward to another vlog on your channel) so much appreciate the work you put into each episode. You make history interesting and fun and most important to me, you connect the separate historical facts that over time have been retained in my brain. Thanks to you I now start seeing connections where before there were just little boxes of information that did not relate to each other. The fact that around the time you were discussing in this item, a huge amount of marital material came from the German bloodstock ;-) had not before been so clear to me. Also, although English is not my first language, your narative is very easy to follow for me! So, carry on, you are very much appreciated.
I could listen to you talk forever. Your accent & voice is so pleasant, plus your topics are so interesting!! 💜💜💜
Dr Kat, thanks for sharing your personal info with us. I will always watch no matter what dates are mentioned. Thanks for all of the learning 💜💛
As always a most interesting video. Thank you.
I first read about Princess Charlotte in, of all things, a Regency Romance. I've wondered for years what might have happened if she'd survived and had at least one living heir. The Charlottean Age, of course, but in addition, no Victoria might well have meant no World Wars. It's always possible that someone like Kaiser Wilhelm would have shown up anyway, but it's fun imagining a world without the horrible wars...
Mistakes are what make us human! You are amazing 👏
I love your channel and have learned so much from you. To err is human..! Keep up the great work and thank you for what you do! 💕
Hello lee
Hurray - Great start to the weekend :) Oh, also I saw that there was an exhibition of Tudor portraits in Liverpool at The Walker Art Gallery. I thought of your channel when I saw it.
Charlotte, as well as being such a tragically untimely loss, is also one of those fascinating pivot points in history where the world as we know it would be so very different if she'd lived. no Victoria. a vastly different political landscape for modern Europe. potentially even no Great War? without Wilhelm II? but at the same time the very human tragedy of a premature death of a young woman and her child, that was clearly felt so very deeply by her people. thankyou again, Dr Kat, for breathing life into her story, and for walking us through the complexity of this period.
REALLY interesting. I knew very little about Princess Charlotte until recently.