Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler | Warner Bros. TV
āļāļąāļ
- āđāļāļĒāđāļāļĢāđāđāļĄāļ·āđāļ 17 āļ.āļ. 2024
- ðš SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE âķïļ bit.ly/WBlTVP
This is the story of a 15 year old boy who rose from lowly beginnings - an ironmongerâs son from County Durham obsessed with working for the Queen, to be the man who after 50 years with the Royal family knew all of their hidden secrets, and knew only too well the power that knowledge represented.
As the Queen motherâs Butler and key palace insider he saw and heard everything, but never told. Now his story can be told for this first time.
His life is one of obsession, power, politics and hierarchy inside the royal circle. But since his death, Tallonâs legacy has also revealed another side, a man split by loyalty, overrun by his sexuality and feared by those who worked for him behind the palaceâs closed doors. This we will explore, as well as the bon viveur the royal family so enjoyed.
Backstairâs Billyâs story will take us deeper âbelow the royal stairs world and hierarchyâ into the methods and rules of the waspish, bitchy world of ââbehind the scenesâ in the royal household.
With first hand testimony from those who knew, loved, worked for and came up against Bill Tallon, the film will show how he and his partner Reg were the âpower coupleâ whose position allowed them enormous influence and control over young servants and the household itself.
It will examine the controversy of Billâs relationship with Princess Margaret and how that ultimately probably cost him his career, and special place within the Royal heart. How after 50yrs service to the Windsors and closeness to the Queen Mother, he ended up ostracised by the Royal family, alone, in a tiny flat in Kennington.
This is the insider story of the key 'man in the background' - who knew the Queen Mother and the royals better than anyone else.
#WarnerBros #WBITVP #FullEpisode #FreeTV
The Queen Mother did not quietly go following the death of King George VI. She was ruthless in getting her own way. Definitely the iron fist in a velvet glove
Good for her
She referred to Clarence House as "a horrid little house". As Prince Philip had been largely responsible for the re-furbishment and redecoration during his and Princess Elizabeths tenancy, this can hardly have improved the strained relation between he and his mother-in-law.
She was supposed to move out when Elizabeth became Queen. Phillip made her leave. She still thought she was THE queen.
You're so.right !!! She was a lion, not just a horoscope sign, but also as a person
@@talmadge1926 yes I remember that Philip and Elizabeth were sad to leave Clarence House and theyâd spent a lot of money refurbishing it. The Queen Mother probably disliked it less than she made out.
Everyone saying she should have made provisions for him. He was paid very well and even given free housing for nearly 30 years. You tell me what job would give you that? He was very well capable of making provisions for himself. More so than the most of us thatâs for sure.
Like all jobs nobody is indispensable, once youve served your purpose your gone and forgotten
catherine: *, you're gone and forgotten.
It sounds to me like he had a remarkable life, doing exactly what brought him joy. Iâm sure he knew what benefits he would have (or not have) when time came for him to be retired. He didnât die on the street - he died in his apartment. Iâm sure he also knew that he was alcohol dependent and could do something about that, but chose not to. I donât know why people seem to think he was mistreated - on the contrary, he was treated very well by the royal family for over a half century.
@kellydiver He had a civil list pension from the late Queen and the then Prince of Wales paid him ÂĢ60,000 in 2003, to write a private memoir of his time with Queen Elizabeth. Of course he also had his state pension. He wasn't exactly starving under a hedge.
Correct
Correct
imagine the secrets he knew......
It's not hard to imagine. A lot of people who never did a day's work or cared for anyone outside themselves getting drunk all day. Sickening people; waste of human skin. Problem is, William was exactly like them, passing the arrogance and entitlement of the royals down to the people who were under his power in the house. Small, petty, worthless wastes of human skin - upstairs and downstairs.
Rita comes across as a lovely person and a great and loyal friend, to Billy!
Rita looks so young to be a friend , like a different generation. Whatâs her secret!
@@Hava744 Being a kind and decent Human Being.
I always think the NOEL COWARD quote is the best. â Elizabeth Bowles Lyon- was an incredible snob , intellectually slow but had a nice smile â.
with crooked teeth.hehe
She was known too be a bully
Dawn French said in an interview once that she met the queen mother as a child, she scared her to death because of her black teeth which she was well known for.
lol! Thanks for that. People always think these people must be intelligent simply because of their station in life.
She was high born
He seemed to jog along quite nicely with parties, restaurants, dinner invites, very nice suits, shopping done for him and he had a nice roof over his head by the look of it, all us OAPs should be so lucky
Good point, he lived the life he always dreamed of as a child.
Obviously, the queen had lots of girlfriends!
Very interesting video. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Thank you.
Remember many of the 1920-1940 servants did not now their own homes and were 100% dependant on heir employers. Billy started at age 15 years so he was completely dependant on the royal family for his housing, heating, food, clothes & everything. The world has changed a lot between 1920-2000. The Windsors are not know for their ability to read emotions and are quite reserved people.
Also dependent on them for providing him with endless booze, total power to sexually abuse and torment his co-workers and 'underlings,' a house for lavish parties, access to all kinds of powerful people who pumped up his ego and made him feel like the screaming queen he served. He got quite a high life for fifty years and was too stupid to set something aside for his old age. People like Billy are like cancer: they feed off the host body and seem to think it will go on forever, not realizing that when the host body dies, the cancer dies, too. He got what he set himself up for by being evil to his own class. Never betray your class. That's ONE way he did NOT imitate the Queen Mother and the one way he should have imitated her. All the high living and praise from people who enjoyed his parties is nothing. He will be remembered as an abuser and a piece of sh-t by the people who worked with and under him. You can judge a person's character and worth not by their sycophants, but by the way they exercise their authority over others. Funny how they couldn't find even ONE person who worked with him or under his authority who said that he was a good, fair, helpful or encouraging 'boss' to them. Only that if you were one of the Back-door Billy's 'favorites' (another gay who was willing to have sex with him or one of the insecure women who feel safer among gay men than straight men), you were safe, and if you were not to his taste sexually, you were 'out.'
2 old queens with a real old queen LMFAO
Best advice don't expect anything from anybody except what you have achieved yourself through hard work you'll be much more proud of the rest of your life when you become retired you look back and think at least I worked hard hope this helps you young people out there
Never expect anything from anyone and you'll never be disappointed.
Always save in order to have a secure roof over your head.
He should have been portrayed in The Crown series.
Too controversial a figure, he could have played it safer than Billy did.
The Queen Mother was glossed over in the Crown far too much I thought she was a huge part of the Queens life.
It sounds like back stairs Billy was a lush like hes boss.
He was an employee. That is all. Its called "professionalism."
The queen mother also left behind huge debts, running into the millions. The liquor bill was also huge LOL.
She loved her champagne.
The late Queen Elizabeth II made the decision to allow her mother to live as she wanted as her husband died so young. Payback was that Queen Elizabeth left almost her entire estate to her daughter.
@@michaelmontagu3979Didnât the Queen Mum leave a lot to Charles?
Queen Mother left 9 million in dept which Queen Elizabeth paid off. The Queen Mother had an annual allowance of ÂĢ1 million per year.
@@samanthab1923 No. She left money to his sons, in a trust set up some years before her death. She left them ÂĢ19 million, which was 2/3 of her personal estate.
He didnât die in a gutter he died in his ground floor flat in south London
Good old Billy did quite well for himself - making ÂĢ500,000 from the royal memorabilia left to him.
@@sophiegeorge2816 A flat provided by the Duchy of Cornwall.
@@sophiegeorge2816 Agreed, but he does seem to have fallen apart somewhat after leaving.
It's sad, because all he had to do is get himself to an AA meeting and sober up.
Then, based on the principle that a man can't help himself unless he's helping other people, he could have got involved as a volunteer in charitable projects. They'd have loved him.
â@@michaelmontagu3979 a flat and pension provided by Prince Charles from his duchy of Cornwall allowance.
@loreensmith4864 Ah yes, of course. Plus the civil list pension and ÂĢ60000 from the then Prince of Wales, for writing his memories of Queen Elizabeth. I don't think he did too badly.
This should be a Netflix show or movie.
No more woke Netflix shows.
I used to know someone who's mother once worked in one of the offices at BP. (I don't remember which one. I think she was a secretary.) She said that while the Royal Family were nice to staff, the senior palace officials were all insufferable snobs, and treated the rest of the staff with contempt. I'm not at all surprised they had it out for Billy - a poor boy made good.
The officials were snobbish but neither the Royal Family nor the Royal Household are snobbish because they don't need to be.
By the way, secretaries at Buckingham Palace are called Lady Clerks.
I've heard different stories about the way the Royals treated the staff, notably Prince Andrew Princess Anne and Princess Margaret.
@@seansmith445 Andrew and Margaret were certainly demanding, and Princess Anne doesn't suffer fools, either gladly or at all, like her father. But in the Royal Family, they consider being rude to or bullying staff as beyond the pale.
@@michaelmontagu3979 From things I've read in the past, Prince Andrew in particular has been very rude and foul mouthed towards servants. I don't know why you would say it's beyond the pale. Do you know them personally?
Had it out for Billy? He had it out for anyone who 'crossed' him. Very typical of his ilk when they start feeling like they can do whatever they want without consequences. He by no means 'made good.' He was a SERVANT who behaved as though he was royalty - to anyone who was 'beneath' him in the hierarchy at his job. I'd never - EVER - hire someone like him. I suppose the royals like obsequious brown-nosers who are ready to lick their sh-t and like it, but that type just behaves as badly to others below them. As the narrator said, Billy and the Queen Mother had a lot in common - and it was NOT their better qualities. The guy was a waste of human skin who was ruined by getting above himself because it allowed him to abuse his power. Thinking he was 'untouchable' and had total power all those years just proves what a deluded fool he was. He was being used precisely the way he used the others on the staff.
What a sad ending to a fascinating life for someone who started at the bottom and worked his way to the top. Even as a non-royal the press still haunted him all those years ago. Things haven't changed in some respects.
He was very handsome when he was young.
The Queen Mother should have made provisions for his future, but she was notorious for thinking primarily of only herself.
Yeah, and he thought so hard about other people, like the other servants (apart from the ones he wanted to rape and the 'high society' he wanted to hobnob with, buying their company with the free liquor and hospitality provided by the Queen Mother, ultimately)? He thought only of his power, his connections, his privileged position, and nothing of the people he worked with - apart from his gay clique - and nothing about providing for his own future. He ended quite as he could have been expected to end: like a cancer dying when the host body dies.
Really? Because he would have been fired by anyone else. She promoted him to the highest position. Gave him free housing for nearly 30 years. He was paid very well.
Why didnât he make provisions for himself to save money for himself?
Prince Charles provided accommodation and a pension for life.
@@lisaquigley-moon9583 Because he was arrogant and thought he should be provided for. But he was, rather well. A Duchy of Cornwall flat, pension from both the late Queen and the then Prince of Wales, who also gave him ÂĢ60000 for writing his memories of Queen Elizabeth. He can't have done too badly to have left an estate worth more than ÂĢ300000.
If only heâd left a memoir.
@@Lila-BeamMeUpAlready He did. He compiled one privately for the then Prince of Wales, who paid him ÂĢ60000 in 2003
â@@michaelmontagu3979like most memoirs it will be made public when all current people involved are dead. That's how history is made.
Well,well,well... employees are employees nothing more or less. He had a great living and took his advantage from it...
After 50 years you are not just an employee.
@@Celisar1 Yes you are. Everyone is dispensable.
Yes you are an employee
The Queen Mother had plenty time to make provisions for him for when she was no longer here but didnât ð
He was a servant first and foremost, nothing more or less, once she was gone his services were no longer required, that simple
He was 70 plus and wasn't exactly living on skid row or going to food banks
She didnât adopt him he was an employee..he was paid and had a pensionâĶit was a jobâĶwhat did he think he would do in retirement?
Queen Mother spent every penny she had and plenty of handouts from her daughter. She certainly would not have plans for her people, she was all about herself.
@@catherinegriessel56 Why is it so hard for staff to understand this? They insert themselves into the inner circles of the family and then have these delusions that they are owed something. It defies belief.
The queen had probably heard the dreadful stories about his treatment of underlings, and she was probably very relieved to get him the hell out of there.
all people go through this at retirement and no doubt wake up in the early hours thinking thats it then were do i go from here same happened to me 22 years 6 o'clock starts giving 100%+++++ i don't believe he didn't know how to survive out in the real world he just got it done by others great docu ;)
He was in his 70ies when the Queen Mother died: way older than the average pensionier. So it was natural for him to leave service. I mean .. no employer lets you stay in your old office ha?
I highly recommend the book "Backstairs Billy: The Life of William Tallon--The Queen Mother's Most Devoted Servant" by Tom Quinn. Tallon was ruthless in pursuit of young male pages and such who piqued his fancy, whether they were of his inclinations or not.
I wanted to see the Tea set that QE sent the painter.
Three years before QM died , my friends father ( admirer)
Sent her a CD with Christmass songs he recorded himself .
Shortly after , he recieved hand written Thank You letter .
She certainly had a style !!
Now sits framed in his living room.
He was a paid servant and didnt have to be a breadearner of the family. What had happened to all his monthly payments from work? It was his fault for not saving his payments of 50 yrs of work.
According to a documentary I saw involving Billy's co-workers at Clarence House, he was a toady, a sneak and bully, together with his boyfriend. He knew how to flatter the Qieen Mother. I'm a Royalist but can recognise a vain and determined woman. As for leaving provision for Billy, she died, allegedly, leaving several million pounds in debt, dutifully paid off by HRH, the late Queen Elizabeth 11. Let's keep it real. Karma caught up with him. Like all bullies he went to pieces when his props were removed.
Backstairs Indeedð
Typical Kween
I think Queen Elizabeth spending 2 hours visiting with him after her motherâs death, was her way of saying thank you.
she could have said it, too
Pull-eeze!
William alienated everyone and burned many bridges, confident he would forever be the spoiled old Queen's pet poodle.
Imagine the grievances that came to Elizabeth ll's ears!
But she could do nothing while her mother was alive.
Good for Her Majesty!
What goes around comes around, old Billy!
Or should I say, Bully?
Letâs not get romantic about this, he was just a butler somebody who was there to serve might have been given a privilege position, but the Royal family are friendly, Theyâre not your friends and he was a commoner there to serve nothing more nothing less and if youâre in any illusion about this just look at how they disregarded him once the Queen Mother had died, I think that says it all really.
Honestly, after fifty years (!) you are not not just a servant.
Like any job once your services not needed your gone
@@catherinegriessel56agreed
@@Celisar1 if you work for the RF you are always beneath them look what they did to crawfie the queen's governess
I agree. It,s not like he came from the landed gentry or his father was a knight. That might have made some difference .I understand the Queen Mother was something of a snob.So no surprise she didn't leave him anything.
It was very sad that there really was no provision made for "Backstairs Billy" when the Queen Mother died in 2002. He had devoted practically his entire life to service in the Royal household. It was also said that his lifetime partner had died. I'm not surprised that he passed away about five years later.ðĒ
@HonestlyYours516 No? She had given him gifts worth tens of thousands and he and his partner Reg were given a Duchy of Cornwall apartment in South London and Tallon received a civil list pension. Rather more than so many people have.
@@HonestlyYours516 In the book, the author states that Tallon wanted some specific provisions made by the Queen Mother for him. As the QM aged and getting frail, the prospects for Billy were getting dimmer. Throughout the years, he had made many enemies by those aware of his predatory ways . Tallon was pretty much evicted from Clarence House in the end. He also became a victim of the great plague of the 80s.
Good old Billy did quite well for himself - making ÂĢ500,000 from the royal memorabilia left to him.
@@Querencia7779 And the then Prince of Wales paid him ÂĢ60000 in 2003, for writing his memories of Queen Elizabeth.
The royal family do that use n abandon
Why did billy not make plans for his own house before the Queen mother died then he would have had a place to live and would know how to look after himself
He probably didnât think that far ahead - he may have imagined they would allow him to stay on in the gate house as a âgrace and favourâ residence. It must have come as a real blow when he realised that they considered him as just another servant.
He had a Duchy of Cornwall flat with his partner, Reg, who also worked at Clarence House and who died before him..
They are usually allowed to have a home rent free after their long service they practically give up a life to serve the royal family plus wages are not that good even now they don't pay staff very well the RF are dreadful
He reached his career goal, and more, by having a relationship with the Queen Mother or at least as much as she was capable of giving her employee. He was not ever told he was part of the family. He could not expect to live on royal grounds once his position was no longer required. He did have a pension and some other money opportunities. He too was cruel to those under him. His expectations disappointed him. After that lifestyle and exposure for over 50 years it would be a challenge to adapt to a new life no longer a royal connection. He turned to the bottle instead of realistically giving himself a chance at a new life.
The Queem Mum being a low key allyðððwe can be problematic ððððð
GrÃĐÃĒt documentaire ð
Good old Billy did quite well for himself - making ÂĢ500,000 from the royal memorabilia left to him.
So handsome ð. I wonder how many ladies tried and failed ð.
Love learning about the staff life. I wasn't there so i don't know but the Queen mother and Margaret appeared to be a tad difficult to be around too longð.
I imagine that when you work in a house with a family for so long you would forget that you are actually staff...not family...ðŪ
I never liked her for various reasons but turning 70 she looked absolutely amazing, some 20 years younger.
She didnât have to queue up for rations during the warâĶor run to an Anderson in a raidâĶshe lived a gilded age life âĶno wonder she looked good for her age..
â@@jacquelinearcher1158the King and Queen were superb during World War 2 we were very lucky to have them Buckingham Palace was bombed seven times don't forget.
@jacquelinearcher1158 the Queen mothers brother died during the war a did one of the Kings just as during the Great War there was little class divide during such times.thats why the King and the Queen were beloved by the ordinary folk they went through it all with them and were not spared sadness or fear.
I suppose she had absolutely no stress or worries.
@@jeanmyers1787 But you would think that being a total lush would have taken its toll. Most alcoholics look like hell by old age.
A very sad story.... but when you work in a place like that you always have to remember that you are just a worker he crossed the line and paid the price!
That was very interesting, I am glad that he had a good life in service and in retirement.
he was so handsome, omg
What a sad story. Itâs a shame that even in death he is shamed from what I can tell is a life devoted to service. Shame he was treated so poorlyâĶ
He made a great living and was by all accounts a nasty piece of work to his colleagues. He had illusions of grander.
Shame how terribly he treated the young men working under him. Horrible man who abused his privileged position.
@deev3282 Very true. He was an arrogant bully who used to make drunken passes at attractive young men who joined the household. If they refused they found that they just didn't fit in at Clarence House. He used to pick men up, including escorts, and take them back to Clarence House, usually giving them a tour, to show how important he was. He helped himself to what he wanted in the way of drink and food, and only got away with it because he made himself indispensable to the Queen Mother when she was a grieving widow. An obnoxious man.
He was like his boss quite nasty. He had a good life with her.
Well done! Brilliantly put together
Making drama out of very little drama. He had a honourable life, no scandals no blunders, and after the queen mothers death, the consequences were quite natural, without human sacrifices.
Honorable? Sexually abusing and terrorizing his 'underlings'? If he had been the head of a corporation or film studio instead of a royal household, there'd be a place for him in the #metoo movement. He was arrogant, vain, and self-indulgent, a parasite who lived a high life by his association with royalty. He was loyal like a tick or leech is loyal: he knew where his liquor, his lifestyle, and his free pass to sexually abusing other employees came from. If he had had any humility or real kindness or heart for people, he would have looked after and been helpful and kind to the people who worked under him instead of exploiting and tormenting them. He would also have been prudent enough to look ahead to his own retirement, like any sensible person. But parasites always think they can go on sucking blood forever.
"...without human sacrifices." Brilliant!
Besides those he bullied
What an incredible and sad story.
That's why she lived so long in my eyes .Of strong Scottish heritage.âĪðA very Good Queen and wife to King George the Vi. A very good KINGðhusband,and Father to his family...I wish they were still here with us.âĪâĪâĪâĪall 4 of them.
Billy was clearly a complete nightmare.
@58christiansful He was. He thought he could do whatever he wanted. He would even pick up boys for sex and give them tours of Clarence House, to show off how important he was and how lucky they were. Actually an odious drunk.
He was probably institutionalsed and abused.
The Queen spent 2 hours visiting Billy after here mother died and he's bitching about it? What a narcissist. Given how busy the Queen would have been, he's lucky he got a 2 minute visit!
And politely told him that his service was over. And donât worry about the corgis we will look after them .
Great story.ð
Yes butler and Queen well suited. Not nice people. Such horrendous snobs.
He was awarded the Royal Victoria Medal in silver, and later (as very rarely happens) in gold. He would have known the ropes - that was high praise indeed, and the way the bosses he worked for expressed themselves. I doubt if he would have felt badly treated or sorry for himself if it wasn't for the alcohol dependency.
Truer words were never spoken. Most hated her.
WHAT did he expect... he was hired personally without ever going through the wringer of a process. His stay then was totally dependent on the late Queen Mother ...
He was loyal to the end
She certainly couldn't spoil herself enough.
And totally useless!
I always liked her ! but power corrupts and though you may move in high class circles unless you wear the right tie you will never be invited in !
The are reptiles
What a sad story. I don't think HM The Queen knew what thank you meant to William. I have no doubt that William's spirit is indeed somewhere in the corridors and rooms of Clarence House..R.I.P William and Thank you. ð ð
He should have written & sold a book. He could have exposed it all.
This is an incredible story, sad story
30:19 speaking as a gay man myself, this just shows that bullying, prejudice and discrimination from (within) the gay community has remained an unresolved issue to this day as in the song âlove to hate youâ
But there are many, many friends of friends of Dorothy. I am one. It's just hateful morons who aren't.
âĪ We love you! âĪ The only kindness I received in my adopted family in the 1950s was from my mother's Uncle and her first cousin âĪ Both gay men. It imbibed in me a life long trust of these dear souls. To this day...kindred spirits.
Really enjoyed this film , fascinating character was Billy and the perfect butler for a charismatic Queen Mother , who , in spite of her little foibles was the nation's darling .
RIP BILLY,it's a Shame you were treated like trash after 50 years!
That is the British Royal Family for ya!!!
Yep, the Queen and here mother.
He had a job and a pensionâĶlike other workers ..why would he expect more ?
8 uiHuas t 6â@@mariannevontrapp1063
What a cold family.
As a matter of fact the Rf are well known for how well they treat staff in General always have been even in the days when servant were treated like crap.
@simongarthwaite7695 Exactly right. If staff were treated badly they wouldn't have stayed on so long or been so loyal.
Feeding staff chips and beans - speaks volumes about the depravity of the hse of windsor
@@cahillgreg That was in the 1950s, when food was still rationed. It's much better than that now.
'Don't forget the Pimms' - The Queen Mother
As a Canadian I cannot understand this fascination and loyalty to royalty. Such an out dated institution. After WW1 all the major dynasties fell but the British Royalty continued to thriveðĪ
As an American, I agree.
ðŪðŪðŪðŪ NÃĢo se joga ao chÃĢo uma dinastia de 300 anos ... isso ÃĐ tudo !
Their value in entertainment and tourism keeps them going.
They are an important part of the government, and in fact have the ability to remove your government. They are an important check and balance to government. They arenât just a tourist attraction.
If youâre Canadian, youâd know that we have a Constitutional Monarchy with King Charles as our Head of State, and we have a Parliamentary Democracy. Nobody worships the monarch, but he plays an important role in keeping absolute power out of the hands of the Prime Minister, thereby preventing a corrupt President Trudeau. All our Bills go to the King for Royal Assent before they become law. Thatâs after perusal by the Upper House, or the Senate. Keeps things moving slowly and carefully.
Correct nobody is indespensible if you keep that in your head your half way there
Thereâs a lot more that have come off a lot worse off doing their duties for the Royals and the Aristocracy. Billy lead a very happy life, doing pretty much exactly what he wanted. I donât feel sorry for him at all. He liked a drink, he liked it enough to ignore health warnings. His choice. As the old saying goes, âIâm here for a good time, not a long timeâ . Not everyone wants to live until theyâre falling to pieces.
Staff, always an afterthought...
Still ð great euphemism of a nickname
Leave a door for back stairs Willie.
Well done video thanks
*35.00* I doubt anyone could persuade or dissuade Princess Margaret from anything if she decided on it
Funny that this is probably the inspiration of the gay couple in the animated HBO show, âThe Prince,â
He was loyal all right bec he was about to cling to that lifestyle as long as theQueen Mother was alive. HE DESERVED what he got... his loyalty had a price.. his lifestyle within the royal enclaves...
The real England.
silly man. thinking he was invincible. trusting other people like that. Never ever trust your employer. A bully who died a lonely death. God save us.
The Queen mother was a wicked woman. She obviously need him to pour her drinks.
hehe
She was a fabulous lady just from a very different time she didn't suffer fools
@@simongarthwaite7695 Yeah, because she was so wise and wonderful. Apart from some favorable photo-ops during the second world war, what did she contribute to the world? How is the world - or any single person, for that matter - better because she lived? She was a self-indulgent old drunk.
@FigaroHey nonsense Britain would not of got through the war without its Royal Family.
Speaks so so HORRIBLY for the Queen to toss him out after 50 Years of service. She acted so dishonorably. As Michael Jackson sang "they don't care about us".
Its incredible to see that the Queen Mother had rotten teeth. With all her wealth, she couldn't get dental care?
Bad teeth are a great English tradition
They were badly stained
They were a shade of green
The Queen Mother would yell, at Clarence House, âWill you queens down there bring this queen a drinkâ?
@kayhathaway6956 That's just a legend. First, of course she wouldn't. Second, her private rooms were on the second floor. She didn't have a loud enough voice. So many silly stories get made up about the Royal Family.
Excellent thank you
I agree your there to serve get on with it do it but look after your own life while working
Cecil Beaton said that in the weeks following the death of the Queen Mother's husband the king and before she moved to Clarence House, because she was no longer a reigning queen alot of the courtiers at Buckingham Palace were suddenly quite casual and off-hand with her, the deference gone.
So life can be cruel even to a Queen Empress
Wow, so Downton Abbey wasnât too far off on the way they lived in the staff that lived downstairsð
And the Bridgeton reference.....ð
he had a good life, it all ends anyway
Of course someone was influential in his acquired attachment to alcohol.
The Queen should have thanked Billy for helping looking after her mother.
Billy did it for free??
He was not important enough for queen's to bother with.ðĒ
JâÃĐtais assez jeune, mais pourtant je garde en tÊte le choc que j'avais eu en voyant la Princesse Margareth et cet homme (le majordome) qui me semblait jouer un mauvais rÃīle ! Et je trouvais ÃĐtrange qu'il puisse avoir une telle importance ! C'ÃĐtait tellement triste sous les yeux de Sa MajestÃĐ la Reine-MÃĻre. Mais c'est triste la fin de cet homme. Un homme loyal c rare de nos jours !
The Queen was furious when she saw princess Margaret in her wheelchair being taken outside Clarence House, it was Prince Charles who helped Billy.
Unfortunatelly Queen Mother was a great selfish woman.
I agree with some of the comments the butler should have secured a one bed flat while he was earning back then he knew how to look after himself by been a butler billy was working for the royal family that was his job end of if you learn early in life that you are just an employee good but if you get compliments and respect from your bosses and treat well that's a bonus if you learn NOT to expect more than your employed for their should not be a problem or grudges you will go far if you just do your job well and keep your own council and be professional through life if good comes your way then wow if not take care of your personal affairs money etc best advice to give to the young you won't go far wrong
I love queen of hearts Queen DianaâĪ
Hey Utub, GOT IT!
There's no doubt that Billy would have done an excellent job, but after many years in the job, surely he should have foreseen a time when the Queen Mother would eventually die and he should make provisions for himself afterwards. The job was for the duration of her life and he would have been better prepared for life afterwards had he done that. As far as I know, not many employers provide for ex employees when they finish so why would Billy be an exception. My dad worked down the pit for 40 years and British Coal didn't provide our house or my dad's pension. Billy was very well looked after for 40 or so years. He wasn't perfect nor was he hard done by.
The Queen was MUCH LOVED ...she behaved ao well during rhe War
Just proves how long you can go on being a complete waste of human skin if you take the precaution of making ONE good impression at JUST the right moment. What ELSE did she do besides 'behaving well during the war' that made her life worth anything? Seriously? An old lush who spent money like there was no tomorrow and allowed the abuse of her staff under her very nose. No concern for anyone, obviously, apart from her own pleasures and comfort.
She WAS NOT loved in the east end where she was rudely sent on her mink lined way...fact
Itâs disgusting to watch the Royal family feed and live off the rest of humanity.Very few of them have ever lifted a finger to help humanity.
HE WAS A PAID SERVANT AND HIS JOB WAS OVER IT IS THAT SIMPLE WHAT ELSE COULD HE EXPECT HIS OWN LIFE WAS his RESPONSIBILITY LIFE IS TOUGH FOR everyone GET ON WITH ITð