The Royal Family at the Queen Mary Plaque Unveiling in London (1967) | British Pathé

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  • @sandworms9451
    @sandworms9451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +638

    Love the captions on this “for eight months he reigned as King Edward the Egg”

    • @official_9101
      @official_9101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      lol

    • @bonnehausman2253
      @bonnehausman2253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I don't think it's funny....the 8th....he deserves alittle more respect.

    • @official_9101
      @official_9101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @@bonnehausman2253 no he doesnt

    • @wennw2711
      @wennw2711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Bonne Hausman no he does not. One of his brother died during active service while the other died from the stress of being the new king. He was never with his country during the war while his 4 younger siblings fought tirelessly for their country.

    • @official_9101
      @official_9101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@wennw2711 yes so true he actually got pirince george duke of kent who died during the war into drugs, and he also had no sympathy for prince john who had autism, he was a horrible person

  • @anothertime1282
    @anothertime1282 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I have to say it seems a nice gesture from Prince Philip, the only one to greet and smile at the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

    • @oceanfive8201
      @oceanfive8201 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Tbf the queen mother had resentment towards Edward since she blamed him for the early death of her husband and Wallis because she used to called the queen mother cruel names, same with queen Elizabeth ii she said she still had love for her uncle since he was her uncle but she had resentment towards him for giving up the throne and throwing her father into the spotlight even though he wasn’t trained or ready to be a king

    • @ednakelley814
      @ednakelley814 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@oceanfive8201 I have heard that argument but it holds no water. Are we really expected to believe the following scenario? Oh no, my husband has to be King and we will be forced to live in all these large mansions and palaces. We will have to endure people bowing before us and waiting on us the rest of our life. Oh the tragedy that we will have to go around wearing the best and most expensive clothes and jewelry. If The Queen Mother and her husband didn't want the job then he could have abdicated too. But they chose to stay and live the life of luxury while the Queen mother pretends to be oppressed by it all is absurd. She was nothing more than a stuck up witch looking down her nose at Wallis.

    • @oceanfive8201
      @oceanfive8201 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@ednakelley814 Wallis was a n*zi sympathiser so I’d be careful defending her, and yeh I do believe George vii didn’t want to be king since the man had a stutter and wasnt a confident man at all not as a king should be, and the queen mother married her husband knowing he wasn’t the heir so safe bet is she thought she was going to be in the royal family but not the main man. But eh believe what u believe.

    • @ednakelley814
      @ednakelley814 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@oceanfive8201 David was a Nazi sympathiser too. Again, if the studdering Bertie didn't want the job he would have stepped down too to make his wife happy. That is the point.

    • @robertwebb3546
      @robertwebb3546 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @oceanfive8201 Sympathizer? She was sleeping with Van Rippentorp, the Nazi ambassador to the UK, before the war while her soon-to-be husband was still King. The Jing gave Wallis state secrets and she gave them to Van Rippentorp. Trash. Just trash with crowns.

  • @macsenplays
    @macsenplays ปีที่แล้ว +109

    It's amazing seeing the Queen and the Queen Mum together. This was 15 years after the Queen took the throne, and the Queen Mum would live another 35 after this herself.

    • @bruceleehace20anos17
      @bruceleehace20anos17 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      With her uncle Edward VIII

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a wonder that the Queen Mum didn't coldcock Wallis! Just joking! 😁
      (She blamed Wallis for the death of George vi)

  • @dnstone1127
    @dnstone1127 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    In background 1:29 Princess Alice 1883-1981, Queen Victoria's last surviving grandchild.

    • @madenz685
      @madenz685 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Alice of Battenberg?

    • @hollypierce4843
      @hollypierce4843 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@madenz685No countess of athlone.

  • @georgealexander141
    @georgealexander141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +370

    Wow, Mary outlived three of her sons. That must’ve been very painful.

    • @heneralantonioluna8725
      @heneralantonioluna8725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      And her husband

    • @MrPesado98
      @MrPesado98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@heneralantonioluna8725 Outliving your children is probably a much worse feeling

    • @georgealexander141
      @georgealexander141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      I feel bad for Johnny. Poor boy never had a chance. Bertie, who seemed to be decent man, was a slave to smoking. At least George V lived to a ripe old age.

    • @MrPesado98
      @MrPesado98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@georgealexander141 The royal family had a thing for favoring children.

    • @Whydontijustusespotify123
      @Whydontijustusespotify123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      3 of her 6 children actually. Prince John died in 1919. The Duke of Kent in 1942, and 10 years later King George VI

  • @WaltonElise
    @WaltonElise 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Wow it is so crazy that mary of teck almost reached elizabeth’s coronation. Because mary of teck was friends with the 1 and only QUEEN VICTORIA and mary of teck’s favorite grand daughter is elizabeth. And to think elizabeth is alive rn is so unbelievable. R.I.P Queen Mary Of Teck

    • @massivemagoo
      @massivemagoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      :(

    • @nickyjones2709
      @nickyjones2709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah 'almost' I think they done away with her so she didn't capture the headlines at the Queen's coronation

    • @ChristChickAutistic
      @ChristChickAutistic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      God rest the soul of Elizabeth the Great, 1926-2022.

    • @reddish8692
      @reddish8692 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Queen Elizabeth's coronation was in 1952. Mary of Teck passed away in 1953.

    • @carmenandreea
      @carmenandreea ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mary of Teck knew both Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II and I think she held King Charles in her arms as a baby. Her life was a crossroad of History.

  • @GaryValentino69
    @GaryValentino69 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The look on King Edward's face and seeing how Queen Mother avoided him and the family distanced themselves from him. I think next to him is Prince Henry, his other brother.

  • @Silligk
    @Silligk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    0:14 love the subtle but noticeable tone change

    • @roseybud2821
      @roseybud2821 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That was the first thing i noticed as well 😂😂😂😂

  • @swannoir
    @swannoir 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The differences melted away! Right.

  • @Rose-qd2bl
    @Rose-qd2bl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    Mrs. Simpson and the queen mother work hard to avoid looking at each other.

    • @Roger.Coleman1949
      @Roger.Coleman1949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Yes Jeanne, I think they both had a personal challenge to see if they could outlive the other !.When Mrs Simpson was alone and bedridden , no compassion appeared to be ever shown towards her.

    • @sodapop83
      @sodapop83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@Roger.Coleman1949 good, like she didn't show any to her husband when he was dying. but tbf the duke and duchess of windsor were both quite treasonous and stupid during WW2

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I read once that later in life the Queen Mother would send Wallis flowers whenever she visited Paris. At the Dukes funeral Elizabeth was seen comforting the duchess

    • @Prieze868
      @Prieze868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sodapop83 King Edward Sydenham Road what the public holiday should a married when he was keen and then they would have eventually accepted it and then when he passed might have gone to the Queen anyway if they didn't have any children they should have shown what they were made of

    • @sodapop83
      @sodapop83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Prieze868 other than he didn't have any children you don't make much sense... well, children.. there are many factors from this couple why they never had any... but tbf THANK GOD they never got to have any children...

  • @guapoindustries5030
    @guapoindustries5030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    Kinda weird how Charles kinda looks like Edward more and more as he gets older

    • @Hi-xu9xn
      @Hi-xu9xn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Repent of your sins and follow Jesus Christ Almighty

    • @anormalname6498
      @anormalname6498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@Hi-xu9xn people like you makes me want to become an atheist

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well they were great uncle/great nephew. Prince Charles's grandfather was this man's oldest brother who he dropped in the plopped!

    • @daaadoooo
      @daaadoooo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@anormalname6498 same bruh

    • @Candolad
      @Candolad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yes, well there's a good chance of that being that they're closely related, however, Edward VIII was the better looking.

  • @ritahorvath8207
    @ritahorvath8207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    0:50 Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, what a man. May he rest in peace. 🌹

  • @LaPtiteAnglaise
    @LaPtiteAnglaise 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Tommy Lascelles at 1:25 ? Absolute GOAT in The Crown.

  • @bonniemagpie5166
    @bonniemagpie5166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    Edward bowed his head as The Queen walked past him.

    • @fshoaps
      @fshoaps 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      He was a good man.

    • @official_9101
      @official_9101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@fshoaps do you know anything about him or are you from hell?

    • @fshoaps
      @fshoaps 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@official_9101 I’m a huge history buff, he was a good, man. The Nazi stuff was developed by the royal family to silence him. He was a modern king.

    • @official_9101
      @official_9101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@fshoaps so just dont talk about him having a hugo ego marrying a divorced person and being a nazi sympathizer

    • @ItachiWindsor
      @ItachiWindsor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That’s the proper protocol

  • @tombarac8253
    @tombarac8253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    It's amazin resemblance between actor from the Crown and real ex King.

  • @ThePlankton5165
    @ThePlankton5165 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of my great grandmothers brought me here: Antimina Micco. She died shortly after turning 85 in 2005 and would’ve been 100 in 2020.

  • @katesleuth1156
    @katesleuth1156 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Lovely video. Thank you.

  • @awesome1537
    @awesome1537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "Here with the Duchess for whom he gave up the throne"
    A taunt ?

  • @joelmoore2994
    @joelmoore2994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    See how the queen mother completely blanked the Duke and duchess of windsor

    • @MrPesado98
      @MrPesado98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Probably some old grudge

    • @gratialake8459
      @gratialake8459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I love the RF but the Queen Mother was not nice, if Edward had not abdicated she would not have been in the wonderful position she was in. Should have been grateful to Wallis for taking him away.

    • @monalisa1994moniz
      @monalisa1994moniz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gratialake8459 have you wonder maybe she didn't want to be in that position at all? Just like Queen Elizabeth, they weren't born to become Queens.

    • @georgew2014
      @georgew2014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The Queen Mother blamed the Duke and Duchess for her husband's early death. Yes, George VI was a smoker, but supposedly it got much worse when he became king. He smoked to calm his nerves.

    • @89Pancakes
      @89Pancakes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@georgew2014 Exactly. Perhaps if he had time to prepare for the job he would have coped better, but a job of huge responsibility was thrust upon him.

  • @elderlypoodle9181
    @elderlypoodle9181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Wow!! Thank you for sharing this

  • @gabrieldash6653
    @gabrieldash6653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    the casting in the crown it's the most accurate omgg for both of them and Anne

    • @abbatrouble
      @abbatrouble 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Too bad the story they made up in not accurate at all!

  • @jrexx2841
    @jrexx2841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    former King Edward VII is the closest thing we've got to what Elizabeth's father would look like if he did not die early.

    • @domamania
      @domamania ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well they were brothers

    • @johnhopper8350
      @johnhopper8350 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@domamania yes, I think he means Edward VIII!

  • @krishnasubhasanthi6535
    @krishnasubhasanthi6535 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    How many of you saw the Duke of Windsor bowing to The Queen Mother ?

    • @oceanfive8201
      @oceanfive8201 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeh I was surprised to see that actually

  • @R.Kinney1492
    @R.Kinney1492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Queen Elizabeth;
    "Thank you, Uncle!" 👑 😹

    • @Moon-kz9yc
      @Moon-kz9yc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For the 👑, obviously 😂😂

  • @lindaeasley5606
    @lindaeasley5606 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    MEghan is making Wallis Simpson look like a paragon of virtue

    • @anyaw340
      @anyaw340 ปีที่แล้ว

      Selfish Charles has already done that when he decided to forego his duties in favor his own sexual and emotional desires. What can you claim Megan did that was immoral - particularly when she was never going to be Queen Consort (like Wallis)? Speak?? Give me a break. She has every right to speak. She owes those people nothing. In America, we don't believe in one-sided loyalty.

  • @pam0626
    @pam0626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    Fast-forward 55 years. It’s like seeing Meghan & Harry at the Platinum Jubilee.

    • @donna25871
      @donna25871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Not even close as everyone was focused on the Sussexes.

    • @pam0626
      @pam0626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@donna25871 Focused on the Sussex’s? Hardly…

    • @mysticalmargaret6105
      @mysticalmargaret6105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@donna25871 Maybe you were focused on them - I certainly wasn't. 🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @mindyschocolate
      @mindyschocolate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      You guys have a weird obsession with Harry and Meghan.

    • @pam0626
      @pam0626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@mindyschocolate I’m more obsessed about the British Monarchy. Meghan Markle will be a footnote in ten years time, just like Wallis Simpson.

  • @ffet1236
    @ffet1236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    00:43 Tommy Lascelles. Loved his character in The Crown, a loyal servant to the royal family.

    • @LordlyJeremy
      @LordlyJeremy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And actually fairly closely related to the Royal Family by marriage - he was the first cousin of Henry Lascelles, the Earl of Harewood, who was married to Edward VIII/George VI/Gloucester/Kent's sister, Princess Mary.

  • @lukethorne2517
    @lukethorne2517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    00:15 love how the narrator just calls him out

  • @tania8257
    @tania8257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    The queen looked so much like her grandma

    • @Javeec
      @Javeec 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My grandma looked like the queen. Never seen them in the same room btw

    • @shaunosmorrison8385
      @shaunosmorrison8385 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Queen Elizabeth looked more like her aunt Mary in her later years

  • @jarrodbarkley9061
    @jarrodbarkley9061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The queen mother must have hated having "that woman" (as she referred to her) there.

    • @angeliquepiafbordeaux4107
      @angeliquepiafbordeaux4107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tough that Cookie didn't like them. I bet they didn't lose sleep at night over it.

    • @LuckyBoyJKid
      @LuckyBoyJKid 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@angeliquepiafbordeaux4107 well I can't imagine nazi sympathisers lose sleep over much

    • @frankiechong3819
      @frankiechong3819 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Angelique… Wallis Simpson was your mother or something? Hahaha!

    • @krishnavyas313
      @krishnavyas313 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@angeliquepiafbordeaux4107 well, Queen mother hated Duchess of Windsor so much that, she didn't let her husband gave HRH title to Duchess.
      Edward and Wallis did loose their sleep because of that.
      They were so desperate for HRH title, it was Edward's last wish but Queen mother didn't let Queen Elizabeth II grant her uncle his last wish.

    • @JohnSmith-ei2pz
      @JohnSmith-ei2pz ปีที่แล้ว

      What the scottish piss head? Horrible woman!

  • @kimyongin1987
    @kimyongin1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It is interesting too see that the Duke of Gloucester looked older and more frail than the Duke of Windsor, while he was the younger one.

  • @mariamR66
    @mariamR66 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Woooow so amazing story video thank you so much for the video sir

  • @garethluvsthetruth6782
    @garethluvsthetruth6782 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    great colour

  • @berliannahaz423
    @berliannahaz423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    family reunite for their shared love for the matriach❤️ this ❤️ we need to keep

  • @mikehiggins946
    @mikehiggins946 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The clarity and color of that video is unreal!

  • @stevewallschlaeger1379
    @stevewallschlaeger1379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    British Pathe can be counted on for a representative and positive facts accounting and accurate source. Real information. Not papparazi garbage. I hate that inuendo and gossip negative spin stuff. Steeped in zero information.
    Glad for what is factual and true with the best positive light possible.

  • @nickyjones2709
    @nickyjones2709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What was the matter with his eye. Popeye the sailor man 🤣🤣🤣

  • @colinayki2350
    @colinayki2350 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A remarkable clip - abdicated king bowing to his sister in law and to his niece! Beautifully British ❤

  • @AnonymousBlackGirl
    @AnonymousBlackGirl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh I just walked past that in London. Had no clue there was a massive unveiling. Lol

  • @manuelcontreras524
    @manuelcontreras524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Que increíble ver a Isabel II con su tío el rey Eduardo VII y pensar que gracias a su abdicacion ella llegó al trono

  • @efiaahimah3713
    @efiaahimah3713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Oh wow 😳
    His Mom was alive when he gave up the throne.
    She must've been absolutely furious and disappointed ☹️😞
    Still your child will always be your child ❤️

    • @lornetc
      @lornetc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Even though it is is dramatized in The Crown, it is very likely that the conversation about "Monarchy is a duty given by God" between Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth did happen.

    • @mikegalvin9801
      @mikegalvin9801 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She was livid. Like her granddaughter she took duty seriously. She also LOATHED Mrs Simpson.

    • @robertb4000
      @robertb4000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Her life has seen 2 eras and 2 world war

    • @anyaw340
      @anyaw340 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikegalvin9801 Elizabeth is the one who let Charles have his way after skirting his duties. Edward wasn't half as bad as Elizabeth's own son.

    • @mikegalvin9801
      @mikegalvin9801 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@anyaw340 Charles lll has always been dutiful and dedicated. He had a bad first marriage but that is hardly unusual for his generation. Edward Vlll was a great bounder as the English say and it was a very good thing his brother became the wartime king.

  • @serendpity3478
    @serendpity3478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    See the Queen mum glide past the pair of 'em like a galleon in full sail. Head turned completely away, to greet the old dear beside them. Cut 'em down like saplings in the path of a diamond encrusted bulldozer.
    There's a perhaps apocryphal story of how some fawning royal journalist had said to her once that it was extraordinary how Edward VIII had abdicated to marry a commoner and the Queen mum replied:
    "Well there's certainly no one commoner than Wallis."

    • @annamelanie5151
      @annamelanie5151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The wittiest comment I’ve read in ages. Are you a writer? Poet? Thank you for brightening my day. “…galleon in full sail…diamond encrusted bulldozer”. Brilliant imagery.

    • @serendpity3478
      @serendpity3478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@annamelanie5151 And thank you for brightening my day with your lovely compliment.

    • @angeliquepiafbordeaux4107
      @angeliquepiafbordeaux4107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cookie had to glide like a ship, she was always as large as one.

    • @mercedesscholl5551
      @mercedesscholl5551 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@angeliquepiafbordeaux4107 That's right. The Queen Mum must have always felt a certain envy for Wallis's slimness and elegance. Elizabeth's longstanding hate for Wallis seems more personal than a family or political matter, deeply personal I dare to say. In those days, it was said in some aristocratic houses that Elizabeth rejected Bertie three times, because she hoped that the Prince of Wales (Edward) who knew her and found her friendly and funny, would finally propose to her. Who knows...?

    • @angeliquepiafbordeaux4107
      @angeliquepiafbordeaux4107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mercedesscholl5551 I've heard that story since I was a kid.I believe it must be true because many people say that's what really happened. And Cookie always thought she was better than anybody else.

  • @soniafumes5116
    @soniafumes5116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    A rainha Elizabeth uma Lady, ao conversar com seu tio e a esposa dele. Uma mulher a frente de seu tempo. Oque posso de coração desejar a ela muita saúde. O mundo inteiro de ama. Meus respeitos a Rainha e minha total admiração

  • @aina2181
    @aina2181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I always like Princess Marina.

    • @Jonathanbegg
      @Jonathanbegg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes - so does the Duke of Edinburgh.

    • @ffet1236
      @ffet1236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jonathan Begg. Princess Marina and the Duke of Edinburgh were first cousins, from the royal houses of greece and denmark

  • @janelane769
    @janelane769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    What's the song in the background?

  • @SalvatoreEscoti
    @SalvatoreEscoti 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love the way the R is pronounced, this is such a lovley english!

  • @TheDodudodo
    @TheDodudodo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Voilà une délicatesse fort appréciée .MERCI 🙋‍♂️

  • @robertcollins7025
    @robertcollins7025 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I wonder what the Queen said to the Dutchess of Windsor that made her smile? I am aware that not everyone in the family totally disdained her at the level of the Queen Mother. Still it was hardly a warm reception usually.

    • @ednakelley814
      @ednakelley814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The fact that the Queen mother blamed the Dutchess instead of the Duke tells me all I need to know about her.

    • @silencemeviolateme6076
      @silencemeviolateme6076 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ednakelley814 that she's a typical mother?

    • @anyaw340
      @anyaw340 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ednakelley814 I've never read anything positive about the Queen Mother's personality.

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anyaw340
      "Duty" was drilled into her by Queen Victoria.
      George V and Mary had a working relationship and a deep sense of
      respect for each other. Also they had six kids so......
      With arranged marriages, it is said that you learn to love each other
      as you share your life together. That is if both treat the other with
      respect and civility.

  • @adib.6849
    @adib.6849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This was the first time the four Windsor sisters-in-law(the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Gloucester, the dowager Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Windsor) were present together for a public event.

    • @anthonyherstell8569
      @anthonyherstell8569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And Princess Alice of Athlone (in blue) who died in 1981 aged 97. Princess Marina died a year later than this video. Alice of Gloucester lived until 102 and passed away in 2004. It's a great piece of footage

    • @adib.6849
      @adib.6849 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anthonyherstell8569 Absolutely!!

    • @rachmarizky2690
      @rachmarizky2690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@anthonyherstell8569 wait, the woman dressing in light blue next to Edward the Duke of Kent? Isn't that his wife, Katherine Worsley?

    • @bluebellflora1622
      @bluebellflora1622 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rachmarizky2690 Yes, that is the Duchess of Kent. Lol.

  • @FlyxPat
    @FlyxPat หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1867-1953. Two eras indeed. Incredible. She would have been 40 in 1907, the height of the empire. The UK, the Raj and dominions combined still the largest economic bloc on the planet, until overtaken by the US around 1918. Then to live to see the empire cashed out to pay for two world war victories, decolonisation and the retreat from Suez.
    All from the misty heights.

  • @evanwondoseen8865
    @evanwondoseen8865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    They acted like they hated the Duke of Windsor for abdicating but that’s far from the truth. They gladly accepted his abdication and have been living happy ever after since

    • @4tchilling956
      @4tchilling956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They hated at the beginning
      Because Jorge VI never wanted that life for him and for their family
      Of course when the years passed they were all glad this happened that way

    • @4tchilling956
      @4tchilling956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn’t want to be a royal family
      Only wanted their money and power

    • @wendykinnear9151
      @wendykinnear9151 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No wonder, Edward was friends with Hitler!

    • @RONALDB62
      @RONALDB62 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Elizabeth would have become Queen regardless as Edward and Wallis would have produced no Heir. It would have happened 20 years later in 1972.

    • @lornetc
      @lornetc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RONALDB62 Maybe, maybe not. If being king hadn't been thrust upon him, Prince Albert may have lived a lot longer; its fairly well known that the stress of being King during the war lead to his increased drinking and smoking which contributed to his illnesses and early death.

  • @poussinhamzah4013
    @poussinhamzah4013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Great video. HM The Queen is so beautiful and elegant

  • @mhalovers3892
    @mhalovers3892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The royal family was so different back then.

  • @normanmunns4743
    @normanmunns4743 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sadly nobody in the Royal family forgave him for abdicating
    His mother ( Queen Mary )never forgave him, and the Queen Mother hated both him and Wallace.
    Respect to him for putting the woman he loved first

  • @GeeB1
    @GeeB1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She wasn't a real Queen. She was a queen consort (the wife of a real King). Historians say she was a cold hearted woman that didn't even really care about her children.

    • @bluebellflora1622
      @bluebellflora1622 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A Queen Consort is a real queen, hence why the word "Queen" is in the title. What you mean is that she is not a regnant queen, but she was a "real" queen. There are no fake queens. There are different types of queens. Queen Mary was a consort, not a monarch, but she was a queen.

    • @dansmodacct
      @dansmodacct ปีที่แล้ว

      she was absolutely a real queen, just like the queen mother was and Queen Camilla is now.

  • @yvettemoore1228
    @yvettemoore1228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Melted away? I don’t think so...

  • @sharonlefebvre7292
    @sharonlefebvre7292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I don't see how both of them even wanted to go to the unveiling of Queen Mary's memorial with the way she treated them. If it were me, I would have stayed home.

    • @mysticalmargaret6105
      @mysticalmargaret6105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      She was his mother and he was a dutiful son. You do know that they continued to write to each other until the end of Queen Mary's days? And besides, Edward's sister-in-law Elizabeth the Queen Mother treated them much worse. She blamed him and Wallis for her husband's early death.

    • @peachygal4153
      @peachygal4153 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mysticalmargaret6105 So she claimed but many say she had wanted to marry David/Edward but settled for Bertie/George. True? Who knows but Bertie proposed 3 times before she agreed to marry him

    • @oceanfive8201
      @oceanfive8201 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peachygal4153 she turned him down multiple times because she didn’t want to be apart of the royal family not because she was holding out for Edward😭

  • @bancroftss
    @bancroftss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Princess marina so beautiful ❤😭

  • @tapele5987
    @tapele5987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Wow, Edward VIII is extremely similar to his brother George VI, Elizabeth's father

    • @dustbunnieboo
      @dustbunnieboo ปีที่แล้ว

      In outward appearance perhaps.

  • @michaelhayden725
    @michaelhayden725 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting only the lady in the second row curtseyed to the Queen and Queen Mum. Maybe the other ladies had encountered the Queen or Queen Mum earlier in the day. Wallis only showed this honour/respect when Elizabeth, Philip and Charles visited the Duke in 1972, a few weeks before his death,.

  • @bertiewooster3326
    @bertiewooster3326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Queen mum ignored Duchess Windsor on arrival.

  • @ColonelJohnmatrix1000
    @ColonelJohnmatrix1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The bloody duke of Windsor.

  • @iGamezRo
    @iGamezRo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Only watched it to see Edward VIII.

  • @thelostscrim1875
    @thelostscrim1875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Funny thing that edward is even preccessor of The Queen's father

  • @jenylogan1
    @jenylogan1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I feel sympathy for the Windsors, especially Wallis, no saints , by any means, but not the villains they have been made out to be. A campaign of vilification has been waged against them on every level, no blow too low, even up to the present day. I can’t help feeling the Harkles are the perfect revenge, what goes around comes around .

    • @kaysmith8992
      @kaysmith8992 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have the Harkles actually done any damage though? If anything I feel like they've entrenched support for the royals by portraying pro-Harkles as 'woke traitors'.

    • @Ater_Draco
      @Ater_Draco 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean they only offered to help the Nazis conquer Britain, in return for the Throne, but sure the were vilified

    • @jenylogan1
      @jenylogan1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ater_Draco Utter Rubbish, with not a shred of proof, but I suppose it appeals to the gullible !

    • @lornetc
      @lornetc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were literal Nazi sympathizers and their is decent evidence that the Duke was colluding with Hitler to be reinstalled on the throne as a puppet monarch should Hitler win the war. That's the reason why they sent him to be governor of the Bahamas during the war, HM Secret Service could keep an eye on him and he couldn't do too much damage as the governor of a remote colony.

    • @venus_envy
      @venus_envy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel bad for Wallis but not David, who gave the Nazis crucial information and endangered many. He was a traitor and if he hadn't been a royal he'd have been shot for treason.

  • @grammy965
    @grammy965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wallis never let them see her SWEAT .😎

  • @genevievedaily1983
    @genevievedaily1983 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    so nice

  • @Longi1974
    @Longi1974 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was born in 1974 so I am not old enough to remember Edward VIII. I usually associate him with pre-World War II, and black and white images, so it is always strange for me to see images of him in colour.

    • @chloehall4270
      @chloehall4270 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you read?

    • @Longi1974
      @Longi1974 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chloehall4270 I think so, why do you ask?

    • @chloehall4270
      @chloehall4270 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Longi1974 If you can read history books, it’s not necessary to personally witness the past or be alive while historical events unfold.

    • @Longi1974
      @Longi1974 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chloehall4270 I think that you may have missed the point of my post. I'll try to explain. Edward, to me is synonymous with the era of the 1930's or wartime Britain, a period in which he appears in many black and white still images and footage, obviously. That is how I mentally associate him. When he is seen here in the 1960's, it feels much closer to current times (even though it was sixty years ago now) and so he seems 'out of place' to me. It's like seeing somebody from the distant past in more modern times. That's all.
      Reply

    • @oceanfive8201
      @oceanfive8201 ปีที่แล้ว

      He didn’t do anything tho

  • @Abcdefg-xl8te
    @Abcdefg-xl8te 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Can anybody see Harry and Me-gain in the future here. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @bluebellflora1622
      @bluebellflora1622 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We already saw this recently. It is eerily similar down to the expressions on Wallis and Edward.

  • @1978rharris
    @1978rharris ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Notice how the news gave ya just the facts back then? No sensationalism or scandal, per se.

  • @juancho8124
    @juancho8124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I missed u, ilove u and please take care, wishing u all the best a luck, good health.

  • @thelimey351
    @thelimey351 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    _"The differences melted away"_
    *NO* , they didn't, the only reason the Royal Family invited Edward & Mrs. Simpson was because they had to as it was Edward's mother who had died.

  • @superninja493
    @superninja493 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:55 nice

  • @fedepetit
    @fedepetit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Does this plaque still exist today?

    • @sodapop83
      @sodapop83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yes, it does

    • @fallinlight3944
      @fallinlight3944 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ron Cash wtf ? it's a plaque not a plague

  • @somyod2u
    @somyod2u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The small hat perched on the head of the Duchess of Windsor reminded me of the small crown worn by Queen Victoria.

  • @harismanoppo5351
    @harismanoppo5351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How king edward feeling to see queen elizabeth...

    • @Moon-kz9yc
      @Moon-kz9yc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Regrets

    • @harismanoppo5351
      @harismanoppo5351 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Moon-kz9yc 😁🙈🙈

    • @Moon-kz9yc
      @Moon-kz9yc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@harismanoppo5351 the only true word for describing his life after seeing him is regret , the couple was clearly not in love

  • @johntaylor1720
    @johntaylor1720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Edward a man who put himself first unlike our late queen

    • @bluebellflora1622
      @bluebellflora1622 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But our Queen was already married prior to acceding. She didn't have the same issue, but Margaret did years later.

    • @domamania
      @domamania ปีที่แล้ว

      Which queen, cause in the monarch history, there over 10 queens.

  • @GrandlMarshal
    @GrandlMarshal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RIP Queen Elizabeth II

  • @bradley8867
    @bradley8867 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very funny thumbnail 😂

  • @brother.love143
    @brother.love143 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does anybody know the name of the music in the background?

  • @gavinburnes6344
    @gavinburnes6344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    She didn’t even look at Edward

  • @janetclaireSays
    @janetclaireSays ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Queen Elizabeth II was so gracious.

  • @karendalsadik7119
    @karendalsadik7119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Those hats look like shower caps.

  • @SuperGreatSphinx
    @SuperGreatSphinx 10 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Hail Mary, Holy Queen!

    • @dalredmond5879
      @dalredmond5879 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Old Girl was full of holes!!!!

    • @baleevet
      @baleevet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's Maria!

    • @Prieze868
      @Prieze868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Be glad Queen Mary wasn't your mother because she would have ostracize you

  • @joshuabakokurmi1892
    @joshuabakokurmi1892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love is greater than castles and chiefdoms. Thanks to His margesty, Edward VIII, for exitbiting that almost forgotten and crucial part of our compassionate human nature. Remain ever green in our minds for the sake of the divicult decisive stance you took. Thanks for showing us that there are no Kings or Queens but God and our hearts.

    • @thatgirl3960
      @thatgirl3960 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well he lived an unhappy life till his death.

    • @anyaw340
      @anyaw340 ปีที่แล้ว

      And in the end, Edward did much, much less than what the current King did.

    • @joshuabakokurmi1892
      @joshuabakokurmi1892 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anyaw340 please expatriate. I will love to hear what history says.

    • @oceanfive8201
      @oceanfive8201 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I’m very grateful Edward gave up his throne, he would’ve been an awful king and England would’ve been in even more trouble since ww2 happened around the same time, king George really stepped up even though he wasn’t prepared and didn’t want to

  • @joewu294
    @joewu294 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If I am not mistaken, the Queen Mother let the Duke kissed her on the cheek at this occasion, but I couldn't find any footage of it now

  • @pritt23293
    @pritt23293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Prince Philip was friendly..

  • @deanlorenz1926
    @deanlorenz1926 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wallace (?) looks like the queen of hearts in Alice in Wonderland.

  • @haroldkane9714
    @haroldkane9714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He looks like a king

  • @shadyphoenix
    @shadyphoenix ปีที่แล้ว +2

    King Edward the eggs was an amazing king

  • @Prieze868
    @Prieze868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The queen has a lot to thank Wallis Simpson for she would be Princess Elizabeth of York otherwise

    • @alejandrovidal6441
      @alejandrovidal6441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Not really...If Edward had not given up the throne, he could have been King until his death in 1972; since prince Albert (Elizabeth´s father) had died in 1952, she would have been the heir of the throne from that moment until 1972. Then she would have become Queen...

    • @gidzmobug2323
      @gidzmobug2323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@alejandrovidal6441 Elizabeth would have been heiress-presumptive from 1952-1972 (the "presumptive" part was because Edward might have had a child of his own). Her two eldest children would have been adults when she became Queen.

    • @aurelmatthews4164
      @aurelmatthews4164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@alejandrovidal6441 This is only taking in to account if Edward didn't have any children, which seems highly unlikely if he actually decided to stay king.

    • @Whydontijustusespotify123
      @Whydontijustusespotify123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@aurelmatthews4164 he was already 42 when he became king. He didnt marry before nor had any children. Even if he did marry someone else and stayed king, i doubt Edward would have had children

    • @aurelmatthews4164
      @aurelmatthews4164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Whydontijustusespotify123I don't believer there's been more than a couple of English monarchs who died childless. Unless they were both sterile it would be incredible for a British King to not father an heir

  • @abbithuraisingham8714
    @abbithuraisingham8714 ปีที่แล้ว

    At least Wallis was lovely to the royals until the end never said a bad word. Neither did David only against the establishment

  • @MidlandTexan
    @MidlandTexan ปีที่แล้ว

    That went well.

  • @bernardofuntanetfelix3190
    @bernardofuntanetfelix3190 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0.35 Princess Marina always seemed like a beautiful woman to me. He died young a year and two months after that video.

  • @venus_envy
    @venus_envy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like Wallis's hair like that.

  • @evanwondoseen8865
    @evanwondoseen8865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why was The Queen Mother and Prince Phillip there? Queen Mary didn’t care for either.

  • @sjeskey8361
    @sjeskey8361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "his mother was 69" nice

  • @emeraldkimble7602
    @emeraldkimble7602 ปีที่แล้ว

    She had two Cunard ships named after her

  • @Trumpforever47
    @Trumpforever47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If had not abdicated he would of been King here

  • @shaunosmorrison8385
    @shaunosmorrison8385 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Prince Henry looked way older than brother Edward

    • @user-uy4xh4js9d
      @user-uy4xh4js9d 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He had suffered several strokes prior to this. I believe this was one of the last times he was seen in public.