Historian Reacts - Line of Succession to the British Throne 2022
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- This video was recorded this morning before the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. My thoughts and prayers are with the King and the entire family.
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It has since been announced by the new King that he is indeed going to be known as King Charles III. My thoughts on Her Majesty's passing here - ruclips.net/video/jvVzaFpsPxY/видео.html
The Queen is dead, long live the King
Long live the queen.
Long Live The King!
I hope he learns to behave himself as his mother did; I have personal sympathies towards monarchy and don't want to see him destroy it with his carelessness.
Long live the king and queen!
There is an interesting fact about Simeon Sakskoburggotski (yes, that's his legal name as a commoner), previously Simeon II., the former and last Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946. After the fall of the iron curtain, he returned to Bulgaria, founded a (liberal, democratic) political party, won an election and served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria between 2001 and 2005. So he is the only monarch in history who, after his abdication, became the democratically elected leader of his country again. I think that's pretty cool.
I think Napoleon III was elected, then he had a coup to establish himself as Emperor
@@JKR9488 That's right, he was President of the Second Fench Republic between 1848 and 1852 before proclaiming himself Emperor, just like his uncle. But Simeon II. was the only one who was monarch first, by right of birth, and then was elected.
@@JKR9488 But Napoleon III was not a king before being elected while Simeon was. He was only a child but still he is the only monarch was democratically elected after his abdication.
Not the only one, there was also Norodom Sihanouk in Cambodia... like three times. Cambodia had a very... interesting 20th century.
@@PhoenixFire2 Mhm, right. Although he is a special case because he became king again in the end and was sort of a de facto king during his time as head of state and even while he was his father's PM. (At least seen as a god king by many Cambodians, so the elections were more or less predetermined). But you are right in principle, I should not have forgotten him. 😅
The Queen's first prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill, was born 101 years before her last prime minister Liz Truss. Queen Elizabeth connected The Victorian Age to Today. It is the end of an era.
I'm British and I'm not a monarchist, however, I and even the republicans of Britain deeply respected Elizabeth. Some for her personality, some for her non-interventionalist approach, personally because it did actually feel like she served the nation; particularly because she served as a mechanic in WW2 at age 14.
I didn't particularly care for prince Phillip as a person but I was disappointed to see some of the disrespect people gave him after his death since he also served the royal navy during WW2.
Oh man, I've been arguing with people who think it's appropriate to mock the queen and the UK, all day... Yeah, monsters like that apparently do exist!
@@Devine_Dandelion I mean in the US you're free to mock whomever you wish. Not saying it's not rude but its the case.
@@Priceluked It was mostly ppl from India & Iran..xD
@@Devine_Dandelion Well Indians I can at least better understanding celebrating the death of a british monarch.
@@Priceluked Pff, disgusting colony! they were civilised by the British and are still so ungrateful...
I mean the fact that she was queen when Churchill was Primeminister is just astounding, Long live the Queen ! RIP
Can we still use that?
Churchill stepped down in 1945 and she had her coordination in 1952
@@theultimatekfbfan2721 He served a second term between 1951-1955
@@brianstabile165 not really, no. You should say God Save the King now
@@theultimatekfbfan2721 as has been said he became prime minister again, also he didn’t ‘step down’ in 1945, he lost the election
Does anyone remember those memes that started emerging a while back that made it seem like Elizabeth II would live forever, well to be honest I started believing them because she always seemed like she had the energy of someone a third of her age, so hearing this news today was shocking to say the least, she embodied absolutely everything that put the 'Great' in Great Britain, hard work, dedication, service, loyalty, humour, love, compassion she embodied it all and so much more and may she rest in peace. My late father said to me not long after Prince Philip passed away that the death of Prince Philip would accelerate her death for lack of a better phrase and I distinctly remember saying to his face "I don't believe you.", well it turns out he was right, at least she has finally been reunited with the person who stood by her side through the best and the worst of times for nearly 75 years.
I was hoping she could make it to at least 100 years old like her mother did (she died at 101) but it was not to be.
@@arrow1414 by the way I wasn't trying to be disrespectful, I genuinely hoped she lived for a very long time.
Tbh I'm still iin shock because I thought she'd outlive her husband's 99 for sure
That's what my dad said as well. He said some couples that have been together a long time will often die shortly after their spouse.
this is always the case for older couples
I'm a bit surprised. As an American Black Man and a fan of History, I'm saddened at the passing of the Queen. No one is perfect, but she was a human being. And that means respecting her passing and her life first. And then we (as a people/society) can go back and look at her life and her actions.
But what surprised me is how many people of color are HAPPY that she's passed away. This bothers me for a few reasons. Now I respect everyone's opinion and feelings. But I also believe that people are judging her for being the Queen of an era long gone. That some folks are judging her for decisions that probably weren't hers to make or were the "norm" of the time. That doesn't make certain actions or results excusable or even acceptable. But context is key for everything and I feel that some context is being missed out with some folks who are criticizing the late Queen really harshly right now.
Mind you, most of this harsh criticism is coming from Twitter and I know most people don't take Twitter seriously, but still. Seeing the backlash caught me off-guard. But in the end, time will tell, how the future and History judges Queen Elizabeth.
Regardless of background, what does anyone gain from her passing? The British colonies are free now so the status of a constitutional monarch somewhere else is whatever, she's a figure head so it's not like she had all that much power in these decisions, many of these colonies are doing great or have their personal problems, the PM just got replaced but no one is discussing the actual government workings going forward, so why celebrate a meh if long lasting queen over the monarchs that oversaw the start of those colonies and are long dead. Ya, screw Twitter and anyone celebrating a rulers death just because she's old enough to be at the tail end of these events. And like most monarchs there's a line of succession at all times to swiftly replace her meaningless title so this doesn't make the UK more democratic or suddenly give North Ireland back, it's a regular funeral anyone could see coming.
Just more efforts to look like they're fighting oppression (mocking a 96 year old woman with their internet access) instead of being active in their community or pointing out the current real problems that colonization has caused. That's also assuming these people actually live in affected countries and not just other people in the west who are benefiting from Britain's past exploits just as much.
Twitter is filled with the worst of the worst, glad I deleted it a while ago. Most people are respectful and decent, but sites like Twitter can make you think really negative things about humanity.
@@samlosco8441 These are the words I needed to here today - I signed up to Twitter about a week ago and have felt horribly down ever since! Think it's to do with all the anger and hatred that dwells there. Thank you! :)
Also, I think they don't understand (or want to) "constitutional monarchy". She is a . She has no real power. She is not SUPPOSED to have real political power. She is not supposed to negotiate, declare war, and so on. Yes, she is part of a system that allowed many injustices. Many that happened before her birth and many still in her lifetime. And sure, she did not speak out against them. But again, she is a ceremonial figurehead. She is not supposed to. And she took her duty to completely impartial publically very seriously.
@@divamon5602 Twitter is the sewer of the internet... Or rather one of the pipelines of the sewers as it is by no means alone in attracting those who have an agenda or just nutters! Best to ignore anything bad or come out of it together as it is definitely not good for one's mental health
It’s also worth noting that it has not only been 70 years since the Queen ascended the throne and her father passed away, but it has also been 20 years since the Queen’s mother and sister passed in 2002. Long love the queen and may she rest peacefully with the rest of her family wherever they are now.
RIP to the Queen
I never thought the day would come, RIP Queen Elizabeth II. Regardless of everything else being said, she's served her country faithfully.
Served her country by benefitting off the massacres and oppression her family caused. Still worth nearly 14 billion to this day, wonder where all that money came from
Gorbachev and the Queen died within just 10 days of eachother
As JFK once said in Black Ops Zombies: Forgive your enemies but remember their names
What's next, Jimmy Carter?
@@S7phirothGaming Do not pray for easy lives, my friends. Pray to be; stronger men.
*Something’s wrong, I can feel it*
@@aiiv7839 I certainly hope not
It's nice to see someone so respectful. Today, I've been arguing with people who think it's appropriate to mock the queen, all day, so it's really nice to see people like that.
There are a lot of trolls/horrible people online.
I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
I approve of this Monty Python reference.
I’m being oppressed!
From Kenya to Scotland, a 70 year journey no one in the UK will forget. Rest in Peace Liz II
RIP Your Majesty. You have served our country with dignity for the past 70 years.
Dude had this in his back pocket he knew it was coming lol.
Kinda. Recorded it this morning as the news was breaking about her health.
A while back, I did a chart of medieval inheritence for my family (being from Northern Germany, the same male-preference primogeniture as House Windsor), and discovered that I am the heir of all my eight great-grandparents.
And there's even a great obvious succession war in it, with my paternal and maternal cousins fighting over inheritence of my maternal grandfather's old "estate" after my death. Funny situations can come out of that. I should use that for some medieval feud story.
But most german noble houses follow (or at least did so in the past) agnatic primogeniture.
@@untruelie2640 It depends on region. In South Germany, splitting the inheritance among all sons was common, as it had been with the Frankish kings.
In Northern Germany, there was a tradition that the oldest son inherits all the land in one piece. While this is no longer the case in German law, family farms in the North still tend to be much larger than in the South.
The largest farms are all in East Germany, because all land had been publically owned and collectivized during communism until the 90s, so the traditional family farms no longer exist. The next largest right after that are Schleswig-Holstein and Niedersachsen.
@@Yora21 But that's commoner's inheritance, not noble. And for the latter, the Salian Law was the norm in the Holy Roman Empire, first as agnatic inheritance division (leading to the many fractured feudal states), later as agnatic primogeniture. It sounded to me as if you were applying noble inheritance rules. But regardless, it still was agnatic, not agnatic-cognatic with male preference like in Western Europe.
Imagine being princess Anne. 2nd child and now seated to be 17th on the throne
Imagine being a child and second in line to, and therefore not unlikely to someday become the heir of, a throne in modern times (even if it lacks any actual political power).
I wonder whether that has any social impact on li'l George's school life with the romanticization of monarchies going on in children's media nowadays and all that.
Don't let that young man watch Game of Thrones, might get some ideas.....lol
They still hold money and some power, if things collapse or get worse they’ll either be a target or could become a force again.
I mean, Henry VIII, or back then Prince Henry, was also a second child, trained for a Church career because his older brother and his children would inherit, but then, boom, Prince Arthur dies and suddenly Prince Henry is heir apparent, and then king.
If you're the second child but your older sibling does not have children yet, it's still very much fair game for you
everytime i see a british family tree, i think of that scene in blackadder where rowan interrogates captain darling on suspicion on being a german spy. he then defends humself by saying "i am as british as queen victoria", to which blackadder replies 'so your father is german, you are half german and you married a german?"
Very sad about the Queen, almost everyone in Britain and beyond I'm sure admired her dedication and the way she performed her duties for so long. I loved the Queen and hope she rests in Peace. God Save the King. p.s Camilla will be Queen Consort, I think they weren't going to do it out of respect for Diana but the Queen said that she wanted Camilla to be Queen Consort so she is now
Rest in peace, Queen Elizabeth II. Long live King Charles III.
The Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line you're thinking of at 32:40 is likely the Kings of the Belgians which now use the house name of House of Belgium (van België/de Belgique/von Belgien). And yes, Simeon II (Sakskoburggotski) of Bulgaria is indeed still alive. He was 6 when he became king/tsar in 1943 and he was dethroned in 1946. Fun fact, he even served as PM of the Republic of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005.
And it's good to know that ye olde drinking game of VTH/Chris saying something and 2 seconds later the video says the exact same thing is still alive and well. So this video will be saved for such an occasion! :D
18:48 As I recall any flack she gets isn't because of her complexion, but because of her being a US citizen. From what I took from the coverage of the matter, when she discovered what being a princess in the British Royal Family entailed, she couldn't adapt in the face of there being responsibilities and restrictions (e.g. not allowed to make any private income).
There was a lot of racist coverage of her...
Chris and Matt from Useful Charts are the same person, confirmed. Can't fool me.
Another great reaction. The loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is a huge loss felt around the world.
Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth and long live the King
She was a great Woman and Queen.This is a huge void for sure. God Bless her soul, my prayers for her family. Long life to King Charles III!
It's "God save the King" now, isn't it? Damn, that will feel weird for a while
@@nataliaborys1554 Indeed. After 70 years. It's very surreal.
It would probably be incredibly entertaning if you and Matt one day would collab in some sort of family tree video. Talking about stuff from maybe the British royal house or maybe US presidents or whatever. You two seem very much on the same wavelength and I think that would lend for some fun interactions.
I second that, wholrheartedly
27:37 “regnant” makes me think of “gregnant” from that one video where the guy reads all the ways people misspell “pregnant”
Being totally honest, I thought of that too.
I recollect that the current Duke of Gloucester introduced a 1984 Channel 4 programme entitled ‘The Trial of Richard III’. Presiding over these proceedings was a former Lord Chancellor, Lord Elwyn-Jones, who pointed out at the beginning that the monarch in question was beyond the reach of any earthly court. The Duke of Gloucester said that his qualification to introduce it was that he was the very first Richard, Duke of Gloucester, since 1483, when the last one became King Richard III! His Majesty was found Not Guilty incidentally.
This is a very clear explanation of a fairly complex subject. I’ve tried to understand it several times before, but this is the first time I actually got it.
Thank you for that, Chris, another excellent informative video. A very opportune day to show this.
Rip queen 😭
Cringe
Your point at 42:30 is very valid. Where I live in the English midlands my local pub is the John O' Guant - name for the fourth son of King Edward III. Coincidently about 1/3 of the regulars at the pub - including myself are direct descendants of John of Gaunt.
As am I! Hello cousin! :)
She was a great and noble leader and even though I didn’t like the monarchy I liked and respect her as a queen
May she Rest In Peace
God bless the queen
as a UK royalist the reaction to the video has a lot of insight. i already knew that the line of succession is determined through primogeniture. your knowledge on this subject is amazing and i wish i knew just as much before watching the video. still feeling a bit off over yesterdays news as i was just enjoying playing games with friends and when i got the news i just stopped talking to my friends and after about an hour, i just cried and even now after having been awake for another 3 hours i still want to cry because i can't deal with death. of course i wish for the best for the royal family and the new king charles III.
RIP Her Majesty. Honestly disgusted at the people online making fun of her death. Regardless she was a person and a Queen who did a lot for her country
Oh God my liver can't handle the amount of shots needed for everytime Chris says something before the video says the same thing.
Interesting thing to note, Elizabeth II and Emperor Showa both ascended their thrones at the same age, 25, and both are the longest reigning monarchs of... most of their respective nations (many of the late Elizabeth II's realms only became sovereign states part way through her reign, so their time as colonies or protectorates is not counted) . So they would've shared an almost identical length of reign if Elizabeth died earlier or the late emperor lived longer, since he died aged "only" 87.
Another thing to note, being a divorcee is not nor has it ever been an impediment to being the monarch of the United Kingdom, as George I had divorced his wife, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, in 1694 and acceded to the throne unimpeded (except for the contests of the Jacobites, but that ended up going nowhere). The now former impediment was about being a divorcee, having an *alive* former spouse and attempting to marry, or marry someone who themselves had a former, still living spouse. Funny enough, Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson (technically Wallis Warfield, she changed her name back to her maiden name in May 1937) would have actually been able to marry if they waited, since her first husband died in 1950 and her second husband died in 1958.
Let's lighten the mood slightly (that's what the Queen would've wanted):
The UK panel quiz show QI once pointed out a few years ago that there's a guy in Oregon named Wesley Berger who was at the time 305th in line to the throne. So they joked that 304 people would have to die before the world can finally have a real Burger King
In the same segment they noted that if the UK adopted absolute primogeniture during Queen Victoria's time, then after she died the crown would've passed to her eldest daughter Victoria. She would in turn die not long after, which would've passed the crown to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. That would've made WW1 very weird indeed. I have a feeling plenty of weird things like that would've happened if you applied that rule retroactively
UsefulCharts is a great channel, you should check out their video about who would be the roman emperor today, pretty interesting
Okay, i read this comment and immediately subscribed because that’s a fantastic concept.
The zar of Bulgaria was also prime minister of Bulgaria after he returned from a 53 year exile
Rest In Peace, Lizzie. She is the mother of our modern nation and through all the stupid politics, all the stupid prime ministers, all the recent global turmoil, she’s always been there as a beacon of hope for the commonwealth and the world. Now she can rest with her husband in heaven ♥️🕊
It is actually because of the Useful Charts channel that I found yours and I am so very happy about it!
10:37 these are one of the greatest moments in your videos, when you have just explained something in great detail and mere seconds after that the original video states the same thing 🤣👍! Keep up the great work, greetings from Finland 🇫🇮♥️🇺🇸♥️🇬🇧
There's a second exception to the King rule. When Felipe II of Spain married his cousin, Mary I of England, he was still recorded in all official documents as King Phillip of England and treated as a co-monarch
actually an Act of Parliament was passed specifically to deal with this situation, and yes, it clearly said that Philip would "enjoy his wife's titles and honours as King of England and Ireland for as long as their marriage should last"
In Saudi Arabia, kingship has been inherited by brothers since the death of original founder of the kingdom in 1958. It's only now that the current crown prince is of the third generation.
I heard rumors that Charles is more interested in solving the Princes in the Tower mystery than Elizabeth ever was. Here's hoping that Charles will approve of studying the remains found in the 1600's.
I wouldn't be surprised if that is the case and I hope it is.
I saw a story that last year that the Queen gave permission for Camilla to be called Queen consort. So it wasn't anyone backing off as you said. The Queen declared it. I think by custom parliament would have had to approve it (not sure of this), but I think that was pretty much a slam dunk. Charles publicly expressed his thanks to the Queen for this.
the Queen has prominence over who holds what title in her household. The government can advise but she can declare that Camilla is the queen consort as she pleases.
@@SantomPh Thanks for the clarification. I've seen others saying the opposite. Never seemed quite right on that. It's her family after all. Maybe it's the honors system that needs government approval is what confuses them? Or she gives her stamp and ceremonially does the shoulder sword touch after they say this guy gets knighted? This guy's a new Baron, Earl ect. outside of the hereditary claims of course.
So complicated, so fascinating. I’ve got some learning to do 😁
The reason members of the royal family use Duke/ Duchess instead of Price/ Princess, is due to ranking. A Prince is just a title, with no real bennefit, a Duke is a rank, that traditionally came with land from which you can generate income. As a result, a Rank of Nobility (Duke, Earl etc) is considered more prominent than a generic Prince. The exeption is the Prince of Wales, as Wales is a Principality.
The monarch's eldest son also holds the title Prince of Scotland this refers to the medieval Principality of Scotland which was an area of southwest Scotland owned by the Stewart family before they ascended the Scottish throne. Wales actually ceased to be a actual principality in 1536
Random fact: William III and Mary II were not the only joint rulers through marriage in English history.
Mary I married Phillip II of Spain and when they wed, it was agreed that they both rule as King and Queen. When Mary died in 1558 Phillip lost his title.
So technically England has had a King Phillip.
Well, like you said, Philip II of Spain was King of England because he married Mary and Parliament did make an Act that specifically said his right to be king came only through and because of the marriage. And so when Mary died, he lost the right to rule as king of England
But in the case of Will and Mary, they were two grandchildren of Charles I, he had married Mary 12 years before, when she was still a princess, her uncle Charles II was still on the throne, and then he was "invited" by British political and religious leaders to "invade" England. After that he asked Parliament to declare him a king in his own right, not just a consort, they agreed and so the couple were crowned as joint rulers at the same time
So imo only Will and Mary II were only real joint rulers in that they were crowned king and queen in their own right, not by through marriage, and most importantly, William continued to reign as King alone until he passed away, unlike Philip who ceased to be King of England by law
@@TK-oj2ml James II was not yet king when William and Mary married their uncle Charles II was
The longest reigning monarch in Europe is now Queen Margarethe II of Denmark.
God damn, I'm so hammered after that one! Just downing shots every time you said it just before it happened! 😀
Jokes aside, much respect from down in Australia. Sad day and end of a era.
The consistency with which you said something immediately before they said the same thing was amazing
Thank god I was not playing the drinking game where you take a shot when Chris explains something, then the video immediately says the exact same thing that he just said. I think I would be dead around the 25:00 minute mark
3:20 It's hard to explain but every Japanese Emperor chooses a name for their reign what they proclaim at their inauguration. For Hirohito it was the "Showa" era, what roughly translates to "Enlightened Peace". After the Emperor dies he will be named after his era. So Hirohito's name "changed" to Showa that his reign will always be respected and he is connected with his era.
I hope that makes sense how i wrote it.
For a bit of a lighthearted video, I would recommend watching CGP Grey’s “Brief History of the Royal Family” if you haven’t seen it already. It’s a brief overview of the line of succession from William the Conqueror to Queen Elizabeth II.
Interesting story, I actually met Princess Ann's Husbund, Timothy Laurance, when he visited Richbought Roman Fort (the Ancient Roman town of Retupeii), where I am a historical guide.
It's always hilarious when you say something right before it's said in the video, it happens so often in these Useful Charts videos
The 2nd longest reigning monarch in all of History, and the last Head of State to serve in WWII. I was really hoping she could've made it to become the Longest reigning monarch. She will be missed, Lest We Forget.
37:38 Richard attended the reburial of Richard IIIs bones at Leicester cathedral in 2015 as the Queen's representative at the event.
well actually the duchy of lancaster (and the duchy of cornwall) are not part of the crown estate; the crown estate being the part of their property which they own but do not manage and turn over the revenues to the government (in exchange for a sovereign grant from a proportion of the revenues). the two aforementioned duchies (lancaster belonging to the monarch and cornwall to the heir apparent) have all their revenues directly appropriated by the monarchy. they voluntarily pay income and capital gains tax on these lands i believe, but they do not pay any other kind of taxes on it.
The money from the Duchy of Lancaster goes towards paying for the official duties of several "working" members of the Royal family
Don’t play the drinking game with this video or you might end up in hospital
I'm not a Brit nor am I monarchist(not really a fan of monarchies at all, tbh) but I really feel for the British people right now. I have to imagine it's like losing a member of their family when someone's been a national leader for as long as she has.
As for the historical angle, it's a huge deal, obviously, and while I don't know what powers the monarch still has, I wonder if Charles will continue the precedent set by Elizabeth of largely being a unifying figurehead and not exerting political power.
Congratulations on not understanding how the finances work. They get far less money than they actually would earn if they were private citizens.
@@VloggingThroughHistory For those coming on here later, as it looks like the comment got removed or was deleted, wondering what happened, VTH here was replying to a comment calling the British Royal family greedy, getting rich off of the British taxpayer, not to me.
@@VloggingThroughHistory well they get to mooch off the people for everything else while not providing any real value, so im glad at least that they dont get a huge payout as well. We really should be past all this in modern society, people shouldn't get privileges based on a blood line. Its immoral.
@@HistoryNerd808 Oh I was about to say. I thought he was responding to you. I thought to myself what happened here? Lol
@@jameslane2326 except that isn't the case. Settng aside for a second the value to tourism etc, the fact is that the money earned off the property they own and given to the government is far less than the money spent on the Royal family. In other words, they're actually PAYING the UK for being the royal family.
Seeing him say what you had just said over and over was AMAZING
My favorite parts about these is when you say something start the video again and their next line is what you had just said.
I don’t anticipate an issue with Catherine being called Princess of Wales, as William and Catherine’s popularity has never been called into question. I think the main reason Camilla didn’t use the Princess of Wales title was because she and Charles were still unpopular at the time of their marriage. The initial announcement she would be “Princess Consort” seems to have had a similar rationale, but it seems the change to make her Queen Consort instead was part of Charles’ preparations to soft-launch himself and Camilla prior to taking on the roles officially, now that more time had passed.
Living in Australia and been a steadfast monarchist her majesty’s passing is deeply upsetting to many here and watching the news break at 3:30am this morning it all most felt like losing a grandmother may God save his majesty King Charles the third
This channel is becoming one of my favorite channels on RUclips
Rest in Peace, Queen Mother.
God Save the King. 🏴✝️🙏🏻
Also, I believe that Henry VII, first Tudor monarch, was also the first English monarch to ceremonially give the title of Duke of Cornwall to his eldest child, Henry VIII.
It began with Edward the Black Prince being given the title by his father Edward III. Also, note that Henry VIII wasn’t his father’s eldest son but he was made Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall on his brother Arthur’s death at the age of 15.
@@VloggingThroughHistory Alright, but I was going to also say that the Dukedom of Rothesay has passed down from James I and VI (1603 Union of England and Scotland) onwards until Charles today.
@@VloggingThroughHistory And by Duke of Cornwall, I actually meant Duke of York (interesting that Henry VII and future monarchs have decided to keep the Duke of York title and not just get rid of it entirely).
Duke of York has only stayed in the immediate royal family because it's a weird quirk of fate that every time it's been given to a 2nd son of the monarch, that son has ended up the monarch, or has died without male heirs. If Andrew had a son, it would not have reverted to the crown/become extinct as it will when he dies.
@@VloggingThroughHistory I meant like why didn't Henry VII just eradicate the title outright, since he defeated the Yorkists. Perhaps the same reason why the South wasn't wholesale ripped apart after the Civil War, too much political baggage.
I find it hilarious that the theme for this video's structure is just "pause the video and say a quick thing about this next person, unpause and hear the exact same thing."
The Queen, before she died, stated that she wished Camilla to be known as Queen Consort. She has taken this title.
Belgium was the other country you were looking for as one of the Sacksen-Coburg-Gotha royal houses
May she rest in peace with her family
May she Rest In Peace.
At 7:53, the King just a few days ago decided that Camilla will be called "Queen" instead of "Queen Consort".
Fun Fact: George V, Mary of Teck, and Mary, Countess of Harewood were all characters in the first Downton Abbey movie
I don’t think meghan can be called a princess, unless it would be Princess Henry (the same as Princess Micheal of Kent)
As we know the Queen was born in 1926 The oldest living Prime minister at that time was the Earl of Rosebury who was born in 1847 the oldest living PM then was a certain Duke of Wellington who died in 1852 - he was born in 1769 before the Declaration of Independence happened - 2022 - 1769 in three people.
38:34 the minute he said "wait a second" I lost it.
Even she's old and her health decrease months after months she still perform her duty as a Queen well
May she rest well
Is it not strange that the Church of England should find divorce objectionable, since it was founded to facilitate a monarch's own divorce centuries earlier?
Interesting that none of the non-royal marriages (read: almost all of the unions after Charles' generation) to members of the family are considered morganatic. Typically, marriages to insufficiently 'ranked' royalty or nobility were referred to as such, and were non-inheriting to the royal titles.
That law never actually existed in the UK or its predecessor states instead George III had Parliament pass a law that insisted all British royals had to have the monarch's permission to marry he did this after his 2 brothers married commoners which he did not approve of. These marriages were considered morganatic in King George's German territories though
I actually thought youd have a great video to match the news ❤️
You were correct. Camilla is being referred to as the Queen Consort.
R.I P Queen Elizabeth II
Thanks!
Man, the VTH drinking game is lethal today.
41:58 he is actually only somewhere in the 80's
Normally I get a little drunk in these videos. This time I almost fainted. Why did you make me drink so much wine Chris?
Your comment about the title 'duke of York' made my jaw drop. I never realized that.
Very interesting. Really enjoyed this one
If you see this, just know that you should start doing the Today in History shorts again, I looked forward to those every day!
I do wish HRM Charles III had chosen to grace us with an actual King Arthur, since Henry VII didn't quite manage that with his first son.
May Queen Elizabeth Rest In Peace
One of the last videos before the queens death.
RIP
The name is King Charles III from the news earlier today.
Can someone more educated on the subject fill me in on the point about someone needing to abdicate if they marry a divorcee? Wasn't the church of England established in part because the King wanted to be able to divorce his wife? Why is divorce an issue for the Church of England?
At the time a divorced person could not be married in the church of England, and the king therefore could not be head of the church of England and marry a divorced person. That is no longer the case.
No, people always say Henry VIII wanted to divorce his wife but he actually wanted to have the marriage annulled. The difference is that an annulment is an acknowledgement that the marriage was never legitimate or legal in the first place, therefore allowing him to marry after the annulment. The reason that rule used to be the case was that remarriage after divorce used to be prohibited in the Church of England (just as it was in the Catholic Church in Henry VIII’s time), but that was changed in 2002 I think. Hope that was helpful
Henry wanted an *annullment* to his marriage, as he believed his marriage went against God and should never have happened. It’s a cancellation, basically, and VTH kinda contextualized it in the first Eleanor of Aquitaine video. And I think the “no divorce” rule stuck because of the Anglican Church being so rooted in Catholic traditions, with a few exceptions.
Thank you all, TIL!