So, I'm a beekeeper and telling your bees when a family member has died is an old practice. It's not exclusive to the Royals at all. You are expected to tell the bees of any major life events in the family especially births and deaths. The practice goes back centuries.
You've caught my interest. Why is it a thing? Is it the thinking that it treats them as part of the family, so they'll work harder to make better/more honey, or is it a mystical type of thong?
@@stevenclark1662 I believe they thought that if the bees weren't properly informed that all hell would break loose in the colonies. The bees wouldn't produce honey, they would die, or they would leave. Some of the rituals involve knocking on the hive three times to get their attention and informing them of the event. Some have it where you inform the bees at midnight, while other traditions actually drape the bee hive in black so they can take part in the mourning process. There are lots of variations on the origins of the practice as it's truly not known.
Informing the bees isn't a UK or royal tradition. It's a beekeeping tradition, if their caretaker dies. The idea is that the beekeeper not showing up to care for them might make the bees abandon the hive, so there has to be an explanation for his/her absence.
I think the smart people of Missouri know that him being put away forever is - unfortunately - highly unlikely. But it sure is a lovely dream for smart people to have!
As a beekeeper myself, Yeah telling bees is a long tradition started in Europe but it’s been traditionally done all over the world. It’s said that you must tell your hives if someone from the family has died or of new birth and major life changes so they wouldn’t unexpectedly die, swarm entirely, or get disease. I didn’t know the Queen had bees. That’s cool.
Stephen has been a lifesaver for me this year. I’ve been struggling a lot with depression and anxiety and right now I’m in the middle of my first health scare. In the last week I’ve had an endoscopy and a liver biopsy. Thanks to Stephen and everyone at The Late Show for always making me laugh and smile.
I feel you. Trump's coup, election fraud, a lack of justice, nazi style race replacement propaganda, russian interference and a corrupt supreme court is giving us all anxiety and depression.
I gotta say, I approve of the investigation focusing on Rudy. He's moved several investigations forward by confessing to things of which he wasn't yet suspected on live television. If you put him under oath and he doesn't incriminate himself within 30 minutes, your next indictment is free.
Yeah Rudy hasn't lied. Name one. Here's a collection of Hillary lying repeatedly about Benghazi and her email, and you frauds all lied by accepting the results of a clearly stolen election. I'd include the links except for the censorship you fascists approve, and by the way, when are you gonna prosecute Colbert's team for actually breaking into the Capitol since, ya know, "no one should be above the law." You're hypocrites and liars and tyrants who could give a rip about democracy. Pound sand. Your ignorance endangers my freedom. Twit. THE CLINTON LIE RATCHET (Bill Whittle, TH-cam) "BILL WHITTLE: WHY BENGHAZI MATTERS" (Bill Whittle, TH-cam) "Bill Whittle - Benghazi - Obama - Clinton" (Bill Whittle, TH-cam)
today i heard a very powerful statement from a UK citizen, who explained why he is willing to wait hours in line for the queen: The Queen served this Country over 70 Years, so it is common sense, that i can wait 5 hours in line to pay her my respect.
@@JojoSails Steven Colbert is just a plastic puppet for the Globalist W.E.F. ETC. I bet it's a pain never learning from this puppet. Better run back to watching MSNBC and memorize some more one liners and pre programmed phrases. Colbert is told to target liberals like you because you have no foundation, and are easily persuaded. You lack any ability for critical thinking and are just satisfied to watch the one thing that backs up your weak ideologies and morals....Trump is speaking tonight in front of thousands. The phony FBI raid like the fake Russian collusions from nasty smelly Hillary and pedophile Chuck Schumer did nothing other to bolster Trumps support . Keep up the good work lost liberal. Lmao
You do understand how your own country’s political system works don’t you? The monarch is head of state and figurehead with no power. The parliament and prime minister model has more benefits and more widely adopted across the world than the presidential.
@@clickrick not at all. can have elected head of state by politicians that is only a figurehead, like Ireland/Germany/Italy etc. but what's the point, no difference from a monarch with zero history behind it
Lindell says he does all his business on his phone,so if he loses his phone,then he goes out of business. Who knew taking away his phone would be the easiest way to get rid of him.
Actually, the monarchy is taxed at a 75% rate. All revenue from the royal estates is given to the Chancery and the monarchy receives 25%. It's the law.
President Zelensky in february '22: " I don't need a ride, I need ammunition!" Russian Soldiers September '22: I don't need ammunition, I need a ride!😆
@@21972012145525 Ukrainian farmers have been towing away Russian artillery vehicles with their tractors. It became a meme. Steven's basically saying that the tank is Ukraine's now.
@@geraltrivia6148 yep, Agricultural Division of Tractors 😁, at the beginning farmers were promised they won't have to pay taxes for, em, "acquired" tanks and other military vehicles with Z on them 😉
Fountain pens do leak everywhere. Try being a lefty, then you smear the bloody ink every where. A total nightmare to use. I'm on HRH side! Bloody hell innit!
I wish we would extend grace to a man who just lost his mother and immediately traveled through GB and had at the same time carry out all responsibilities required of him as king, including the customs surrounding her funeral
Oh please we all lost mother father friends and sometimes we don't have a job we are sick no money for the Coffin. Give me a break that Guy Charles is in heaven.
He's a decent human. He loves gardening and has concern the earth. I think. No more fox hunts Charlie. That is not cool. Seriously. Edit: this wasn't fair to say bc no idea if he ever hunted a 🦊. I meant it metaphorically. What does it mean to be the King of England in 2022? And I thought he might have a contribution to make. He might well have.
ann Parker are you one of those who only get your education from plastic puppet man Steven Colbert who only targets the easily persuaded? Trumps speaking tonight I'm front of thousands about the 57 pony attempts to get rid of him .
Telling the Bees isn't a royal protocol, it's a beekeeping protocol. Bees must always be informed when there's a death in the household, whatever the household.
Yowza what an opening! I hope that these charges and arrests and investigations bear fruit because the only way we are going to heal is getting rid of the rot
I would cut Charles a little slack over his leaky pen. He just lost his mother, has become King (with all the attendant ceremonies), and has to deal with the pageantry around the funeral. I’m sure he’s under more than a little stress right now. A minor meltdown is quite understandable
@@douglasdavis8395 Yeah. This business genius runs 5 companies - completely from a single phone - and he doesn’t have a computer, or a tablet, or a backup phone. That sounds about right. (He probably doesn’t even have Apple Care.). 🙄 But he knows all the best cyber guys - and they have computers - so she should be all right. 🤦🏻♂️
ISTR that Narnia was initially reached by diving in and out of ponds that acted as portals. One of those ponds was reached through a tree that was later turned into a wardrobe as the kid returning from Narnia became the old professor.
We may be concerned about knife crime, but the truth is it's far less prevalent than in the US. And currently half the country's suffering a drought, so that's two more stereotypes debunked.
I rarelyparrot something said in the show in these here comments, but Mike Lindell being a "Mentalist trying to read his own mind" cracked me up too freaking hard!
As a Brit I thought the UK monarchy monologue was brilliant. Before anyone gets too ready to belittle the new King though, remember that he was the one that people laughed at 40 years ago for going on about greenhouse gases and climate change.
I always liked Charles for the friendship he had with Spike Milligan. Any future monarch who invites a former WW2 artilleryman to his birthday get-togethers is okay in my book.
yeh, I kinda agree. I mean I think Charles was TOTALLY out of touch with his generation, WAY too "new age" for them to relate to, they wanted a leader with a personality & attitude like his brother Andrew. Fortunately for Charles, "his generation" are now mostly dead or in nursing homes & we are in fact IN the "new age" that he has always been living in, one where his brother's no longer respected for his "boyish charms", but instead is fighting criminal charges, cause of what a misfit he is in "the age of Charles" Charles is perfect for where society is at right now
Yeah but then also factor that he choppers driveable distances, takes private trains and planes regularly, hunts animals he doesn’t eat and tried to shift national healthcare resources to homeopathic pseudoscience. And took a 1 million euro in cash In a suitcase from a Qatari businessman and it’s still not clear WHY. Also has his shoelaces ironed
The "royal" beekeeper telling the bees that their owner is dead goes back hundreds, if not thousands of years. It has NOTHING to do with royalty, and everything to do with bees.
The President's Choice joke was a good one, but here in Canada, it's legitimately a HUGE brand. It's the store brand of a national grocery chain and is surprisingly usually pretty decent quality. The image used there was actually a real product 😛
I was curious if it was a real product, and googled it. Was surprised to learn it was real! I like how Colbert replaced the little circle with a pic of Biden 😆
A monarch may be crazy in 2022, but the idea of reopening the constitution in Canada to become a republic is even crazier. Good luck trying to get unanimous consent from 10 provinces.
It’s not even related. The British monarch serves at the Will Of The People in the British constitution. Also relate to the reality that the most stable democracies on the planet have monarchies. The USA is an sketchy bunch of dudes to start criticizing Britain.
@@jacquelineleitch7050 You're missing the "almost as crazy" part--it's pointing out that the Electoral College is, in fact, crazier in 2022. Also, Barbados would like a word with you...
@@kivimik seriously Barbados? The only comment on that would come from the First Nations in Canada. And they are nearly 100% on board with keeping their relationship first with the Crown and second with Canada. There is absolutely zero parallel between Barbados and Canadian aspects. Go for it Barbados do what everyone the market gossip is but stay the eff out of Canada’s.
The bit about King Charles’ inheritance being tax free is a bit misleading as he doesn’t own it really. It’s referring to the crown estate which is bestowed to a reigning monarch but is not the private property of the monarch. It’s weird but that’s what you get with a thousand year old constitutional monarchy haha. Also, roughly 75% of the profits from the crown estate go straight to the government (and effectively to the British people) and the monarch gets the remaining 25%. It’s called the sovereign grant and is largely how the monarchy actually funds itself
In other words, the entire livelihood of thousands of working people depend on Lindell never getting robbed or losing his phone. Yeah, that's definitely a very responsible job creator who should be emulated.
How is Mike Lindell ever become CEO of anything but a crack house? The guy seems like he's genuinely insane! Also, Stephen, so glad you're back! I hope you enjoyed your umpteenth Emmy!
Well that’s unfortunate side of taking crack. Even when you get clean there’s a strong chance of relapsing. I am not saying mike is back on crack but way he act and his irrational behavior makes me believe he has relasped. I don’t feel sorry for guy but i do feel sorry for anyone who works for him and not believe in his bullshit
Guy North Steven Colbert is just a plastic puppet for the Globalist W.E.F. ETC. I bet it's a pain never learning from this puppet. Better run back to watching MSNBC and memorize some more one liners and pre programmed phrases. Colbert is told to target liberals like you because you have no foundation, and are easily persuaded. You lack any ability for critical thinking and are just satisfied to watch the one thing that backs up your weak ideologies and morals....can you even find your way back here ?
And it's understandable to not know what day it is when you aren't getting much sleep after the death of a family member, basically if you don't get much sleep is all it takes to throw you off when you're older.
Yeah, something people tend to forget in the voyeurism of celebrity lives. I have no love for the royal family and would probably rather have their issues than my own; but damn if I'd lost my mother, had cameras in my face all the time, and then had all these little things going wrong... There's a Nathan Pyle comic about someone saying everything's gone wrong that day but they're fine. And then they can't get the damn paper towel out of the restroom dispenser, and THAT'S what cracks them. Same principle here.
I'm not a Royals Super-Fan, but his mother died, he's been put in charge of the emotional well being of a grieving nation, and his damn pen exploded on camera. Cut the guy some slack.
Aren't you the same guy who says "Jail that man's son because his laptop maybe kinda possibly have something vaguely violating good business practices probably?"
The Bees must be told when the bee-master dies (a seemingly world-wide tradition that goes back 1000s of years!) And the Queen must be told that a Queen has passed. 'Tell the bees; if someone's died and another one cried and someone's being born.' I've been told bees like to hear about weddings, but that may have been the neighbor pulling my leg. He did teach me how not to get stung. BEEEE polite.
@@christinebenson518 It'd make sense that she'd do it on occasion. A tradition that probably started off with one monarch or other telling the staff, 'Well, lads, I'll be nipping off down to the hives. Might be late, don't wait up...' and he/she would come back sticky and smiling. But doubtless it turned into a big formal ritual. And the queen wouldn't get sticky at all. (Just extrapolating, here.)
The tradition of telling the bees when someone in the family dies is actually really beautiful. There's a gorgeous song by the band Big Big Train about it, called (fittingly), "Telling the Bees".
@@21972012145525 I notice a lot of people taking this way too literally. The queen might not have been taking care of them, but in a way she's still a part of people's lives. I encourage you and everyone to read more about it. Of course it seems silly to our modern sensibilities, but it's the sentiment behind it that's really lovely.
I do feel bad that the royal family can't grieve in peace. Anybody else, you'd chalk up odd or unexpected behavior to grief and you'd leave them be. They get viral videos and billions of judgements.
Hard to see King Charles being toured around to attend service after service, endless public events, speeches so on and ask him to do it straight after his mother has died. Honestly, that looked to me like someone who has just about had his fill of being thrust into in the public gaze when what he wants to do is have a little time to get to grips with not only his personal loss.
Yes watching them being paraded in front of thousands of people who are holding their phones up in the air to video their grief seems cruel to me. I feel incredibly sorry for them all having to do this for 11 days.
"I don't have a computer, everything is on the phone." First, your phone is a computer, and, wouldn't it be kinda difficult to run five corporate empires without a Tandy 1000 TX, at least?
Notifying the bees that their owner or master has passed away is a serious tradition. Its part of the contract farmers make with the creatures they care for.
There are some traditions we still seem to agree on here, and if we can't do politics or religious holidays without fighting, it's just down to Groundhog Day and not dealing with Daylight Saving that's holding the US together. Can't even agree about who should be on the 20 dollar bill. 🙄
Charles losing his cool stems from his father's often frustration with many things that were quite hilarious. It's always the small things that trigger a reaction never the serious stuff
I think it’s important to remember that he’s an old man who lost his mother and has had no time or privacy to grieve, he wrote the wrong date on a probably very important document, then the pen leaked all over. I’d have throw the pen at the wall personally
The King does pay taxes, not inherentice tax but he does. Also the Queen and now the King is the Monarchy of UK, but also Canada, Australia, and 15 other countries. All our money will change.
The money won't be withdrawn, it will stay in circulation until it gets damaged. In the UK we've just had all our money converted to plastic notes. So it will be about 4 years before Charles' face starts appearing on £5 notes and longer for the higher denomination.
You’re wrong. The Monarch has paid taxes for years. Queen Elizabeth agreed that the Monarch should pay taxes, after a brush with the Government back in the 1970s, I think. Before that the Monarch made a deal with Government which left them tax-free. If any one is concerned, it can be Googled.
@@shirleyrombough8173 ahhhhh...the bad old days (berrrrrpppppp). I will forever miss tRump "stupids"... like looking at that eclipse unprotected, one of his many gems! 🐈
May well...that means nothing. Less talk, more action. And stop arresting people for having a differing point of view You're forcing 17 days of mourning on the public...
@@lenawagenfuehr53 who the hell are we ARRESTING ??? ps 17 days of respect (Remember respect ?). Put Trump back in the White House and you will be condemning your country to infinite misery... Your welcome !!!
To be fair to Charles, re: that explosion over the pen leaking; it was just 5 days since he lost his last parent, a woman that he, a man in his 70s, still publicly called ‘mummy’! He’s still grieving; I’d have a short fuse in his position. And it’s rather wonderful to see that the spirit of his father’s special choice of language lives on! 😁
@@nlwilson4892 noice. Mind you, moving from heir to monarch means he will inherit a larger household, and, yes, people in his own retune will become redundant. Like two companies merging, and duplicate roles being thinned down. Not good timing, though; clumsy. I do have pragmatic worries about Charles: that he will exercise what power the royals have left in the manner of questioning and holding up parliamentary business, possibly precipitating a constitutional crisis. In this way, I think he is unsuitable. Yes, the monarch has to sign off laws, but his mum had the right idea of non-interference. She was a dignified role model and figure head on the global stage, and as such she did her role well.
Lindell not having a computer is such a bunch of BS. I'm surprised he didn't have a computer in the footage of him talking about not having a computer because you know damn well nobody is running a business purely off their phone unless it is an illegal business.
Fortunately your whole country doesn't spend 10 days over it. There are people waiting vital operations that are having them cancelled on Monday because it is her funeral.
@@jimmyh6601 True, but comparing us with one of the worst health systems on the planet doesn't mean ours is good. People could die as a result of cancelled treatments just because of the death of one very elderly woman.
@@cra2y8a8y Not emergency treatments no, but still treatments for things that are getting worse where the medical outcome may be affected by delays. Treatments were cancelled during the pandemic because the NHS didn't have the capacity to deal with them, that is an entirely different set of circumstances.
Anyone who's had to deal with fountain pens knows how much fun it is when they randomly leak ink all over. Also the man's mother just died and they don't seem to schedule in time for grieving.
Chas has scheduled loads and loads of asserting-authority rituals for himself, several of which he has invented. He could have put the coffin on a plane from Aberdeen to London, gone on the same plane to Westminster, seen the coffin to Westminster hall and done his proclamations, got their condolences, opened parliament and probably done whatever he did with the unsatisfactory pen - all on the same occasion on the same day, or in two consecutive days. Instead he has hopped around the UK like a flea in a hotplate and not made three different rituals out of the regnal/governmental bit. instead of staying at Balmoral and allowing some dignitaries to come and express condolences in a conventional way, he also zipped back up from London to do a nine minute “vigil” and then inserted himself into the Scottish parliament at the Presiding Officer’s desk (the place of authority) to “receive condolences”: for which there is no precedent whatever.
I'm willing to bet this power exchange has been written stone for generation and planned for months now, in this case. It's not like her passing wasn't expected at some point.
As a British citizen who swore allegiance to the monarchy, I must say I am intrigued by what Americans joke about these days... The King is grieving, at the same time performing his duty and putting up a bold face with a lot on his mind... What you saw in that video is an example of that. Yet, your moral compass never seizes to be mislaid! This explains why America has been what she has been since 2016 to date... *A Big Joke!*
Let’s see . . . what American democracy would look like if people like Nixon, Bush, Trump and Clinton had to sit down with a left wing green monarch every week. Imagine how much worse things would have been in Britain if Thatcher didn’t have to do that.
Practically all Americans only go to London (as they think that is all of england land) and they always go to Buckingham palace and buy all the souvenirs 😂😂. Morons
I am not American or from the UK, but I offer my most sincere condolences and I also can’t understand why Americans find the death of the HM the queen and the death of Russian soldiers funny
As a Canadian and in my opinion, "Presidents Choice" is actually the best off brand we have. With a close second to the same companies other off brand "No Name". Because the chain has 2 main off brands they can have both specialize. PC focuses of competing in quality and in fancy food items you don't typically see in a normal grocery store. And No Name focuses on being cheap. No Name is great because of their move into none food items like water bottles and chairs, they are hilarious.
beekeepers should inform bees of the day-to-day news of the home and ensure they are aware of major events such as births, marriages and deaths. failure to do so can impact your hive to the point the bees die or swarm. seriously don't they teach Americans anything in school other than to hide from shooters?
Just want to say something about the Queen. She was the head of State here in Canada. But she was not a ruler. She was a symbol . And a really nice one. A little story. I'm going home to for dinner at my parents. And the road I'm on is barricaded by the RCMP. I was there for over 30 minutes. I wanted to turn my car around and go back. But the line behind me was so long, I could not do it. Then suddenly, 4 RCMP vehicle drive by with a Bently behind them. And.. OMG, it was the Queen. Then the traffic stared moving again and I got to my parents. My sister was so mad at me for being late. And all I could tell her was . blame the Queen.
With ought a doubt. The British Monarchy has lots to apologize for . As a Canadian, the pope just came here for reconciliation for all the old native schools. Hardly his fault. Even my mom, this is light. She was born with name Anika. (Out of 14 kids.. Grandpa was a horndog) The catholic church made every uncle and aunt, and mom. Englishsize their name. They changed one of her older sisters to Anne. So she became Fannie. I only learned about this at one of my uncles funerals where why is uncle Connie being called Constantine. I mean, I get it. But in truth who gives a poop about diamonds. A bunch of shiny glass. So hey, ask for your diamonds back. But this queen was literally a true symbol of what you need to be to be a good person, A symbol, not a ruler.
Ran into the queens motorcade in Halifax on vacation. As Americans we had no clue. Cars lined up for miles. We snuck up to the barricade and had the prime minister tap my shoulder as a kid as he was shaking hands. Didn’t care. As a kid? “Whose that old man?” Everyone looked at me like an idiot. “That’s the prime minister!”
@@cgluck Nice of you to belittle brutal colonialism and tell us what you need to be a good person. As she was compliant with colonialism and knighted mass murderers (e.g. some who were responsible for massacres during "the troubles") I don't see any good in her.
@@tubensalat1453 U do realise, that its the UK government making the list of, who gets knighted etc? And that she or now Charles cant apologize for the actions of their ancestors or their governments, coz that would be political, and the royals are prohibited by law to do or say anything even remotely political? All that doesnt say anything about her as a person, except that she obeyed the law.
Note from the UK: as much as Colbert is awesome, and I'm no proud nationalist, I do feel I should point out that whilst our knife crime has increased, it's SIGNIFICANTLY lower in any measure than the US!
@@matthewwiederspan3025 unfortunately, and for a myriad of reasons, American society is unusually violent for a modern country. Clearly it's no Mexico or Honduras, but that's not really the point here. PS and I really am only talking about knife crime here... gun crime is obviously orders of magnitude worse.
@@chimpana Are we talking about pure numbers, or percentage of population wise. Because America has a population of 330 million, while the UK only has a population of 67 million. I don't know about you, but I would certainly hope that a country has smaller numbers of crime than one with almost 5 times it population.
@@bluehammer1245 per capita. The US has a lot of knife crime... more than the UK. However with all the gun related violence funnily enough it doesn't get coverage, whereas it's pretty much overrepresented on our media for the opposite reason.
Nothing could be more fitting in the Mike Pillow saga, than his subpoena being served in the drive thru at a Hardee's. I have to admit, I expected nothing higher class than that.
The scene with king Charles nearly loosing it over petty protocol issues when there are real problems to be addressed gave me a level of respect for him I otherwise wouldn't have.
Relax. We aren't scorning. Have you been watching what's going on here? If somebody had made a futuristic movie with our last almost 7 years as the plot, it would have flopped because it was too unbelievable. I hope King Charles (saying this is gonna take some getting used to. I've known only "Queen Elizabeth" for 70 of my years); I hope he can eventually laugh about the exploding ink pen. Seriously.
So is yours, when you arrest people for expressing dissent during the 17 days you're displaying a corpse! Hell-o, did you weirdoes learn nothing in the pandemic? No hygiene measures, mass gatherings, all to virtue signal that a 96 year old woman died
Lol. I’m watching Colberts monologue first this time and now that I see Lindell is involved in some shit, all I can think about is DA BEARS!! Seth is gonna murder this 👌🏻😂
Charles has every right to be cranky I think, I mean his mom just died and he’s been traveling, fulfilling duties, meeting people etc. ever since. Can’t imagine how exhausting.
He is travelling in utmost comfort, gets his meals served to him, his clothes laundered and laid out for him, he has people to plan everything. Most people work harder than him most days in their life.
I'm sure someone else said this already, but "telling the bees" about a family death is traditional in beekeeping. Supposedly, bees will abandon their hive if they aren't kept up to date on big family changes. The real story is probably "telling the bees" was an excuse for people to go out, be alone and cry under the cover of giving the bees the obituary.
I'm not really a monarchist. However the constancy and stability of the queen was always a part of my life as an English person. I felt a genuine sense of grief and loss at the news. A country that has stories beggining "A Florida man", should probably not take the piss out of bee keepers talking to their bees. :) Not sure how votes have anything to do with who is in charge. That Trump chap got fewer than that Clinton lady and he was in charge. That Russian tank could probably get a TOW (Tube launched, Optically sighted, Wire guided, missile.).
Our country is heavily based on making some votes less valid than others, so much so that more than 10% of our constitutional amendments just say “you cannot stop *insert group* from voting.” So some states are weighted more heavily than others, and the total number of votes gets skewed.
They’re more of a tourist attraction than anything. Still, it’s like waking up one day and finding out Mickey Mouse is dead. Just so use them being around
The devout Catholic probably follows Matthew 6:6 and does his worship and grieving in private, not for public display like an Instagram virtue signaller
Hey there Stephen; LOVE YOUR SHOW! LOVE YOUR HUMOUR! But as you can tell from the spelling of that word - I'm across the pond! So to clarify for all my beautiful American brothers and sisters: In the UK 'Inheritance Tax' is paid on the inheritance of properties and estates that are owned by an individual. The vast majority of the properties and estates that are identified as the late Queen's properties are not actually her property, but part of the 'Crown Estates' the entire revenue of which is paid over to the UK Government for the benefit of all, furthermore, the 'Inheritance Tax' in the UK goes to the 'Crown'. So it's a little bit ridiculous if all that tax ends up where it began!!! As for the income from the privately owned investment portfolios - King Charles (like his late mother before him) pays exactly the same tax rates as any other citizen of the UK.
He may not pay inheritance tax, but he does give 75% (85% starting in 2027) of his yearly income from the Crown Estate to the British government (approximately $400 million each year)
Crown estate is not his personal property. It's government property. It's like saying the govt won't pay taxes but will "return" some of the income from the pentagon or any other government building to the government. It's ridiculous. Crown property belongs to the government. They aren't doing anyone any favors. Question is, do they pay any taxes on personal property or wealth? They don't.
I'm so glad to hear about Ukraines turnaround towards victory with high morale. David and Goliath. Able and Cain. Ukraine and Russia. Amazing fulfillment of potential. Today you couldn't have squeezed one single left over drop of unrealized potential from the aid from allied nations around the globe given to Ukraine up to this point. They don't hesitate, dont waste.
@@adamazingballs no, no...she was actually a sentient being all said and done. If you're American, your education system being the way it is, I can see how you may have confused the two though If you're talking about the idea of an unelected head of state in a more general sense on the other hand...well, then you may have a point. That said, it's a tricky one for me at least in that the ones who rabidly insist that folk should vote them into power that they're supposed to be acting in somewhat of an advisory role towards have been universally agreed as being decidedly weak of mind, to say the least, of late. At least, the queen having years of experience of dealing with Prime Ministers and other foreign heads of state on the other hand, it may have been possible that having her there acting in that role may have been a good thing...that is of course if the folk she was entertaining cared to listen in the first place (them being Tory and the party of conservatism and tradition after all, you'd have hoped they would). With Charles coming in to replace the queen now though, I think it's very fair to say that both sides of the debate are very much an unknown quantity. Time will tell.
@@jackharrison7613 We don't know how any previous monarch acted when getting covered in ink because 24h news and the plethora of good quality cameras weren't available. So we rely on the press reporting at the time, royal deference along with a sense of proportion would have meant that newspapers almost definitely wouldn't want to mention something like this. What we can do however is empathise and think how we would react. The man has just lost his mother, his every movement and decision (or sometimes not a decision but a tradition) is being scrutinised. His son and daughter-in-law are being absolutely dragged by the press because they don't seem to like her, and he has a new job that he can't get advice from another person doing the same role as the only person who knew it is under the royal standard in Westminster Hall. I get frustrated with pens leaking even on a normal day. And if someone heard me say bloody they'd be checking I was OK because the language was very... Well, gentle. 😉 😁 Be kind to one another. ❤️
@@jackharrison7613 he has just lost his mother , he only lost his dad last year,so he has the right to be a bit upset . when any one else has a family member die they get chance to cry and greave. Charles is havng to keep a stiff upper lip and go round the UK doing extra paperwork to be come king of a whole country , then he has all the press watching his every move and humiliating him if he shows any emotion.
@@EthanKristopherHartley Get a grip. She was 26 years old, her dad died, and guess what she did --- took the reins, and reigns, and led. Charles was lucky to have his mom in his life for so long. I sympathize for his loss, but he has literally been training for this job for 70 years. Do it, and do it with dignity, not hissy fits. I miss Her already.
I am a big fan of Colbert -- but the scene with Charles seemed more sad than funny. When Colbert’s mother died he took time off and had his private time. Same with me and most people. Charles loses his mother and then has to perform nearly perfectly from the moment of her death and endure day after day of public spectacle, decision making, protocol and travel. How many of us can relate to having a hissy fit over something small when something large and troubling has happened? It might be funny at another moment. At this one, I’m inclined to sympathy and empathy.
That's assuming he's close to his mum. For someone like me, my mum could die tomorrow and I'd barely shed a tear for the soul-sucking harpy. Yeah I said it!
So, I'm a beekeeper and telling your bees when a family member has died is an old practice. It's not exclusive to the Royals at all. You are expected to tell the bees of any major life events in the family especially births and deaths. The practice goes back centuries.
You've caught my interest.
Why is it a thing?
Is it the thinking that it treats them as part of the family, so they'll work harder to make better/more honey, or is it a mystical type of thong?
Got autocorrected.
Though I'd be curious to see a mystical thong as well.
@@stevenclark1662 I believe they thought that if the bees weren't properly informed that all hell would break loose in the colonies. The bees wouldn't produce honey, they would die, or they would leave. Some of the rituals involve knocking on the hive three times to get their attention and informing them of the event. Some have it where you inform the bees at midnight, while other traditions actually drape the bee hive in black so they can take part in the mourning process. There are lots of variations on the origins of the practice as it's truly not known.
@@FreeRangeArtFarm thats so cool. I'd love to have been there to see how that all started!
Thanks for the history lesson
That is so sweet! 🥰🐝🥰
Informing the bees isn't a UK or royal tradition. It's a beekeeping tradition, if their caretaker dies. The idea is that the beekeeper not showing up to care for them might make the bees abandon the hive, so there has to be an explanation for his/her absence.
Good deal. Thanks......😎✌️
You beat me to it. Thank you from an avid apiarist!
Exactly, apart from that who doesn't talk to their animals ! 😍🐕
It is a very important tradition. You beat me to the explanation.
Neat. Might as well let them know, just in case
Please god, let Hawley get convicted. Missouri’s smart ppl want him put away forever
I think the smart people of Missouri know that him being put away forever is - unfortunately - highly unlikely. But it sure is a lovely dream for smart people to have!
"Missouri’s smart ppl want him put away forever..." Both of them!
@@racookster Hey, there's three.
Why is he even elected in the first place? Missouri’s smart ppl are outnumbered by MAGA bots?
@@racookster Texas can provide several plane loads of "stupids"! 🐈
As a beekeeper myself, Yeah telling bees is a long tradition started in Europe but it’s been traditionally done all over the world. It’s said that you must tell your hives if someone from the family has died or of new birth and major life changes so they wouldn’t unexpectedly die, swarm entirely, or get disease. I didn’t know the Queen had bees. That’s cool.
Stephen has been a lifesaver for me this year. I’ve been struggling a lot with depression and anxiety and right now I’m in the middle of my first health scare. In the last week I’ve had an endoscopy and a liver biopsy. Thanks to Stephen and everyone at The Late Show for always making me laugh and smile.
I hope you feel better soon.
Oh, honey! That's both of us. I've had to increase my antidepressants. I hope you can laugh away the sadness. Have a blessed night.
Keep laughing it helps. 👍✌️
I feel you. Trump's coup, election fraud, a lack of justice, nazi style race replacement propaganda, russian interference and a corrupt supreme court is giving us all anxiety and depression.
yeeet
Ah that Josh Hawley footage never gets old. Long may he run!
And may he never be reelected!
As long as he's leaving DC on that run! 🏃♂️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️
The *ONLY* thing that could have made that clip better is if they had played the Benny Hill theme music as he ran. 🏃♂️🤡🎶🤣
It would be better if Yacktey Sack from Benny Hill theme was playing as Josh runs.
Josh ran faster than Rudy's hair dye.
I gotta say, I approve of the investigation focusing on Rudy. He's moved several investigations forward by confessing to things of which he wasn't yet suspected on live television. If you put him under oath and he doesn't incriminate himself within 30 minutes, your next indictment is free.
He's exactly the lawyer T**** deserves!
Yeah Rudy hasn't lied. Name one. Here's a collection of Hillary lying repeatedly about Benghazi and her email, and you frauds all lied by accepting the results of a clearly stolen election. I'd include the links except for the censorship you fascists approve, and by the way, when are you gonna prosecute Colbert's team for actually breaking into the Capitol since, ya know, "no one should be above the law." You're hypocrites and liars and tyrants who could give a rip about democracy. Pound sand. Your ignorance endangers my freedom. Twit.
THE CLINTON LIE RATCHET (Bill Whittle, TH-cam)
"BILL WHITTLE: WHY BENGHAZI MATTERS" (Bill Whittle, TH-cam)
"Bill Whittle - Benghazi - Obama - Clinton" (Bill Whittle, TH-cam)
@@couragekarnga8735 you're missing two asterisks there rofl
Focusing on their entire damned messed up Army!
Benedict Donald. We just sent that in to #hewhoshallbenamed
today i heard a very powerful statement from a UK citizen, who explained why he is willing to wait hours in line for the queen: The Queen served this Country over 70 Years, so it is common sense, that i can wait 5 hours in line to pay her my respect.
colbert helps me remember i’m not crazy, the world is
which is why it’s good to laugh at it
Just America. Not the world.
Just America
Just America.
The world controlled by rich. One day God will Chang all.
@@JojoSails Steven Colbert is just a plastic puppet for the Globalist W.E.F. ETC. I bet it's a pain never learning from this puppet. Better run back to watching MSNBC and memorize some more one liners and pre programmed phrases. Colbert is told to target liberals like you because you have no foundation, and are easily persuaded. You lack any ability for critical thinking and are just satisfied to watch the one thing that backs up your weak ideologies and morals....Trump is speaking tonight in front of thousands. The phony FBI raid like the fake Russian collusions from nasty smelly Hillary and pedophile Chuck Schumer did nothing other to bolster Trumps support . Keep up the good work lost liberal. Lmao
As a Brit, “that is going to cost him some votes” made me laugh out loud.
You do understand how your own country’s political system works don’t you?
The monarch is head of state and figurehead with no power. The parliament and prime minister model has more benefits and more widely adopted across the world than the presidential.
As an American, I've always liked the idea of a monarchy. At least yall don't have to worry about something like J6 happening over there.
@@H1ghland You've completely missed James's point, and I say that as a Brit :)
@@clickrick not at all. can have elected head of state by politicians that is only a figurehead, like Ireland/Germany/Italy etc. but what's the point, no difference from a monarch with zero history behind it
Rob needs to get his funny bone adjusted!
Lindell says he does all his business on his phone,so if he loses his phone,then he goes out of business. Who knew taking away his phone would be the easiest way to get rid of him.
He's been closing all his stores
Has anybody actually tried one of his pillows?
@@couragekarnga8735 I did. Promptly returned it the next day. Most uncomfortable pillow on the market!
@@nancymorris3286 😂🤣
@@nancymorris3286 Why am I not surprised?
Actually, the monarchy is taxed at a 75% rate. All revenue from the royal estates is given to the Chancery and the monarchy receives 25%. It's the law.
President Zelensky in february '22: " I don't need a ride, I need ammunition!"
Russian Soldiers September '22: I don't need ammunition, I need a ride!😆
You go, President Z! Keep kicking Russia's ass! Make them regret this unnecessary war!
And sanctuary/asylum I'll bet; if they go straight back to Putrid, they're worm food 😨
@@Echo81Rumple83 they'll all "accidentally" fall out of a skyscraper's window, you mean.
I love how Stephen always puts away his imaginary props.
@@shirleyrombough8173 right!!? Love it 😹😹
So far, Mike Lindell, who said he was going to sue all machines, has yet to take my toaster to court.
Very funny, well done
I'll never understand how anyone ever took Mike Lindell seriously!
@@couragekarnga8735 Probably because of the whole "He's rich, so he must be smart!" BS.
😂😂😂
@@couragekarnga8735 Trumpsters.
You don’t “slip” into Voldemorts DMs. You slytherin to them…. I’ll just see myself out
"I think they're going to have to call Triple AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Made me snort hot coffee out my nose! Thanks Stephen.
Nice to see Lindell living the high life at Hardee’s.
Hardee-Har-Har! 😂
What funny is hardee’s on twitter made a joke about the situation making fun of mike and advertising their “pillowly” biscuits
@@evandaymon8303 I know. They were smart to use free publicity as a great marketing opportunity.
FBI knew Lindel's frequently visited locations
Well, now I want some biscuits.....😏
@@evandaymon8303: Hardee's breakfast biscuits would make better pillows than Mike's "pillow"
Oh man, whoever wrote "that tank is gonna need a TOW" is the unsung hero of this clip.
Explain plz. I didn’t get it
@@21972012145525 Ukrainian farmers have been towing away Russian artillery vehicles with their tractors. It became a meme. Steven's basically saying that the tank is Ukraine's now.
I thought he meant anti tank "tow missiles"
@@geraltrivia6148 nah ... TOW is an anti tank weapon, Steven is saying the tank needs a rocket up it's ass!
@@geraltrivia6148 yep, Agricultural Division of Tractors 😁, at the beginning farmers were promised they won't have to pay taxes for, em, "acquired" tanks and other military vehicles with Z on them 😉
As a Brit, I approve of the saying, “Keep calm and oh god, I can’t bear this bloody thing!”
Not a Brit myself, but I'd definitely wear the t-shirt😉
As a non-Brit I do too
Charles has always been a fusspot. I don't care for royalty but I am saddened by the death of the queen and will never think of Charles as king.
Sounded very British to me, as a Brit myself I related to the saying also.
Fountain pens do leak everywhere. Try being a lefty, then you smear the bloody ink every where. A total nightmare to use. I'm on HRH side! Bloody hell innit!
I wish we would extend grace to a man who just lost his mother and immediately traveled through GB and had at the same time carry out all responsibilities required of him as king, including the customs surrounding her funeral
Oh please we all lost mother father friends and sometimes we don't have a job we are sick no money for the Coffin.
Give me a break that Guy Charles is in heaven.
@ann agree
Oh poor old effing king
He's a decent human. He loves gardening and has concern the earth. I think. No more fox hunts Charlie. That is not cool. Seriously.
Edit: this wasn't fair to say bc no idea if he ever hunted a 🦊. I meant it metaphorically. What does it mean to be the King of England in 2022? And I thought he might have a contribution to make. He might well have.
ann Parker are you one of those who only get your education from plastic puppet man Steven Colbert who only targets the easily persuaded? Trumps speaking tonight I'm front of thousands about the 57 pony attempts to get rid of him .
Telling the Bees isn't a royal protocol, it's a beekeeping protocol. Bees must always be informed when there's a death in the household, whatever the household.
Also it's to another queen, obviously !
The bees are considered to be part of the royal household.
does someone have inform the corgis ?
Why is that?
Must they?
Yowza what an opening! I hope that these charges and arrests and investigations bear fruit because the only way we are going to heal is getting rid of the rot
DOJ Oprah: “You get a subpoena, you get a subpoena, everybody gets a subpoena!”
🤔. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Look under your chairs!
I would cut Charles a little slack over his leaky pen. He just lost his mother, has become King (with all the attendant ceremonies), and has to deal with the pageantry around the funeral. I’m sure he’s under more than a little stress right now. A minor meltdown is quite understandable
The jokes write themselves. He told everyone everything he does is on that phone, it has to be a GOLD MINE.
How does the CEO of a million-dollar company not have a computer?
His coke dealer must be worried! lol
@@phraydedjez Crack, dude. He was addicted to crack. It's the trashy coke. Don't give that goober more respect than he deserves.
Gold painted pillows?
It certainly triggered the F guy.
It wouldn’t surprise me if we found out Lindell tried to claim Executive Privilege - because he’s an executive at My Pillow… 🙄
Lol 😂
@@21972012145525 - Not just MP, he has those four other business empires! He's a freakin' conglomerate, for cryin' out loud!
@@douglasdavis8395 ; He is mentally insane, it is all I need to know.
@@douglasdavis8395 No...no...no! I cried for 4 tRump years! No! No more crying!!! 🐈
@@douglasdavis8395 Yeah. This business genius runs 5 companies - completely from a single phone - and he doesn’t have a computer, or a tablet, or a backup phone. That sounds about right. (He probably doesn’t even have Apple Care.). 🙄 But he knows all the best cyber guys - and they have computers - so she should be all right. 🤦🏻♂️
"A wet Narnia with knife crime," is the most hilarious way that I've ever heard anyone describe Britain.
ISTR that Narnia was initially reached by diving in and out of ponds that acted as portals. One of those ponds was reached through a tree that was later turned into a wardrobe as the kid returning from Narnia became the old professor.
We may be concerned about knife crime, but the truth is it's far less prevalent than in the US. And currently half the country's suffering a drought, so that's two more stereotypes debunked.
@@davidjones332 I put forth that it is hilarious, not accurate. Relax.
Genius
Well, at least we don't have school mass shootings every few months!
I rarelyparrot something said in the show in these here comments, but Mike Lindell being a "Mentalist trying to read his own mind" cracked me up too freaking hard!
As a Brit I thought the UK monarchy monologue was brilliant. Before anyone gets too ready to belittle the new King though, remember that he was the one that people laughed at 40 years ago for going on about greenhouse gases and climate change.
I always liked Charles for the friendship he had with Spike Milligan. Any future monarch who invites a former WW2 artilleryman to his birthday get-togethers is okay in my book.
yeh, I kinda agree. I mean I think Charles was TOTALLY out of touch with his generation, WAY too "new age" for them to relate to, they wanted a leader with a personality & attitude like his brother Andrew. Fortunately for Charles, "his generation" are now mostly dead or in nursing homes & we are in fact IN the "new age" that he has always been living in, one where his brother's no longer respected for his "boyish charms", but instead is fighting criminal charges, cause of what a misfit he is in "the age of Charles" Charles is perfect for where society is at right now
I like Prince Charles, ppl liked Princess Diana more, however, he should have married who he wanted to, like the rest of us!! Long live the King!!
Yeah but then also factor that he choppers driveable distances, takes private trains and planes regularly, hunts animals he doesn’t eat and tried to shift national healthcare resources to homeopathic pseudoscience. And took a 1 million euro in cash In a suitcase from a Qatari businessman and it’s still not clear WHY. Also has his shoelaces ironed
Nah, we'll always remember him as the guy who wanted to be tampon so he could stay inside Camilla forever....The legend!
Someone should remind mike that he does everything on that phone is the reason why FBI want it.
🤣😂😂
The "royal" beekeeper telling the bees that their owner is dead goes back hundreds, if not thousands of years. It has NOTHING to do with royalty, and everything to do with bees.
The President's Choice joke was a good one, but here in Canada, it's legitimately a HUGE brand. It's the store brand of a national grocery chain and is surprisingly usually pretty decent quality. The image used there was actually a real product 😛
I was curious if it was a real product, and googled it. Was surprised to learn it was real! I like how Colbert replaced the little circle with a pic of Biden 😆
Mike having his phone seized by the feds at a fast food drive through is bad, but it's not the most embarrassing thing he's ever experienced!
Right? He also started My Pillow.
It's actually illegal for English comedians to tell jokes while the nation mournes. Just FYI
Still better than Rudy's Four Seasons fiasco!
That's if he felt any sort of shame or embarrassment.
Yeah this a guy who has robbed by his crack dealers.
Pause for a moment of silence for that pro-Ukrainian tree 🌲 that gave its life for the liberation of Donbas.
I care more about that tree than any queen or king. (except burger king)
Yes, yes a monarch in 2022 is crazy 🤣
Almost as crazy as electoral college
A monarch may be crazy in 2022, but the idea of reopening the constitution in Canada to become a republic is even crazier. Good luck trying to get unanimous consent from 10 provinces.
It’s not even related. The British monarch serves at the Will Of The People in the British constitution. Also relate to the reality that the most stable democracies on the planet have monarchies. The USA is an sketchy bunch of dudes to start criticizing Britain.
@@kivimik I don’t want to get rid of the guy who is left into and pisses off Monsanto.
@@jacquelineleitch7050 You're missing the "almost as crazy" part--it's pointing out that the Electoral College is, in fact, crazier in 2022.
Also, Barbados would like a word with you...
@@kivimik seriously Barbados? The only comment on that would come from the First Nations in Canada. And they are nearly 100% on board with keeping their relationship first with the Crown and second with Canada. There is absolutely zero parallel between Barbados and Canadian aspects. Go for it Barbados do what everyone the market gossip is but stay the eff out of Canada’s.
The bit about King Charles’ inheritance being tax free is a bit misleading as he doesn’t own it really. It’s referring to the crown estate which is bestowed to a reigning monarch but is not the private property of the monarch. It’s weird but that’s what you get with a thousand year old constitutional monarchy haha.
Also, roughly 75% of the profits from the crown estate go straight to the government (and effectively to the British people) and the monarch gets the remaining 25%. It’s called the sovereign grant and is largely how the monarchy actually funds itself
Absolutely. And I think some of what the monarch gets runs their personal administration and upkeep of the castles, which are tourist attractions.
Nice of Lindell to have the evidence on ONE device.
@Candice Lynn We can never be sure, but the FBI knows.
@Candice Lynn It’s out of our hands. All I can do is hope law enforcement have the courage to do their jobs and not fear the Republicans.
Yes, he's consolidated all the evidence needed for his arrest.
That's why his work computer disappeared my pillow computer is dead asheep
In other words, the entire livelihood of thousands of working people depend on Lindell never getting robbed or losing his phone.
Yeah, that's definitely a very responsible job creator who should be emulated.
How is Mike Lindell ever become CEO of anything but a crack house? The guy seems like he's genuinely insane! Also, Stephen, so glad you're back! I hope you enjoyed your umpteenth Emmy!
Well that’s unfortunate side of taking crack. Even when you get clean there’s a strong chance of relapsing. I am not saying mike is back on crack but way he act and his irrational behavior makes me believe he has relasped. I don’t feel sorry for guy but i do feel sorry for anyone who works for him and not believe in his bullshit
I had a stroke reading that first sentence, which read like you had a stroke while writing it.
He's popular in the southern Republican States, where it's a crack home
His pillows are literally garbage, too.
@@evandaymon8303 Oh no, Lindell is on something far worse than crack cocaine: his own self-righteousness.
Telling The Bees is a beautiful, old tradition.
But she’s not taking care of them. The beekeepers are
@@21972012145525 it's not just when the beekeeper does, it's also when a family member dies.akes perfect sense to include the queen.
Hilarious - Stephen handles his material so well, and somehow extracts the comedic perspective from the most dire situations!
Guy North Steven Colbert is just a plastic puppet for the Globalist W.E.F. ETC. I bet it's a pain never learning from this puppet. Better run back to watching MSNBC and memorize some more one liners and pre programmed phrases. Colbert is told to target liberals like you because you have no foundation, and are easily persuaded. You lack any ability for critical thinking and are just satisfied to watch the one thing that backs up your weak ideologies and morals....can you even find your way back here ?
To be fair to Charles, that's the second time that he's had a pen problem this week. And his Mum has just fdied, so he's not in the best of moods.
I agree.
When is he ever?
And it's understandable to not know what day it is when you aren't getting much sleep after the death of a family member, basically if you don't get much sleep is all it takes to throw you off when you're older.
Yeah, something people tend to forget in the voyeurism of celebrity lives. I have no love for the royal family and would probably rather have their issues than my own; but damn if I'd lost my mother, had cameras in my face all the time, and then had all these little things going wrong... There's a Nathan Pyle comic about someone saying everything's gone wrong that day but they're fine. And then they can't get the damn paper towel out of the restroom dispenser, and THAT'S what cracks them. Same principle here.
@@wrongturnVfor Do you know him personally? Or are you judging someone you've never actually met?
Never forget that your previous president wanted to bring back the Monarchy with him as King.
Not previous - failed 🥸
I'll take King George III over him any day!!
We never forget
He probably thinks our Royal Family has complete power, when in fact they have as much power as a Triple A battery.
@@couragekarnga8735 hell id take queen consort camilla over the cheddar wannabe anyday lol
I'm not a Royals Super-Fan, but his mother died, he's been put in charge of the emotional well being of a grieving nation, and his damn pen exploded on camera. Cut the guy some slack.
Aren't you the same guy who says "Jail that man's son because his laptop maybe kinda possibly have something vaguely violating good business practices probably?"
Charles looks tired and stressed out.
He must be exhausted.
Plus he’s 70+. I’m not even 35 and I can barely get out of bed. I wish people waited on me though lol
He's a royal. His life is now constantly on display for everyone to witness and judge. Comes with the territory
He needs to pay his taxes.
If I’d just lost my Mom and I had to speak in public for a week straight afterwards, I would also lose it if a fountain pen leaked.
Like one of my first pet peeves.
Edward Price
Yes! It shows his 'human-ness'. Amazing family. Decorum, class, modesty, civility...
Many people have no idea what a fountain pen is...
Exactly, he had no time to grieve. I’d have broken down into tears if I wrote the wrong date and my pen started leaking
The Bees must be told when the bee-master dies (a seemingly world-wide tradition that goes back 1000s of years!) And the Queen must be told that a Queen has passed. 'Tell the bees; if someone's died and another one cried and someone's being born.' I've been told bees like to hear about weddings, but that may have been the neighbor pulling my leg. He did teach me how not to get stung. BEEEE polite.
But I doubt she was tending to them. The beekeepers would’ve
@@21972012145525 She may have visited them. She loved her horses and dogs, I bet she visited her bees as well.
@@21972012145525 The official Royal Beekeeper, very important (perhaps stuffy) role, normally.
@@christinebenson518 It'd make sense that she'd do it on occasion. A tradition that probably started off with one monarch or other telling the staff, 'Well, lads, I'll be nipping off down to the hives. Might be late, don't wait up...' and he/she would come back sticky and smiling. But doubtless it turned into a big formal ritual. And the queen wouldn't get sticky at all. (Just extrapolating, here.)
It's a much more general tradition. Just tell the bees the big news. doesn't hurt, does it?
Trump: I want to see Biden in Prison
Biden: What makes Trump believe I will visit him in prison.
Zing!
😆🤣
Bet he expects Biden to pardon him. Hah!
ROTFLMAO! 🤣 Well Played My Friend, Well Played Indeed! 👏🙌👍
Damn. Fierce.
The tradition of telling the bees when someone in the family dies is actually really beautiful. There's a gorgeous song by the band Big Big Train about it, called (fittingly), "Telling the Bees".
Traditions are lost to most of us. Telling the bees is awesome. Including mother nature and all
There are many lovely paintings about this also
Yea but I doubt she’s tending to them. The beekeepers are
@@21972012145525 I notice a lot of people taking this way too literally. The queen might not have been taking care of them, but in a way she's still a part of people's lives. I encourage you and everyone to read more about it. Of course it seems silly to our modern sensibilities, but it's the sentiment behind it that's really lovely.
@@21972012145525 if she walked the gardens, bees were familiar with her.
I do feel bad that the royal family can't grieve in peace. Anybody else, you'd chalk up odd or unexpected behavior to grief and you'd leave them be. They get viral videos and billions of judgements.
Hard to see King Charles being toured around to attend service after service, endless public events, speeches so on and ask him to do it straight after his mother has died. Honestly, that looked to me like someone who has just about had his fill of being thrust into in the public gaze when what he wants to do is have a little time to get to grips with not only his personal loss.
I agree. I was surprised when I turned on the tv and saw my King suddenly in Ireland! During his mourning!
Yes watching them being paraded in front of thousands of people who are holding their phones up in the air to video their grief seems cruel to me. I feel incredibly sorry for them all having to do this for 11 days.
Congratulations on your award! Love to hear the monolog.....and the band is always exceptional and uplifting. Great combination for a winning show.
🐑
Mike Pillow: “Hey, that’s MyPhone.”
FBI: “Now it’s for OurInvestigation.”
And soon he'll be sent to "MyJail" while his company becomes "DominionPillow"
"I don't have a computer, everything is on the phone." First, your phone is a computer, and, wouldn't it be kinda difficult to run five corporate empires without a Tandy 1000 TX, at least?
Notifying the bees that their owner or master has passed away is a serious tradition. Its part of the contract farmers make with the creatures they care for.
But she didn’t tend to them. The beekeepers did
Well, it's a considerate gesture, I suppose, but are the farmers aware that bees don't speak English?
@@21972012145525 the beekeepers need to inform the bees of any deaths, marriages, and such in their household. It’s respectful.
He’s upset about his phone, because his dealer’s number is in there, and the dealer will not respond to unknown numbers.
And based on how he talks, he goes through a _lot_ of blow!
Lol....
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Withdrawal’s are going to be a bitch!
"The U.K.'s Weird Royal Protocols" from the country that looks at a rodent to check if winter will continue.
Two words - electoral college
That’s pretty funny and I’m from that country 😂
There are some traditions we still seem to agree on here, and if we can't do politics or religious holidays without fighting, it's just down to Groundhog Day and not dealing with Daylight Saving that's holding the US together. Can't even agree about who should be on the 20 dollar bill. 🙄
Only difference is, the American taxpayers ain't paying the rodent and their entire family hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
@@toadjiang7626 nah, there’s another difference and it’s truly very American 😉
"Imagine how the English feel"
As a Scot....I really wouldn't want to ask an Irishman...
Or a Welshman
Charles losing his cool stems from his father's often frustration with many things that were quite hilarious. It's always the small things that trigger a reaction never the serious stuff
Only complete prima donnas react that way!
It could also stem from just having lost his mom. Colbert is usually on the button, but this was tactless, tasteless and plain wrong.
I think it’s important to remember that he’s an old man who lost his mother and has had no time or privacy to grieve, he wrote the wrong date on a probably very important document, then the pen leaked all over. I’d have throw the pen at the wall personally
Agree. Couldn't they've found a pen that didn't leak?!?
@@hollycooper7177 They had One Job ONE And the y F+++D It up Complete Morons
The King does pay taxes, not inherentice tax but he does. Also the Queen and now the King is the Monarchy of UK, but also Canada, Australia, and 15 other countries. All our money will change.
The money won't be withdrawn, it will stay in circulation until it gets damaged. In the UK we've just had all our money converted to plastic notes. So it will be about 4 years before Charles' face starts appearing on £5 notes and longer for the higher denomination.
Give it to the props department for detailing both sides of the "chuck buck".
You’re wrong. The Monarch has paid taxes for years. Queen Elizabeth agreed that the Monarch should pay taxes, after a brush with the Government back in the 1970s, I think. Before that the Monarch made a deal with Government which left them tax-free. If any one is concerned, it can be Googled.
"They surrounded me at Hardee's!"
Further proof, as if we needed it, that Republicans and fast food burgers DON'T MIX.
Actually Republicans and fast food mix very well. Remember when T#@&p invited some major athletes to a hamberder fest thinking that the atgletes
that the athletes woukd appreciate the hamberders as much as T-$%@‐
@@shirleyrombough8173 ahhhhh...the bad old days (berrrrrpppppp). I will forever miss tRump "stupids"... like looking at that eclipse unprotected, one of his many gems! 🐈
From across The Pond. You may be interested to know that our Queen DID pay tax and Charles may well follow that position.
May well...that means nothing. Less talk, more action. And stop arresting people for having a differing point of view You're forcing 17 days of mourning on the public...
@@lenawagenfuehr53 who the hell are we ARRESTING ??? ps 17 days of respect (Remember respect ?). Put Trump back in the White House and you will be condemning your country to infinite misery... Your welcome !!!
I'll take the bee tradition over more modern social media any day
America laughing at the beekeeper thing, forgetting the president pardons a turkey every year.
Slip into Voldemort's DMs? How did Colbert's writers miss the perfect joke? SLITHER IN, since, you know... Slytherin, and snakes and stuff?
You can laugh America, but at least we had a smooth transition of power. We kept calm and carried on 🇬🇧💂🇬🇧👑
Blame Criminal Trump.Your Queen must
Be in agony now thinking she had that criminal Trump at state dinner with her.
and that is wonderful!
To be fair to Charles, re: that explosion over the pen leaking; it was just 5 days since he lost his last parent, a woman that he, a man in his 70s, still publicly called ‘mummy’! He’s still grieving; I’d have a short fuse in his position. And it’s rather wonderful to see that the spirit of his father’s special choice of language lives on! 😁
He had his household staff be told most of them would be made redundant whilst he was at the church service.
@@nlwilson4892 noice. Mind you, moving from heir to monarch means he will inherit a larger household, and, yes, people in his own retune will become redundant. Like two companies merging, and duplicate roles being thinned down. Not good timing, though; clumsy.
I do have pragmatic worries about Charles: that he will exercise what power the royals have left in the manner of questioning and holding up parliamentary business, possibly precipitating a constitutional crisis.
In this way, I think he is unsuitable. Yes, the monarch has to sign off laws, but his mum had the right idea of non-interference. She was a dignified role model and figure head on the global stage, and as such she did her role well.
Lindell not having a computer is such a bunch of BS. I'm surprised he didn't have a computer in the footage of him talking about not having a computer because you know damn well nobody is running a business purely off their phone unless it is an illegal business.
Hang on… The President pardons a turkey each year in a “quirky” ceremony at the Whitehouse…😉
Fortunately your whole country doesn't spend 10 days over it. There are people waiting vital operations that are having them cancelled on Monday because it is her funeral.
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At least we don't have to go bankrupt having those operations 👍🇬🇧
@@jimmyh6601 True, but comparing us with one of the worst health systems on the planet doesn't mean ours is good. People could die as a result of cancelled treatments just because of the death of one very elderly woman.
@@nlwilson4892 Urgent treatments aren’t cancelled due to the funeral. But many were cancelled during the pandemic.
@@cra2y8a8y Not emergency treatments no, but still treatments for things that are getting worse where the medical outcome may be affected by delays. Treatments were cancelled during the pandemic because the NHS didn't have the capacity to deal with them, that is an entirely different set of circumstances.
Anyone who's had to deal with fountain pens knows how much fun it is when they randomly leak ink all over.
Also the man's mother just died and they don't seem to schedule in time for grieving.
Chas has scheduled loads and loads of asserting-authority rituals for himself, several of which he has invented. He could have put the coffin on a plane from Aberdeen to London, gone on the same plane to Westminster, seen the coffin to Westminster hall and done his proclamations, got their condolences, opened parliament and probably done whatever he did with the unsatisfactory pen - all on the same occasion on the same day, or in two consecutive days. Instead he has hopped around the UK like a flea in a hotplate and not made three different rituals out of the regnal/governmental bit. instead of staying at Balmoral and allowing some dignitaries to come and express condolences in a conventional way, he also zipped back up from London to do a nine minute “vigil” and then inserted himself into the Scottish parliament at the Presiding Officer’s desk (the place of authority) to “receive condolences”: for which there is no precedent whatever.
@random chance 💯💯💯
If you had a camera on me for the days after my Gran died, you would have seen some wild nonsense
I was stunned when I saw him in Ireland, working!
I'm willing to bet this power exchange has been written stone for generation and planned for months now, in this case. It's not like her passing wasn't expected at some point.
Can’t you use a regular pen? Why the fountain pen, some sort of historical regulation?
Plot Twist: President's Choice... a Canadian brand.
Love
Was looking for this!
Loblaws - the last thing I expected to see a Loblaws subsidiary on Colbert show. What is next? No Frills' _No Name_ products?
@@waryaawariiri1812 Yellow's a good color...
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As a British citizen who swore allegiance to the monarchy, I must say I am intrigued by what Americans joke about these days... The King is grieving, at the same time performing his duty and putting up a bold face with a lot on his mind... What you saw in that video is an example of that.
Yet, your moral compass never seizes to be mislaid!
This explains why America has been what she has been since 2016 to date... *A Big Joke!*
Let’s see . . . what American democracy would look like if people like Nixon, Bush, Trump and Clinton had to sit down with a left wing green monarch every week. Imagine how much worse things would have been in Britain if Thatcher didn’t have to do that.
Practically all Americans only go to London (as they think that is all of england land) and they always go to Buckingham palace and buy all the souvenirs 😂😂. Morons
I am not American or from the UK, but I offer my most sincere condolences and I also can’t understand why Americans find the death of the HM the queen and the death of Russian soldiers funny
Are you going to sen help? We are not OK.
2:24 I can't believe they passed up the opportunity to say "slither in" to Voldemort's DMs. Like, it was right there.
Stephen is a Tolkein nerd, not a Rowling nerd. Just sayin'.
As a Canadian and in my opinion, "Presidents Choice" is actually the best off brand we have. With a close second to the same companies other off brand "No Name". Because the chain has 2 main off brands they can have both specialize. PC focuses of competing in quality and in fancy food items you don't typically see in a normal grocery store. And No Name focuses on being cheap. No Name is great because of their move into none food items like water bottles and chairs, they are hilarious.
Anyone that keeps bees knows you have to tell them if someone dies.
beekeepers should inform bees of the day-to-day news of the home and ensure they are aware of major events such as births, marriages and deaths. failure to do so can impact your hive to the point the bees die or swarm. seriously don't they teach Americans anything in school other than to hide from shooters?
But I doubt the queen did tend to them herself. The beekeepers did
Do you read the obituaries to them every morning? Do they dull their yellow stripes in mourning? Inquiring minds want to know.
Ignore them Quiltygal. They're idiots. Very probably male. 😉🤣
"Is he selling pillows or meth??"
Mike: why not both
Just want to say something about the Queen. She was the head of State here in Canada. But she was not a ruler. She was a symbol . And a really nice one. A little story. I'm going home to for dinner at my parents. And the road I'm on is barricaded by the RCMP. I was there for over 30 minutes. I wanted to turn my car around and go back. But the line behind me was so long, I could not do it. Then suddenly, 4 RCMP vehicle drive by with a Bently behind them. And.. OMG, it was the Queen. Then the traffic stared moving again and I got to my parents. My sister was so mad at me for being late. And all I could tell her was . blame the Queen.
Uhhh. Can my country have our diamonds back that she stole?
With ought a doubt. The British Monarchy has lots to apologize for . As a Canadian, the pope just came here for reconciliation for all the old native schools. Hardly his fault. Even my mom, this is light. She was born with name Anika. (Out of 14 kids.. Grandpa was a horndog) The catholic church made every uncle and aunt, and mom. Englishsize their name. They changed one of her older sisters to Anne. So she became Fannie. I only learned about this at one of my uncles funerals where why is uncle Connie being called Constantine. I mean, I get it. But in truth who gives a poop about diamonds. A bunch of shiny glass. So hey, ask for your diamonds back. But this queen was literally a true symbol of what you need to be to be a good person, A symbol, not a ruler.
Ran into the queens motorcade in Halifax on vacation.
As Americans we had no clue. Cars lined up for miles. We snuck up to the barricade and had the prime minister tap my shoulder as a kid as he was shaking hands. Didn’t care. As a kid? “Whose that old man?” Everyone looked at me like an idiot. “That’s the prime minister!”
@@cgluck Nice of you to belittle brutal colonialism and tell us what you need to be a good person. As she was compliant with colonialism and knighted mass murderers (e.g. some who were responsible for massacres during "the troubles") I don't see any good in her.
@@tubensalat1453 U do realise, that its the UK government making the list of, who gets knighted etc? And that she or now Charles cant apologize for the actions of their ancestors or their governments, coz that would be political, and the royals are prohibited by law to do or say anything even remotely political?
All that doesnt say anything about her as a person, except that she obeyed the law.
Note from the UK: as much as Colbert is awesome, and I'm no proud nationalist, I do feel I should point out that whilst our knife crime has increased, it's SIGNIFICANTLY lower in any measure than the US!
@@matthewwiederspan3025 unfortunately, and for a myriad of reasons, American society is unusually violent for a modern country. Clearly it's no Mexico or Honduras, but that's not really the point here.
PS and I really am only talking about knife crime here... gun crime is obviously orders of magnitude worse.
You Brits really can’t take a joke. Relax.
@@chimpana Are we talking about pure numbers, or percentage of population wise. Because America has a population of 330 million, while the UK only has a population of 67 million. I don't know about you, but I would certainly hope that a country has smaller numbers of crime than one with almost 5 times it population.
@@bluehammer1245 per capita. The US has a lot of knife crime... more than the UK. However with all the gun related violence funnily enough it doesn't get coverage, whereas it's pretty much overrepresented on our media for the opposite reason.
Nothing could be more fitting in the Mike Pillow saga, than his subpoena being served in the drive thru at a Hardee's. I have to admit, I expected nothing higher class than that.
The scene with king Charles nearly loosing it over petty protocol issues when there are real problems to be addressed gave me a level of respect for him I otherwise wouldn't have.
So soon after losing his mother, and amid 1000 unseen protocols
He’s human. And almost all the protocols involve fallible fountain pens.
I wonder how many here have regularly used fountain pens.
He was tired, sad, old and grumpy. I know. He’s like me.😕
As much as I liked Diana, Camilla is his rock.
Mr Stephen Colbert! The funereal tradition of the British need not be scorned at. The US Democracy is certainly up for caricature. Thank you!!
Relax. We aren't scorning. Have you been watching what's going on here? If somebody had made a futuristic movie with our last almost 7 years as the plot, it would have flopped because it was too unbelievable.
I hope King Charles (saying this is gonna take some getting used to. I've known only "Queen Elizabeth" for 70 of my years); I hope he can eventually laugh about the exploding ink pen. Seriously.
So is yours, when you arrest people for expressing dissent during the 17 days you're displaying a corpse! Hell-o, did you weirdoes learn nothing in the pandemic? No hygiene measures, mass gatherings, all to virtue signal that a 96 year old woman died
Lol. I’m watching Colberts monologue first this time and now that I see Lindell is involved in some shit, all I can think about is DA BEARS!!
Seth is gonna murder this 👌🏻😂
Oh Seth did.... DA AIR
Charles has every right to be cranky I think, I mean his mom just died and he’s been traveling, fulfilling duties, meeting people etc. ever since. Can’t imagine how exhausting.
He is travelling in utmost comfort, gets his meals served to him, his clothes laundered and laid out for him, he has people to plan everything. Most people work harder than him most days in their life.
I'm sure someone else said this already, but "telling the bees" about a family death is traditional in beekeeping. Supposedly, bees will abandon their hive if they aren't kept up to date on big family changes. The real story is probably "telling the bees" was an excuse for people to go out, be alone and cry under the cover of giving the bees the obituary.
I love this tradition.
I'm not really a monarchist. However the constancy and stability of the queen was always a part of my life as an English person. I felt a genuine sense of grief and loss at the news.
A country that has stories beggining "A Florida man", should probably not take the piss out of bee keepers talking to their bees. :)
Not sure how votes have anything to do with who is in charge. That Trump chap got fewer than that Clinton lady and he was in charge.
That Russian tank could probably get a TOW (Tube launched, Optically sighted, Wire guided, missile.).
Here here🥂
I like the idea of a monarchy, just, well, with a little less power. But I really did like the queen.
Our country is heavily based on making some votes less valid than others, so much so that more than 10% of our constitutional amendments just say “you cannot stop *insert group* from voting.”
So some states are weighted more heavily than others, and the total number of votes gets skewed.
They’re more of a tourist attraction than anything. Still, it’s like waking up one day and finding out Mickey Mouse is dead. Just so use them being around
Josh running never gets old 😂😂😂😂💕
Linell was stopped at the Hardee's drive-thru with his top assistant, Carl Jr.
Mike Lindell he is something else. It could not happen to a nicer guy. FBI I am taking your phone now! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Could a random 10 year old tell Lindell to pickup a burner phone and activate call forwarding?
The royal family pay taxes 🙄. Also, Charles hasn't had a second to himself since his mum died. I'd lose my shit at little things too
They are paid by taxpayers. Abolish the monarchy.
But you'll force his 72 year old sister to curtsy to a coffin...what a joke.
That comment makes no sense! The Princess Royal chose to curtsey. No one forced her
Yawn! They cost £2 a year per person. Ever given any thought to how much money they bring in?!
Pay taxes? Yes... that's big of them, considering they didn't for centuries.
Believe me, while America is laughing at British traditions, Britain is laughing harder at the slow motion car crash that is American Politics.
Who’s that Prime Minister, again?
@@pinecone2455 Liz Truss....ah , I see you didn't get the memo about Boris,eh?.🤣🤣🤣
@@pinecone2455 Who's that putting democracy deniers in every level of government?
Have you seen British politics lately?
And well they should!
Those weird protocols, says the devout Catholic. People in glass houses 😂
Touché 😏
The devout Catholic probably follows Matthew 6:6 and does his worship and grieving in private, not for public display like an Instagram virtue signaller
Hey there Stephen; LOVE YOUR SHOW! LOVE YOUR HUMOUR! But as you can tell from the spelling of that word - I'm across the pond!
So to clarify for all my beautiful American brothers and sisters:
In the UK 'Inheritance Tax' is paid on the inheritance of properties and estates that are owned by an individual.
The vast majority of the properties and estates that are identified as the late Queen's properties are not actually her property, but part of the 'Crown Estates' the entire revenue of which is paid over to the UK Government for the benefit of all, furthermore, the 'Inheritance Tax' in the UK goes to the 'Crown'. So it's a little bit ridiculous if all that tax ends up where it began!!!
As for the income from the privately owned investment portfolios - King Charles (like his late mother before him) pays exactly the same tax rates as any other citizen of the UK.
He may not pay inheritance tax, but he does give 75% (85% starting in 2027) of his yearly income from the Crown Estate to the British government (approximately $400 million each year)
far more than Amazon in the states!
Clarification we need.
How nice of him.
Yeah Americans might like to have a chat with Trump about the Head of State paying taxes 😂
Crown estate is not his personal property. It's government property. It's like saying the govt won't pay taxes but will "return" some of the income from the pentagon or any other government building to the government. It's ridiculous. Crown property belongs to the government. They aren't doing anyone any favors. Question is, do they pay any taxes on personal property or wealth? They don't.
I'm so glad to hear about Ukraines turnaround towards victory with high morale. David and Goliath. Able and Cain. Ukraine and Russia. Amazing fulfillment of potential.
Today you couldn't have squeezed one single left over drop of unrealized potential from the aid from allied nations around the globe given to Ukraine up to this point.
They don't hesitate, dont waste.
Able and Cain?
With regards to King Charles and the pen...I mean, who *hasn't* become irrationally angry towards an inanimate object from time to time.... right!?
😅👍
Like the queen?
@@adamazingballs no, no...she was actually a sentient being all said and done.
If you're American, your education system being the way it is, I can see how you may have confused the two though
If you're talking about the idea of an unelected head of state in a more general sense on the other hand...well, then you may have a point.
That said, it's a tricky one for me at least in that the ones who rabidly insist that folk should vote them into power that they're supposed to be acting in somewhat of an advisory role towards have been universally agreed as being decidedly weak of mind, to say the least, of late.
At least, the queen having years of experience of dealing with Prime Ministers and other foreign heads of state on the other hand, it may have been possible that having her there acting in that role may have been a good thing...that is of course if the folk she was entertaining cared to listen in the first place (them being Tory and the party of conservatism and tradition after all, you'd have hoped they would).
With Charles coming in to replace the queen now though, I think it's very fair to say that both sides of the debate are very much an unknown quantity.
Time will tell.
‘Wet narnia with knife crime’ 😂 love it 😂
Not uncommon for people to lose track of days when they're under that much stress.
Thank goodness its still September 2015 eh?
OK but the hissy fit? The Queen never acted like that --- during far more stressful times. Charles is in his 70's. Grow up.
@@jackharrison7613 We don't know how any previous monarch acted when getting covered in ink because 24h news and the plethora of good quality cameras weren't available. So we rely on the press reporting at the time, royal deference along with a sense of proportion would have meant that newspapers almost definitely wouldn't want to mention something like this.
What we can do however is empathise and think how we would react. The man has just lost his mother, his every movement and decision (or sometimes not a decision but a tradition) is being scrutinised. His son and daughter-in-law are being absolutely dragged by the press because they don't seem to like her, and he has a new job that he can't get advice from another person doing the same role as the only person who knew it is under the royal standard in Westminster Hall.
I get frustrated with pens leaking even on a normal day. And if someone heard me say bloody they'd be checking I was OK because the language was very... Well, gentle. 😉 😁
Be kind to one another. ❤️
@@jackharrison7613 he has just lost his mother , he only lost his dad last year,so he has the right to be a bit upset . when any one else has a family member die they get chance to cry and greave. Charles is havng to keep a stiff upper lip and go round the UK doing extra paperwork to be come king of a whole country , then he has all the press watching his every move and humiliating him if he shows any emotion.
@@EthanKristopherHartley Get a grip. She was 26 years old, her dad died, and guess what she did --- took the reins, and reigns, and led. Charles was lucky to have his mom in his life for so long.
I sympathize for his loss, but he has literally been training for this job for 70 years. Do it, and do it with dignity, not hissy fits.
I miss Her already.
We informed the bees when my dad died.
I am a big fan of Colbert -- but the scene with Charles seemed more sad than funny. When Colbert’s mother died he took time off and had his private time. Same with me and most people. Charles loses his mother and then has to perform nearly perfectly from the moment of her death and endure day after day of public spectacle, decision making, protocol and travel. How many of us can relate to having a hissy fit over something small when something large and troubling has happened? It might be funny at another moment. At this one, I’m inclined to sympathy and empathy.
my thoughts exactly well said
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That's assuming he's close to his mum. For someone like me, my mum could die tomorrow and I'd barely shed a tear for the soul-sucking harpy. Yeah I said it!
Yeah, I'm inclined to agree with you. I cringed a little when that was made sport of. Pretty classless of Colbert to do that.
oh please. that chinless inbred has been groomed for this for over 70 years.
"Mentalist trying to read his own mind" got me good.