The Dark Side of the Royal Family: The Queen's Cousins
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- The hidden story of Queen Elizabeth II's hidden cousins
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I'm a mother and full time carer of a 37year old son ,he has severe learning disability with associated physical disabilities ,I'm so PROUD of him and love him dearly...I love to show him off ,and would never deny him .he's my world ,and it's a bloody hard work .!!
Would you be okay, knowing that people out there would only be nice to you and him out of pity and secretly grateful that they're not in your position? Because they will.
@@mochipii I'm sure they do ,but I would feel the same in their position,I feel this when I see a toddler tantrum and think thank god it's not my child,we all do it's only natural,but it's all part of human kind ..nothing malicious about that kind of feeling
@@mochipii I do think most people will be secretely grateful they're not in the same position. I feel that way about so many things, whenever I have to picture my life any more complicated than it is already. As Kay said, it's bloody hard work. But your suggestion that people would feel "only pity" is a very limited view, and reality is so much more complex than that. Sometimes, you see these things and feel respect at the steadfast strength of it. Sometimes you just share in the universal human joy of people who love each other. Those things don't go away just because pity can mingle in with them sometimes. What you're projecting here mostly tells me about you, not about them.
you are a bigger and greater person than most, especially with the way you responded to mochipii. i wish you and your son the best.
God bless you & your son!
I worked in a nursing home all through college and took care of a few people who were public figures that were essentially abandoned by their families. One was a pretty famous guitarist from the 50s and 60s who had dementia. He was a crotchety old man and would spit at everyone, but as soon as someone started playing rockabilly music, he'd start tapping and dancing and humming and being a sweetheart to everyone. I found old videos of him playing guitar and would play them for him regularly, it was kind of like music therapy for him. I fully believe that these poor women were tossed aside and left to be forgotten. Look at how the royal family treats mental issues regarding family members now. Outwardly advocating for speaking to someone, but don't encourage it in their own family so word doesn't get out that they **gasp** aren't perfect.
Name him or it didn't happen
No. It is private info
@@BlueblueN yea so was his family putting him in an old folks home but that didn't matter.
@@gabrielmilagro8906 brainlet moment
I worked at a nursing home and music does wonders for the pts. We got ipod shuffles and asked their familes their favorite music, uploaded it and put their names on them. Whenever they would have a problem that was our go to before medication. It worked most of the time. My favorite story is we had a pt who didn't speak and didn't really move. When the Super Bowl came on we had them all up and in the main room. It was the year Lady Gaga performed and when she did, this pt tapped her foot the entire time. Although we may get older and forget a lot, we will always remember our love of music.
Thank goodness my downs syndrome sister was born into our family and not to the royal family, she was much loved and when we lost her at the age of 65, her funeral was beautiful for her and about her, it was as special as she was.
@@anticlickbait How so? Are you suggesting that it would have been handled differently in the past? The only time you here about Royals who were disabled were usually only known because they couldn't hide it as their issue were usually not discovered until they were older. Also, look at the Romanovs, nobody knew about the Emperors sons disability at the time. It would have been even less known if it were a relative that was not royal.
These people weren’t born into the royal family either. Not everyone is as nice as you.
@@anticlickbait ,no they are not. They have done some unspeakable hideous things. If not for my interest in Diana in 1981, I could have cared less for this family. It was Diana that held my love and interest. The truths are now coming out, and it's disgraceful.
aww, that's so sweet 🥺🥰
Imperial and Royal Families are very bad and discustings.
All that money and they didn’t even get private care
It is commonly believed that the mental illnesses that plagued Katherine and Nerissa were inherited from their mother, Fenella, whose family (the Trefusis family), was known for members that were "mad." The other three cousins (Idonea, Rosemary, and Etheldreda) weren't members of the Bowes-Lyon family. They were members of the Trefusis family through their mother, Harriet Fane, who was the elder sister of Fenella Bowes-Lyon.
They were not mentaly ill. They had learning disabilities. Totally different.
@@sarahstrong7174 Absolutely agree, but back in the day, what we call learning disabilities were lumped in with the other mental illnesses, no matter how wrong it was.
It could have been lead in something they ate or poison
@@onewotldgovernmentonlywhen9044Lead paint used to be extremely common in British houses until the 50s.
They have a habit of lying about family members that report Satanic Ritual Abuse and lobotomies including what they did to the Kennedy and twins that disappear.
I never understood the obsession with the royal family
I think the word "royalty" conjures up a certain image/lifestyle that fascinates and intrigues people. But instead of Disney style the actual royal life seems not so fun or glamorous. It appears rife with horrific behaviors and mindsets that are more akin to psychological torture in my opinion.
Pssh, me neither! 🤷🏾♀️
Me neither and I’m british, i think it’s more people in other countries honestly.
Probably because we’re intrigued by how such an antiquated establishment is still around.
If you don’t live in Britain or one of its colonies, you shouldn’t give a damn about them.
If you do live in Britain or one of its colonies, you shouldn’t give a damn about them.
Princess Margaret was disgusted at her mother for this.
Yeah she confronted her mother bout this
In tv show yes. But in real life I highly doubt that she confronted her mother.
She was a ghoul
I can’t see this video without referencing an episode of ‘The Crown’ titled ’The Hereditary Principle’. I’m happy it was mentioned.
They were members of the. Bowes Lyon family and if you bother tolook up previous reports of this you will see that no one knew about them because their parents, who were not members of the Royal family had told even their closest family that they had died in infancy and even had funerals for them according to one report they were the Queen mother's cousins and as she was only a child when they disappeared she could hardly have done anything about it from all accounts they were very well looked after even when I was younger it was common practice for parents, to be tolld"put them away and get on with your life"if any of us were to start digging we would likely find things that wouldn't be done now oops sorry now you find out if there's a chance before birth and have a discrete little operation which takes care of everything different t times people and I personally would not take responsibility for the decisions made by my mother's brother and his wife
I assume all of you are telling any of your. family faced with that decision don't worry I'll take them,
@@patriciacarr8257 I think this was mentioned in the video itself.
that is where buzzfeed stole it from
Do you know which season and episode ?! I def wanna make sure it doesn't go over my head when I watch it
@@ashmarie1881 Season 4
That is sickening shutting the sisters for being sick and not even acknowledging them
Ruthless minds
They were not sick. They had learning disabilities.
Here’s a thought: look at how the British press dealt with Princess Di, how that affected her mental health, and then think about how that would impact someone with severe developmental delays and/or other mental health issues.
I’m not suggesting that they operated out of enlightened compassion or anything like that at all; but to my mind, they might have accidentally done the best thing possible at the time by never letting the press know that they existed.
They deserved better lives and not to be sent away but I agree! Even to this day the British media are just the worst.
That’s not a good excuse. One of the sisters literally lived until 2014.
You have a good point because people viewed disabilities very negatively back then. Most people commenting are judging the whole affair by todays standard.
@@bbybella9937 It wasn’t offered as an excuse. It’s really just an unexpectedly good outcome from an agreeably bad action.
@@DneilB007 They still could’ve acknowledged Katherine who lived until 2014.
it’s crazy how they were denied and dismissed for being mentally disabled but f*cking each other in that family is/was normal.
What are you referring to? Who is f*cling who in the family?
You do realise that before the turn of the 20th century inbreeding was more common within poorer families than higher class families in the Western world. And in 2022 it still is even though it's a lot lower of course.
@@simmo.261 …. so?
@@Coolrunnings007 the royals. isn’t lizzy’s deceased husband her cousin?
No. They are very, very distantly related, but again everyone is.
My daughter is autistic with an intelectual delay to know thst if she would of been born to a family like this or at those times she would been thrown into a place like this breaks my heart. How can people be so evil
Dis so called royal ppl got so much resources yet they failed to educate themselves about all dis wutta shame !
My son has speech delay as well, and the thought of these poor children being abandoned by their families is breaking my heart. The monarchy and royal family should really be abolished.
@@robinabhuiyan9774 neither the queen mother nor the queen put them there (from what i heard, the queen thought they died and had no idea her cousins were admitted in a mental institution), back then people weren't as progressive as we are now, back then (and still is) having disabilities were seen as undesirable and shameful and given their position and their socio-economic class, the queen mother's side of the family would've been treated as an outcast of society
Well, they were abandoned by their direct relatives(their own mother). The Queen had nothing to do.
i am neurodivergent ""high functioning"" but still disabled autistic. stuff like this truly boils my blood. these women/girls could have been cared and loved for and experienced happiness. no matter how mentally impaired, or entirely capable of understanding the world around them, that does not mean they did not feel and did not have emotions. people treat their pets better than people who get put into "mental asylums", care homes and psych wards (yes including many modern day ones despite the SLOW improvement in the nightmare that they are still compared to what they used to be like in the time period the sisters were committed and prior to it)
Who watching this after her passing
Meeee
There’s a meme going around of a old lady that looks like Elizabeth on a gate trying to open it. Y’all should see it 🤣
@@michaeljr8615 bro 😭😭
@@michaeljr8615 lmaooo “let meeee innn”
”let me innnnnnn”
-The Eric Andre show
@@MrYoda-xb6mp 😂😂😂😂that’s the one
If they are capable of such ignominy, one can easily imagine the rest: for example a murder, a crime disguised as an accident!
To make way for a marriage that could only happen if the spouse was no longer alive.....
😂😂
@@aleciamaria179 you two really need to get a life
The royal family literally just sums up to all mysterious and dark stories .
I bet there’s a lot more skeletons in the Royal Closets that have never been brought out in the open.
There are plenty in EVERY family.
This is not a royal skelaton. This has nothing to do with the royal family's genetics. This is the family that the late Queen Mother's brother married into within the Scottish aristocracy. No one in the Royal family had any control over the decisions made about the care of these girls.
I found this shocking. I understand that when these young women were 'placed' in this institution by their parents, such things were not uncommon in society then. However, once the family had discovered that they were still alive, they should have done much, much, better. Better than a £125 cheque per year, better than zero visits or abandonment.
Family tree?! How about Family wreath!!
I like that 😂😂😂
Family forest.
This is heartbreaking. How can anyone do this to a family member? This is a reflection of the cruelty of this family. Rest in peace. I am sorry they were treated so atrociously. I have two sons who have ASD. They are my heart and soul.
I agree, but things were handled very differently in those days, not just by royals.
Times have changed however, but this problem was very much a product of the ear in which it happened and societal attitudes to such problems. It's not an excuse I know, but I could not see it happening today. My grandmother kept family screts from me until I was over 18, and that was only her mother marrying her husband's elder brother, so my father never knew whether he was to treat him as an uncle or a grandfather. There are many skeletons in older family closets.
@@scented-leafpelargonium3366 Same in my family but to just abandon them and leave them there... It is such a sad story. it breaks my heart.
@@moni4peace I agree, we all feel for them. Hopefully those days are gone with the likes of William saying he would accept a child of his being gay. The family seem to be moving on.
Why judge this family by today's western standards? Even today, in many cultures, such children are not welcomed. Many don't have the financial means & knowledge to care for these children. Many are silently killed off in infancy or abandoned. I am also very sure that with the convenience and quality of pre-natal testing nowadays, many such fetuses were aborted even in western societies.
What about the aged parents being abandoned in nursing homes? These are the people who brought the children up. Maybe you can do something for them? Unlike these children who fortunately or unfortunately are happily unaware, the aged parents are very much aware of their abandonment and emotional pain.
@@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i But the difference is that these people have the money to see that their kith and kin are cared for properly.
I have a son with Autism, this makes me sad how people in the past treated people with disabilities and mental health problems 💔
These stories are there but people still think everyone who ever spoke against this family is lying
Absolutely shocking how disgusting this is to leave your own family and not help them at all
Yes they could even make sure they lived comfortably on TAX PAYERS MONEY 💰 UTTER HORRIFIC ACTS BEHALF OF ALL THE FAMILY AND IN AUSTRALIA CHARLES & CAMILLA ARE MENT TO HAVE GUY CLAIMS HIS THERE LOVE BABY FROM there very young years
His name Robert....?
In Queensland Australia is fighting for DNA ....
His claims he was adopted by workers at palce ?? Check it out...
He not giving up he demands DNA
CHARLES KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT..
DONT KNOW HOW MUCH TRUTH IN THIS ??
AFTER THIS WHO KNOWS HOW LOW THEY GO
Shocking now, but back in the day (and when I say day NOT all THAT long ago) it was very common. Just a very few years prior to my birth in 1977, most everyone that was "different" were sent to these asylums or convalescent homes and mandatory sterilized. Were I born only 5yrs before I would have been put in one of these places simply due to my epilepsy and ADHD issues and not because my parents were barbaric or anything of the sort...it was COMMON PRACTICE and accepted as the only way to deal with ppl who were not classified as "normal" or healthy. Ppl like me, were the "ones we don't talk about" in society.
@@lucylulusuperguru3487 I understand that but would your parents have just left you in there? Never visited you? The Royals have money they could have helped that place. I still don’t agree with what they did or how they were treated by them they were part of the British Royal Family! Nasty behaviour in my opinion
the idea of "mental equivalency" is more or less BS. Anyway, this happened to so many disabled people throughout history (and today), but while the royal family could have paid to keep them at home with all the specialists they wanted, they chose to put them here.
They're afraid that the truth will be exposed and taint their reputation.
The same thing happened to one of JFKs sisters
Rosemary
So what ,,,!!
I'm fairly sure that in breeding is a root cause for some of the ROYAL FAMILY's problems.
There are known hereditary blood defects throughout.
Not in this case though.
But this is the Bowles-Lyon side, which is non royal, but they do come from nobility.
these sisters were from the Bowes-Lyon family so they weren't royal
@@andypham1636 they're a family of nobility too and incest was normal for non royal ppl/commoners as well.
@@mikahongIt came from the Queen Mother's sister in law's side of the family not her and her brother's side of the family.
It is terrible how these women were treated. The video does point out that it's only recent times that attitudes towards mental health and physical/mental development issues have changed. People were still sent to asylums, mental hospitals, and the like into the 1960's and 70's. Also upper class families make up just so many people in society. A larger percentage of patients are people in lower and middle class families because it's not just rich families that had this attitude. So while you 100% can criticize how the Bowes-Lyon cousins were treated, there are people in this comment section who act like there probably aren't hidden relatives in their family trees for the same reason. Maybe the real criticism should be how society as a whole treat people and not just one segment of society because this happened to a LOT of people across the socio-economic spectrum.
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Other people don't hide away their family members so that their bloodline appears perfect. That's what this video is about.
@randomguy9777 also, yes, other people did what the person you responded to said they did.
One of the Kennedy girls (sister of the former president) was also a victim.
How many watching this after her death....
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS EVER SINCE IT WAS SHOWN IN THE CROWN.
it’s crazy how they most likely didn’t want people to view their family as tainted, yet there has been inbreeding in the royal blood 💀
Inbreeding is so scuff but uncanny and terrifying as hell💀💀💀💀☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
People want to hate on megan markle but I'm glad Harry got out. Hes said that he fears for his wife's safety and he has every right too.
I can’t wait for their divorce. It’s pretty obvious how cunty she is
Yeah people act like he was forced out as if he doesn’t have a mind of his own.
@@astrowolvez LITERALLY!! look what happened to his amazing mother, I'd fear for my familys life too.
He chose that thing
Lmao yeah it was so bad that they are begging to be accepted back and will be in England during the jubilee lmao
Inbreeding does cause problems doesn't it ???
From what I've heard, yeah
They probably ate something with lead
If you watched “The Crown,” this wasn’t all that hidden
Supposedly, that show makes them nervous and they kind of watched it until it came to Diana and then they all began to avoid it when it got to the season where it highlights Diana's misery in the royal family.
I can only imagine what they thought about the movie, Spencer.
@@liak.6778 I liked “Spencer,” it was a pretty solid movie and Kristen Stewart was not as terrible as everyone said. I think Kristen Stewart did a good job, as does most of the existing inner circle of Princess Diana
@@liak.6778 They probably avoid the Diana season of “The Crown” because they feel guilty
I'm surprised noone mentioned those many mentally disabled royals were very likely caused by bloodline inbreeding.
@@erikaheck8261 Guilty?....... For what? They probably didn't watch lest anger or past resentments resurface.
This is heartbreaking.
The monarchy should've ended a long time ago but here we are. Not that the politicians are any better
I T S A C O N S T I T U T I O N A L M O N A R C H Y
Presidents can be worse and some political leaders have impoverished their countries. If these unfortunate women and their visitors were kniwn to the public they would have been harrassed by the press/ paparazzi and that would have been worse.
The queens cousins...you mean her husband? the womans family tree looks like a christmas wreath
I miss our Princess Diana
This is how they are. If you’re not their version of perfect, your exiled. If you have ANY form of a “problem”. You don’t exist. If you are your own person & have an opinion…you have to go…etc…they are cold & cruel & completely unnecessary. Ornamental.
🙌🏼👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏼agree
I think you will find that this was common practice in the world and not just something that happened in the royal family. In Ireland for example the family got no say in the matter. I'd a child was suffering an mental illness they were generally taken to be put in asylum type institutions. The same happened if a mother died and a man was left to raise the family. Generally a priest would step in and have the kids put into institutions.
not all familes are like this for example on our family tree I found a great great aunt who is listed as a "lunatic" on the census a few times, despite this she stayed with her parents until they died, this was in the 1880s to 1900s
Freud tortured Prince Phillip's mother Alice and they called her crazy.
We never heard much about Alice Mountbatten . I watched a video about her life and was shocked. Poor Prince Philip had a very difficult childhood.
So sad, all families have their secrets. Most are not in the public eye.
Good timing as the Jubilee is soon.
When the Princess Elizabeth was born in 1926, she wasn't 'far down' in the line to inherit the crown. Her uncle was number 1, her father number 2 and at her birth she was number 3. That's not far down the line.
What about the one who died in 2014
She was a woman though and time where much different.
But they expected that uncle to marry and have children so then those children would be next in line to the throne after her uncle. They weren't expecting him to be forced to abdicate months after being crowned either.
Also Margaret was born four years later and could have easily been a boy. Then Elizabeth would have come after him in the line of succession had she had a brother.
That 'madhouse' is in Surrey in the UK at a place called Earlswood NOT Redhill. There used to be a tunnel that went from the station to the hospital.
I used to walk past the hospital on my way to school.
Earlswood comes under redhill.. same as Reigate… dont ask me why all our towns r so complicatedly categorised
@@tiff1277 It may come under it but it's still Earlswood a separate place. Reigate doesn't though. The council is known as Reigate and Banstead for a reason.
I’ve heard tunnels traffic the children rejected and put in mental hospitals to sex traffickers look at Jimmy seville😅 he had a gold key acess
This actually wild I was just looking for the dark history of the royal family this was just unloaded. I just randomly found from the urge to look it up today this morning no such thing as a coincidence I may say
dark dark rotted family tree
So both sides the Queen and her husband prince Phillip has a family members locked away and forgotten
Shocking how these poor family members were treated xx
I wish the narration was slower and maybe not so monotone? I really wanted all the information but it was kind of hard to absorb it all with the way it was told
The queen looks just like her dad In her younger years
Hell is waiting
Yea
The Bowes lyons sisters are related to but are not part of the Royal family.
The royal family is so bad you have to put it in parts.
Lol why so mad?
@@astrowolvez can't read?
@@gabrielmilagro8906 can you? 🤣
@@astrowolvez obviously I'm not the one who replied "what" to 3 simply words.
@@gabrielmilagro8906 k
I guess people expect more from public figures, but in defense of the Queen, if I were to suddenly find out about two strangers in a mental hospital being my cousins, I wouldn't rush out to visit them. I have several cousins that I barely saw when I was a child. I know them by name and that is about all. If one of them went to a mental hospital today, I wouldn't rush over to visit. Why is someone obligated to cousins that they didn't ever know?
As head a the church we expect more from the church. Look at current family issues today. Take off the rose tinted glasses of the firm.
Not everyone's relationships with their cousins is LIKE yours.
Because she is queen of the people and so they’re not just her cousins. she has gone her entire life saying she’s a servant and dedicated her life to service, there’s one opportunity to assist your people and they haven’t even hurt her or bothered her, why not step in as queen and help them
The last name is pronounced "Bose Lion" not "Bose Leon". With all the research put into this video, that should have been known.
Maybe the narration take was so good at the long run it would be a waste to do another recording just because a mispronounced name, but idk.
It’s not a big deal whatsoever
@Zey Henny It is because that's not their name.
Thank you. I was really surprised that the narrator didn't realise that.
I was wondering about this.
I dont understand why they have to explain themselves to anyone. Especially on family member who aren’t immediate. So the queen is right “never explain” and also “never apologize”. Not a single person beside those women was hurt by this actions. So whatever apology is deserved is to those women and not to the public.
But it's the public that pays for the royal family. Imagine if you find out you've been paying for the torture of two innocent children at the hands of an inbred relic of the past, which the royal family undoubtedly is. I'd rather spend that money elsewhere tbh.
Their whole family is the only family in this country fully documented. Why is it fine to see all their boring news yet we don’t see the interesting news.
you do realize that her philosophy “never explain, never apologize” also extends to prince andrew scandal and native children going missing
and you’re defending her
@@FruityHachi yeah I mean prince Andrew has been stripped of duties and should be punished further is possible by the law. But what does the queen have to do with native children going missing? Those policies are created by her ministers and she does not create policy. You should learn how constitutional monarchy works before typing away 🤷♂️
@@Coolrunnings007 she was with native children and then they mysteriously disappeared
As someone who doesn’t speak to the cousins on my mother’s side - being blood related doesn’t mean you have a responsibility over someone’s wellbeing. Blood doesn’t always equal family
I don’t speak to my dads side either, but my disabled cousin needed me id be there in a heartbeat. It isn’t just blood, is basic respect for others.
With the amount of money the royal family have, this isn’t okay. It wouldn’t of even hurt their funds to give them appropriate care & appreciation.
@@megan-rosehope3227 who are we to say? We have no idea what their dynamic is … I’m not about to give money to family that aren’t family 🤷🏼♀️
You’ve completely missed the point. Very sad.
Neither do I, but I think if you are QUEEN of a country and people you have a bigger responsibility. She went her entire life saying she’s a servant and those cousins never hurt
Her or anyone else. and I think at that point she could have still found a way to help them even without direct contact they are her people too, not just “cousins”
This is the lowest yet , how sad to just be rejected and forgotten ! Put yourself in those dear girls shoes and try to feel if that was YOU !
I truly feel sorry for them god save their souls amen
hidden? aren't all english royalty related to each other?
More like all European royalty
Yeah, it's a very small gene pool
The Bowes-Lyon’s aren’t royal
@@dreamsteddybearsmaster even the Queen got part royal blood with the Spanish Muslim Queen which has relations to the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
Most of these dark rumors are just that except for the case's of birth defects well the case of Rosemary Kennedy is tragic she outlive them all kind of ironic right the one child who Joe Kennedy deemed impure.
Four of her siblings outlived her. Also the case with the royal family isn’t a dark rumor.
@@bbybella9937 Oh I wasn't aware of that thanks I was only aware of Rosemary I was just going on the rumors which are just that but Rosemary Kennedy isn't. You know all royals aren't as most seem to be unlike Harry and megadon they're the that need to be in charge.
Well, Rosemary’s condition was exacerbated by Joe quietly having her lobotomized. Apparently, she may have been only slightly autistic but was punished for not having the sharp wit and competitiveness the others were know for. There’s a great book detailing as much eponymously named for her.
She’s up there now answering for her awful sins, these two will be brought up🙏
I would like to think that at the time, their families didn't know what to do since there wasn't really the treatment for people with disabilities that we have today and that was one of the only choices at the time to do.
Even as late as the 50s and 60s it was often presented to parents as the kind thing to do to send their disabled children to such institutions "so they could be properly looked after". This was in the days when doctor's orders were followed without question.
Call the Midwife (which is known to strive for historical accuracy) actually covered some stories like this that show common attitudes and practices at the time, even 20 years after the queen's cousins were admitted.
True. If you go back to that era there really wasn't much of a choice. They needed full time care and not all were in a position to give thay.
@@ushabalakrishnan4974 The royal family could gave hired a private doctor and caregivers, though. It was more about the appearance of being less than perfect genes
@@hannahk1306 that show is highly accurate.
Two of the Queen's children, at least, might be described as intellectually challenged!
Wouldn't the father and mother (who were not royalty) of these women have the LEGAL AUTHORITY regarding what happened to them? Nobody knows what was offered or not offered by the royal family.
Prince William getting boo'd at the FA Cup final was fantastic. The UK is getting fed up of the Royal Family and I hope they get thrown out although it wouldn't be good for the economy due to the sheer amount of land and jewels it owns
This is how the Queen treated her blood linee
Everyone talks about how great and wonderful Elizabeth is as a queen. Whatever. She's just an evil, old lady.
Her sister was treated very shabbily.
Sounds like daddy had syphilis.
This is so pitiful that the Royal family would treat thier own family in such a manner, having the funds to take care of them properly. It's disgusting. You reap what you sow-🎯💯🔥🎱☘️👍
Wow! That was cold.. I had heard the same story about Rose Kennedy. But I had never heard this one about the Queens cousins.
The colonialism, the genocides the profiting from crimes against humanity around the including slavery? That dark side?
This is a sad story. So sad when people are cast away like this.
Yes this is very sad, I'm not taking anything away from their stories, but the sisters weren't royals, their aunt married into the Royal family, and not even the heir at the time. The Bowes-Lyons are not the royals
Horrible!!!! Obliviously the Queen Mother doesn’t want to tarnish the Royal family’s name with such relatives.
It's a mirror of a all of my stalkers families histories.
If you are British subject, why do you tolerate this absurd and ancient practice of monarchy? Join the modern world and abolish the monarchy.
I like them
Most of us are not interested in these people to be fair
They aren’t nice people honestly and the proof is in the pudding. I am from the UK 🇬🇧 and hate that all this money is spent on something so useless for this present time, the monarchy are a waste of space and have no problem being above other people rich and poor divide has never been bigger , watching poverty and doing nothing about it. Also has anyone heard the story’s of the naked person climbing down from the palace window years and years ago? The queens picnic, where children went missing?
Another story, a friend who works in a hospital met Prince Andrew years ago and he approached a top surgeon of that time at the hospital, he went on to question if he was doing his job properly and be very stuck up and rude to this surgeon.
no more unfair than any rich family. the royal family's expenditure is drawn from the family property that they inherited
They make billions for the UK whilst we spend only 40 million on them. Most footballers are worth more than what we spend on the royals. Our taxes are cheaper thanks to them.
@@georgeiii2998 also have enough power t9 change things and end poverty. If the queen sold that wonderful crown, poor people would be saved
@Lilac Grey No, they cannot end poverty. If they could they would. They can't just wave their wands and fix Britain's problems. That's not how it works.
Also, the Queen can't sell her crown because a.) It's not hers, b.) It's priceless and historical and c.) Even if she did, what would she do with the billion or so pounds? The government spends billions like it's nothing on things like Social Care, and that is not enough money to save people. The money wouldn't belong to her, and even if it did, it would be her money to spend how she likes. It wouldn't be anyone's decision on how to spend it but her. It is the government, with more power than the Queen, 's job to solve poverty, and they haven't. Because it's a huge ask. How are the royals ever going to solve poverty if they sell the Crown Jewels off? How?
@@georgeiii2998 But do they in fact make millions? I've been to the UK/England many times and not once has the RF ever been a factor in my decisions to visit.
If a family wants to keep something private from the public eye, that is their choice. Were they supposed to make a press conference? They were not in line, so there was no legal obligation to disclose. The queen’s family with public duties have a duty to disclose information that may impair their ability to carry out such duties. Anything else is personal and private. The public have to stop acting like they have a right to every detail of any public figure - that is a recent and warped concept that only serves to embarrass or destroy people.
Yes, BUT, we PAY FOR THEIR PARTY, so that gives us MORE rights than just "regular" folks in the public eye. If YOUR taxes don't pay for them, fine. OURS do. There is/ was ALSO another cousin with mental disabilities that ended up in Salmo, B.C., Canada, who also "ceased to exist". The local folks were NOT impressed with the Queen/ royal family over this. No idea if she is still alive - likely not. That's what you get when you procreate with your close relatives over centuries. Cheers!
@@kgrant3184 They receive a grant to perform official functions. What they do within their family, specially those without public functions, should be private. Your comparison sounds like an employer who thinks he owns his staff because he pay them a wage. Public & private are separate for a reason.
Ok? I only know of like 3 cousins of mine and I only ever see 1 because she is the only one in my city.
The rest I have little to no contact of. Why should I? The Queens cousins don't associate, live with or regularly contact her.
Why is it such a massive deal?? Wow the Queen has distant family that she isn't in contact with OMG ALIENS
I think dear this is a little bit different if you actually look into the story
I found out from investigating Prince Philip's family that there is one cousin of his, Tatiana Mountbatten, who was sent to a mental institution in 1970 to spend the rest of her life there. I had never heard of her until I read an article about her in a recent issue of Majesty magazine. Apparently, only five people attended her funeral in 1988. I never remember any Mountbatten family member ever mentioning her name. It was like she never existed. Fortunately, her nephew, David, did call his daughter Tatiana, I guess, as a way of honouring her legacy. If she were to be born today I believe that her family would acknowledge her existence.
Royalty always relates to being evil
I love the choice of words. "Relates" yeah, they're always related.
When queen's cousins were born society was very different. Now such thing is unacceptable and people show greater consideration and respect for disability.
could this be because they were the queens cousins also aunts or nieces or grandchildren and nephews to the queen mother all at once??
Never complain never explain .... my grandma had that mantra
Ableism and eugenics. Pure and simple.
The result of in breeding obviously
Talk about the indigenous children who the queen took and never returned
The government took get the facts straight.
As an Indigenous person from Canada this is true af. She makes me sick
@@karlakirkpatrick6687 how about IT WAS THE QUEEN you get your facts straight idk why ppl defend her incestuous family disgusts me
What?
@@georgeiii2998 Excuse me don't you mean Parliament the Royal's are just there. They took the Indigenous children that could pass for white from there Australian Indigenous culture.
I have seen the court papers of the children who the Queen took from a Canadian school .That were never seen again.
anyone back here after the queen died
I have never like them, they seem to be a very cold brood.
The Family that is so rich they are a firm, Why didn't they pay for a much better situation for their family members, They put them in a state run Institution which means that the taxpayers paided for them! That's sad😥
For those saying "it's just what they did in them days" "it's in the past" "it was common practise" etc .. I find that mentality bizarre. Common practise?? Thats so bad!! Did these people not feel compassion back then or have a heart? Not talking about the royal family just humans as a collective. A lot of bad things happened in the past that shouldn't of happened and nobody did or said anything to stop it and be like "maybe disabled people are humans too, maybe we shouldn't be treating them like this" all those people locked away and forgotten about, being abused, tortured, sterilised 💔 treated like they were monsters or seen as sin and it wasn't that long ago if you think about it, one of these sisters were still alive until 2014 age 87
It's not uncommon, especially in those times, where they would hide their family member(s) who either disabled in some form. Not saying it's right and that it's not sad, cause it is. I'm glad we've come a long way from that and we have much more of an understanding about it. Now, I'm not close to any of my many cousins, so I can't be pointing any fingers at anyone.
Little did you know she died two days after your comment
Little did I know, but I've always been fascinated with her life and knew her time was very limited. May she rest in peace and be reunited with her family from the beyond.
This is nothing compared to what JFK’s father did to his own daughter. Nobody was allowed to say her name or mention her in any way until after he died. His wife didn’t know what he had the doctor do to her until it was all ready done.
Stop comparing tragedies, grow the f up.
Pretty sure it's why little Louis and his sensory issues are underplayed and why Katherine clearly rehearsed not telling them off all the time this weekend. Taken you long enough Katherine FFS
I don't think you're saying the name right. All people with disabilities should be treated respectful regardless of bloodline
Brakes my heart
The Qualification being monarch always always ROYAL blood
they were not!
I’d say is was cold blooded but these people are the progenitors of the British Empire. Much blood has been spilled in their names.