The Nazi In The Royal Family | Hitler's Favourite Royal
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- Опубликовано: 6 мар 2020
- The extraordinary and tragic story of Prince Charles Edward. As Queen Victoria's youngest grandchild, he was forced to take up the Dukedom of Coburg in Germany after a series of unexpected deaths. Transformed overnight from a British Prince to a German Duke, the course of his life was altered in ways he could never have imagined as he found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Narrated by Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton.
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I would hope the other shows have better mixed sound. This one is awful. The music is so loud.
No loud music
What? You mean this isn't supposed to be a music video?
@@CatskillsGrrl I totally agree. Music in this video was so loud that I lost about 1/3 of the narration.
Don’t do it!!! Netflix been acting strange lately. Don’t risk it!!! 😰
Why is the music always so loud and the volume of the speaker so low?????
Exactly, you can't hear the speaker..document the story
I agree with you the music drowns out the narrator; this was a sound engineering problem.
I came down here to say just that. All their docs are like this.
Is this a music video? Had to stop watching because of the music
That's the way they like it.
I really love your documentaries! I do wonder though why the background music is SO LOUD while the narrator is speaking. This recent trend ( maybe last 10 years) really does need to be reevaluated. Other than that thanks so much!
Agreed. The high plinking of the LOUD piano forced me mute. Painful to listen to when you want to hear the narrator.
Agree
I agree..🙄
Thank you, I thought it was my computer, and I'd spent several minutes, trying to find how to adjust the music downward.
The music is soooo annoying!!!
Yet, once again, the background music, though beautiful, overpowers the narration.
I agree ☝️
I agree. Why do they do it? Not everyone has perfect hearing.
Agree
It's because the original video was meant for TV with certain audio specifications for being played on a television set, and they just haven't bothered to remaster the audio for online streaming purposes
Yet again you can’t please everyone
The music is so loud I can't even hear the narration, why do they always do this!?! Ughhh
Beautiful, MUSIC LOUD
Please people who make these videos stop with the music. We watch these to hear the story. I have never found the music add anything.
It is next to unwatchable at the 10-minute mark.
Right it does nothing but hurt the 👂👂 🙉 🦻
Basically the music ruins these videos constantly. The music is POINTLESS.
@@sawahtb Exactly, it's not a music video.
I agree! It was so distracting in this fascinating video!
That music again! It totally ruined the documentary. Impossible to understand it, not even halfway.
I stopped watching this video because the background music was too loud which made following the narration impossible. Whoever approved the soundtrack failed abysmally.
its not the sound track its quite lovely actually, its the volume
I use Chromecast and watch on my Sony (stereo) TV. Everything sounds pretty well. The music is still loud though.
The background music didn't bother me, but what did was the fact that the U.K. has buried the story of this man for years.
Yep
There were many Brits that backed Hitler till the bombs started dropping
The UK has not buried this but certainly didn’t publicize it.
Just because you didn't know about it doesn't mean it was buried. If you know anything about history you would have already known the close blood ties between the British crown and most of European royalty through Queen Victoria. This is not a conspiracy.
@@Gorlitzers Wow. So sorry. I did not mean to offend you, but to simply point out that this story is not common knowledge.
Firstly; Charles Edward was not Queen Victorias youngest Grandson...Prince Maurice of Battenberg was. ( sloppy reporting)
The UK didn't as you put it..."bury this story" ...its very much there for anyone who's interested in European and British Royalty to know about... Its wrong of you say this.
Just how many people know the blood relationship of say H M The Queen of England to The Queen of Denmark for example?
Lets Face it... This once British Prince... Charles, Duke of Sax Coburg and Gotha turned out to be... nothing to be proud about ... and he was born 121 years ago...
His sister Princess Alice of Athlone was a much loved member of the British Royal Family...Princes Alice lived an exemplary life working within in British Royal Family and for her Country Yet, in any interview, she never allowed anyone to loose site of the fact her Brother was someone she loved very much...even when she didn't like him.
Plus...there are literally 100's of British Born ...Princes and Princess's few British People would know anything about.
Add to this to "The Black Sheep" of any family... Just who bothers about the relations who turn out to be pure bad.... Beware...Prince Harry may yet suffer that safe fate...
IF you want a fun Royal that few even know about...check out Princess Marie Louise. first cousin of Charles Edward another granddaughter married off to a German princeling... her life IS interesting and fun!
I am *so* glad others are complaining about the music volume vs. the narration -- I thought something was wrong with my computer, and even went so far as to try changing the sound balances, etc! Absolute History, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER WITH THE VIDEO SOUND!!!
Thank you. I came into the comments just to say can you turn up the background music please I still have one eardrum left and my brain is only partially hemorrhaging. What a damn shame stopping the video before I even got 5 minutes into it.
Jeez,do want to be educated or not??This site is not only free,it is free of ads and promotions.Stop your bloody whingeing and be grateful.So many people are so much worse off than you!!
Turn the sound down and turn the captions on.
@@donnamuller6460 defeats the whole purpose of a video. Might as well read a book
@@lindakay9552 hardly. Video is, in fact, a visual medium. #dontdieofignorance
I offer up prayer 🙏 for those beautiful innocent children that were tortured and murdered. My heart is broke.
Heavens Angels 😞
What a pity, music volume is too loud and does not allow the story to be heard. I do not understand why so many people repeat this mistake in so many videos. Instead of enjoying the video, it makes one so nervious and frustrated, that you wish to give up watching!. If music is so important to the eyes of the makers, it should be played at a VERY, VERY low volume. Priorities are important!
As so often: music as a misplaced sauce. Badly spiced!
A very interesting video. A sad life for a man under orders, exiled by family who ultimately repudiated him.
I wish the sound engineers would realise that we do actually wish to hear the dialogue, not have it drowned out by music.
The background music on all RUclips movies is so irritating and unnecessary.
absolutely agree about bad sound! What a pity
They dont listen to our complaints; they IGNORE their audience.
@@ulrikjensen6841 perhaps you could make your own documentary or pay a subscription fee to history hit TV and have all the documentaries you want... Oh never mind there's probably music on many of those as well. I'm thankful that I can understand the documentary even with music in the background and that it actually helps bring to life the bigger points at times
Nobody forced him to be a Nazi and exterminate disabled children.
I legit came to to comments to see if I was the only one who thought I was at classical concert, instead of a history video. The music is WAY too loud!
I had to giggle at how appalled they all seemed to be by the "horrendous" conditions he was being kept in at the end. His wife had to walk 3 miles across a field every day to see him? Oh my goodness gracious, could it be *any worse* ??? 🙄
he could been in jail
Right?!
According to Victoria’s diary, Leopoldo was not The Queen’s favorite. She was a cruel mother
I thought Hitler's favorite royal was Edward VIII....... Oh well...
WW2
That’s the royal family propaganda
Great documentary. The music at times was loud, however I put on the captions and was able to translate what was said. Thanks again.
Yes I agree the music was loud at times but I love the polite way you stated this👍
Was literally just coming for the instrumental but you beat me to it. Beautiful but a bit overpowering.
Me also
Yeah, well. Now hear me out.
My grandfather's sister-in-law was viciously murdered while pregnant. Nazi nailed the forheads of 2 her babies to the wall BEFORE she was murdered. Grandfather's brother was grazing the cattle that time and menaged to run to the woods. He saw everything what happened to his family, but was unable to help (he was unarmed). He became mentally ill after what he saw and never married again.
My grandfather and grandmother have met each other in the Nazi camp. But it wasn't romantic, they just help themselves to survive. After rescuing from the camp my grandfather became alcoholic, although he never drunk acohol before the war. My grandmother was very unhealthy and died young. I've never had a chance to met her, because she died 20 years before I was born.
Yes, tell me more about how miserable life this prince had. I pity him af. There is ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE for being a Nazi.
Well you can see what is British and US doing in UKRAIN this day's, 80 years later teaching and training Azove Nazi's from 2014-2022...
@@monaliza3334 Wild dogs never changed their DNAs. Taiwan is the next "US/UK Proxy War for Profit" in pipeline. That all the germans can't wait for Taiwan to be used as war cannon ashes. Yet, the Taiwan government and their people
installed any whites on the pedestal to worship, and to jump when the US/UK/Europe flit their figners ordering them
to bark.
@@monaliza3334 What??? Where did you get that idea? Are you inside Russia perhaps? Russian national news media makes completely false claims as propaganda to promote the violent takeover of a peaceful sovereign nation.
There is no excuse for supporting Hitler, but I appreciate this psychological analysis of how the man came to align himself with Hitler and the Nazis. It's important to understand what motivates seemingly good people to go so far astray (as we have had a small taste of recently in the U.S.). I'm so sorry for the horrible tragedies your family suffered. The entire village my husband's family came from died at Auschwitz. We did not know any of them, but we are very aware of what happened. The whole phenomenon is hard to comprehend.
@@monaliza3334 Dont be so stupid its the Russians who are the nazi's
Looking back on this story he was a pawn, first of Queen Victoria, then of Kaiser Wilhelm, and then of Hitler. Unfortunately he was never going to be enough for any of these Narcissists.
Agreed
Indeed
Queen Victoria was not a narcissist but her Grandson was a Natzi.
@@notnek202 Come now He was sent there to further British political power, not because he wanted to be there.
@@christienelson1437 Charles-Edward was in line to succeed to the throne of SC&G. That’s not Queen Victoria’s fault. Queen Victori’s son Prince Arthur & his son Arthur both refused the throne of SC&G. After Charlie there were no other males in line so he had to do it. His mother the Duchess of Albany agreed with her mother in law that Charlie had a duty and as he was a child he had no say one way or the other. It was his destiny and later on he destroyed his legacy by choosing to side with the nazis. That fateful decision has nothing to do with Queen Victoria.
He was not first cousins with Tsar Nicholas II. He was first cousins with his wife Alexandra.
He was cousin to both Alexandra and Nicholas.
Kasier Wilhelm II was the oldest grandchild of Queen Victoria, son of the Princess Royal Victoria, who was Prince Leopold's sister. Queen Victoria may have made a mistake in making young Charles take over the Saxe-Coburg dynasty, but it sounds like his cousin certainly didn't help once WWI began. As for him becoming a Nazi, well I don't buy any rationale for why that's anyone's responsibility but his own.
I wish the documentary had mentioned that Kaiser Wilhelm was also Queen Victoria's grandson and Charles Edward's first cousin.
Also, wasn't Princess Alice Prince Philip's mother?
Most, if not all European Royals were related, closely in many respects. I'm reminded of that famous family photo of royal male leaders, and how they almost looked identical
@@LoriDitchfield nope, that was another Alice
It did...
Did not know that!
Pardon me? What did u say? Speak up! ( the music overtakes your voice); Irritating to the ears actually. Otherwise an excellent video! Very interesting and informative! Thxs! I watched it twice! 😆
He had a fairly good life compared to other kids his age. The one's returning from WW1 killing fields of Europe came back to more poverty, my Granny told me they would beg at her door. My Grandfather was born in America but grew up in Glasgow he was backwards and forwards to Germany just before WW2. Then he was sent to Canada he told my grandmother despite Chamberlains claims war was coming, and she was not to split up the family. My grandfather told her even if she had to move, he would be back and he would find them. So my Grandfather left on his trip to Canada, but never came back, he was fished out of a harbor dead from a head wound.
Millions like my Grandfather died because of Hitler and his supporters, they made it possible for this monster to murder so many. So don't give me a pity party about some royal who looked the other way and compromised himself for Hitler, so many died because of him!
Kit Kat....I am reading the comments and shocked that people are skipping over the fact that he was a Nazi supporting Hitler. These people get a pass for all their wrong doing. Their inbreeding, supporting Hitler, colonialism, slavery etc people always make excuses for them but no one else.
You didn’t have a choice in Germany at that time. If you didn’t support Hitler, you got shot or shipped to a concentration Camp. They were horrible times. Half my family died during that time. I’m sure this Fellow was trapped between a rock and a hard place. He obviously couldn’t go back to England. It’s hard to tell what his true feelings were, because as an Aristocrat he had no power against Hitler. Hitler had absolute power and controlled with fear.
@@pamzib4080 many other members of the BRF were supporters of Hitler and the Nazis, some of them were Officers. Remember they were German before they were British. So please no more excuses.
@@josweetlove1537 I’m not making any excuses nor am I interested in a lecture from you. Hitler is responsible for deaths in my family. I’m a lot more knowledgeable about what went on in Germany at that time than you are. So please keep your advice to yourself, advice probably you have no business dishing out.
@@pamzib4080 I don't want to assume anything about Josweet's life, but as someone whose family also suffered under Hitler's command, I really can't find it in me to sympathize with Charles. Don't get me wrong, the past is the past and we can't do anything about it (nor hold the living accountable for their ancestor's mistakes), but although this documentary educated me on his life, I don't particularly think of him as a victim. Oh well, I'll get over myself. As a side note, I'm truly sorry to hear that your family had to go through this.
Fix the music, i.e. get rid of it!
The background music is, most of the time, NOT background music. #Overbearing #TurnItDown #Remix
This looks interesting. I wish I could hear it over the music.
Wow. I've studied history, including WW2 for decades, and I've never heard of this man.
The music overwhelmed voices so much I couldn't hear the words. Very unpleasant.
Also fascinating history. Thank you for putting this together and sharing so well.
This man was the maternal grandfather of our current King of Sweden Charles XVI Gustaf
So sorry for this late reply but I recently watched a video about how all 10 remaining European royal families are all closely related and it was super interesting and educational to me! (Coming from an American who does not know a ton about European History but is an eager student :) and is fully aware of how backwards the US can sometimes be)
You mean the Nazi sympathizers and Nazi allies in leadership in the USA? The neoFascists?
Well, he DID help shape European history. Just not in the way he should have.
I love the way you guys narrate these videos but the music is overpowering the narrator. Please fix.
Queen Victoria, what a peach! I'm glad I wasn't one of her throw away grandchildren. She wasn't the best of mothers either. So glad to be working class, like real people.
she's not throwing him away, she's giving him a land for him to manage and to raise family, german is where all british aristicrate came from, ita their ancestor land. current politic at german, russia, british and his position as a father, husband of a german wife force him to endure such condition, he and his family have to survive after all, a gentleman in an unfortunate situation
Me 2
@@May54321 she didn't care a place needed to be filled n she did
She did the best she could. Don't be hard on people.
Not strictly the case. She loved her children but she hated being pregnant. She wouldn't have been pregnant so frequently had she not adored her husband as much as she did -- they loved each other so very much and she never recovered once he died.
The background music is too loud often.
OK. OK.
His mother raised him to be a English in order to not bring dishonor to his father. Then she had to raise him to be a good German. His uncle and cousin declined to accept their positions as potential dukes.
As for becoming a Nazi toady, he, like his German dethroned relatives, saw Hitler as a means to restore him to his title and position. To restore the monarchy was an important matter to the German princes.
So, in his service to the Queen he got screwed, royally. 😳
Pretty much. Queen Victoria's overwhelming controlling ego fucked so many people over.
Duty came first and Victoria wasn't having it any other way
Sad but true.
Linda Kelly I agree.
I knew about this man, way back in the 1990's. But until recently the information was limited. At least his descendants climbed back up to lead normal lives.
This is so wretched and tragic. Queen Victoria ordered a 14 year old boy to go to Germany and he was used even further to anyone and everyone’s advantage. He never had a choice in any part of his life. For his and his family’s survival he had to join the Nazi party as the very same person who sent him to Germany, disowned him. If they were truly a caring family with any loyalty, they would have brought him and his family back to the UK and protected them. I do not see him as a disgrace to the British Monarchy. Never have.
Your dam right! Ice runs in their veins. George V left his Romanov cousin to be murdered by the Bolsheviks. Refused to help the family by providing asylum!
sounds about right to me... I blame that silly queen, myself, cold hearted treatment of a trusting kid she sacrificed to her own personal vanity and hypocrisy,.
I do agree with you. He was the unlucky victim of maintaining ties with another country that figured large in the life of Queen Victoria. Not for nothing was she called the grandmother of Europe. I've been a history lover all my life, was born British in WWII, yet have never heard of this man. Incredible when so much was known about Edward VIII. He must have known about the bombing of Britain though and the disappearance of every Jew in Germany could not have escaped his notice. He was thrown to the wolves by Victoria who was not known for being a politician as was her husband. A very interesting documentary. What happened to his own family after the war, though?
@@margaretcastell9429 Not too keen on the monarchy, even today..They are kinda overly entitled and a bit racist also perhaps?
The music is far too loud. It is quite difficult to hear the narrator. Not the first time this has happened on this channel. Perhaps I am done with Absolute History.
And look at his cousin Alice Mountbatten......also a horrible childhood. Very sad and difficult and very difficult adulthood and she was a HEROINE.
She also had a coddled life and she wasn't put in the same positions of danger that he was. It's easy to be a heroine when you're a woman. As women you are looked after exceptions are made for you and you are giving things that men have to work for. He made some wrong choices but ultimately I would have done the same to save my family. Jews be damned if the lives of my friends and family are on the line. Not only that just about every country hated the jews and historically Jews are one of the most racist groups of people I've ever been in contact with so they have no right to cry racism. And if you look at their history they have actually committed genocide. Read a little bit about their disgusting history and I'm sure you'll be appalled. They were hated for a reason!! Doesn't completely justify what the Nazis did to them but I do understand why they wanted them out of Europe. They try to deport them all but no one would take them.
@@jacquescousteau6810 thats so interesting bec seems to me Jews built most things that everyone else makes use of. Hospitals built by Jews. Charitable institutions....never heard of any atrocities assoc with them. The reason why the world hates them is bec they are jealous if the Jews position with respect to G-d and also resentful of the moral compass upheld by them that the rest of the world constantly seeks to violate......as you can see by the disgusting moral decay existing in the US (and rest of the world) today.
Whether it was Victoria or the Arthur’s who helped him get him there he got there. His choices lead him to his downfall. The tone of this video isn’t without bias but I refuse to feel sorry for him or his actions. Also the entire royal family is full of it.
They also didn’t mention his meeting with American president and Japan’s emperor. So, actually, we still don’t see the full length of his past and archives.his families also helped Jews to escape.... he just obey what the dictators ordered, but couldn’t have the full power to change that....
I feel sorry for the young boy thrust into German life under that evil kiser
@@lindaarrington9397 This channel actually has a very informative documentary about Kaiser William (not that I particularly like him or excuse his ego that helped cause a war), but if you sympathize with Charles after watching this, you cannot *not* sympathize with William after hearing his circumstances. Very similar.
I agree , they are definitely full of it !!
nah if one were in his position, I think you'd feel as though you had few options but to follow a similar path. He couldn't just quit and return to England to become an English duke, neither Germany nor England would have allowed it as his dual citizenship raised great suspicions. Indeed, he could have distanced himself from the Nazi government but he might have thought he was doing something for England by establishing non-hostile relationships between the two countries. In fact, he probably saw it as his responsibility anyway. Victoria had a great deal in playing a part in his downfall, he was merely but a child when he was dispatched to Germany. He is accountable for his actions, but it doesn't mean one cannot emphathise with his situation.
That was very interesting. I agree with the music, too loud for the narration but I heard it all ;-)
He wasn't Victoria's youngest grandson. Beatrice's last son, Maurice, was the youngest grandson.
Maybe of her youngest son. But you are right
the music drowns out the commentary. What a shame
A person who was not free to forge his own destiny due to his royal obligations; lacking the personal resources and depth of character to strike out on his own when young enough to make a difference.
"It was like his identity had been taken from him" well wah! The people he sided with did that to millions of Jews turning them into numbers and systematically taking away their humanity which is evident he knew about. Not to mention the euthanasia program he was involved in. I feel absolutely no compassion for him
how is that evident??
@@Celisar1 its spoken about in the video, did you actually watch it? And if you do research on him its spoken about several times
BS
The truth doesn’t need to create laws in other people’s homeland criminalizing & throwing into prison differing perspectives of INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
p.s. the victors you cry over today have since destroyed Europe, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and nearly the entire Middle East. They’ve now stripped humanity of bodily autonomy, human rights and freedoms etc while making it clear we’ll continue to be forcibly injected with their poison... until soon we’ll own nothing and be happy..
Exactly. Losing meaningless titles doesn't give anyone to right to genocide.
Who mixed this audio and were they paying attention at all? I can't hear the voice over the blasting copyright free music
“The House of Windsor” has a few skeletons in their closets they choose to hide in their history
More than a few I'd say
The background music was too loud and I struggled to hear the commentary!
I'd have liked to have learnt something about his descendants.
The music is not ALWAYS loud. It ebbs and flows. Come on stop complaining people.
I too wish they would stop whining. Dozen of comments about the sound... I use ear phones and I can hear the narrator just fine.
So, it wasn't ALL his fault. There were several factors involved. The ultimate choices were his, but what makes him any different than the other Germans at the time? I'm sure he was not the only one to put blinders on.
He was stripped of ALL of his titles. Back then, that was completely devastating. So he looked for a way to climb back up the hiarchy ladder..you don't miss what you never had, but you fall apart if it is stripped from you.
From the sounds of it, he was a sweet, tender hearted boy. He had a hard time at the German schools.
I'm not making excuses. I lost family to the Germans as well. But it helps to understand some.
The biggest difference is that he belonged to 7.5 million people who were members of the NSDAP. More than 50 million people who lived in Germany were not. So you can certainly assume that he contributed more to the regime than most of the other Germans, especially when you take into account that he was very close to Hitler.
@@monfort537He wanted to be in a position of privilege again.
The only way to achieve that in nazi Germany was to join the party.
You are making excuses. I find this sort of soft spot that people have for royals, ready to put blinkers on and give them the benefit of a doubt in the most reprehensible situation, quite disturbign actually. A type of stockholm syndrome of have-nots towards haves.
My father, uncles were injured in WWII. One great uncle died. But, I see what you are saying. Victoria was a bully to her children/grandchildren. He should never have been sent to Germany. That was the fork in the road that he did not choose. He would have assisted the British during the war if this decision was not made. His anger made him bitter and he sided with Hitler....
Well Coburg is well worth a visit, especially the castle which has some remarkable collections. The town has seen better days and could use a bit of sprucing up but otherwise a very nice place.
Like skunkville in summer....hiw,about Pahrump in Nevada?
Look at the life of him and that of his sister. 1 choice made, and the results are immense.
His Life was not his own. The Choices Were Made For Him.
If Germany had won either war, he would have fared better. Ended up on the wrong side of history.
@@chg1264 And then the story would have been in reverse for a lad in Britain, or his sister.
My heart weeps for the boy that was thrown into a situation he had no way of coming back from.
He was a young, fatherless boy who was sent to Germany by Victoria to protect her influence and property there. The blame rests with her alone, a queen during whose reign terrible things happened in the name of the great empire.
You need to understand that he was not a boy in WWI or without options in WWII. He made choices and knew what he was doing. He wanted to get the power back.
@@Mindy56743 what part of indoctrination do you not understand?
Omfg the music is waaaaaaaay too loud!!
Very informative documentary. This really shone light on a little known prince whose life was marred by tragedy. Only wish Victoria would have never sent him away.
Pffff he was a grown man he made his own choices in the end. No pity!
Tragedy for his victims - they had no choice, unlike him. They just wanted to live, while he wanted to keep his privileges. What this documentary really highlights though is that privilege is maybe something worth overstepping morals for - just look at his grandchildren and think of the state of the grandchildren of those who had perished in the war, their families never recovering and generations still carrying the trauma - and then there are people softenes enough with time to be actually feeling sympathy for him! Well, if there is fawning to the royals who didnt get their fortunes by honest hard work, then why not to nazi collaborators, right? Why to blame small country dictatora and oligarchs then? Why to blame Putin, for example? He is also a product of his upbringing and environment.
Very interesting History lesson. Thank you for presenting it.
This was very well done. I immensely enjoyed it. The information, most of which was unknown to me was very informative. As well as, this was thoroughly entertaining. I think you covered the whole kit and kaboodle of documentarian. Thank you
Although another pro Nazi is Princess Anne who's made her bias well known in her own. Fortunately she no longer speaks much.
Can you delete the music and resubmit???
Hey Absolute History, do us a favor and turn down the stupid music. It is so loud we cannot hear the narrator tell us the history which is the only reason we tuned into your youtube video.
They abandoned the Czar, the whole family. Sad.
Who is 'they'? Do you know? Because I can tell you if you don't. The King warned Nicolas to leave. He made overtures to come to Britain. The government, for political reasons (the revolution was highly unpopular in England) discouraged the idea. George got cold feet and told the government to decline the offer to Nicolas.. The British plan to offer asylum to the family was still in place, but Nicolas refused to act and when he changed his mind, it was too late. He was notoriously out of touch with his royal relatives, his government and his people and it was this last that destroyed him.
He did not. That story was only pushed to make George V seem more compassionate. Nicholas II, no matter how much I wish he had survived was responsible for a lot of death. He was left to die.
@@lsunav I know you are correct about his being responsible for a horrible number of deaths in the country. However, it is indisputable that the offer was made by Britain, at the urging of the King. This is fact. I stated that the King could not act without permission of his parliament, who were hesitant and ultimately withdrew the offer. Nicolas waited too long. All the documentary evidence points to this.
Surprising he didn't speak German as it was always spoken in Victoria's household.
Obviously not.
I agree with you. His mom was German too.
He was raised as an English gentleman and royal Duke.
If it wasn't his choice to go, but rather his grandmother, Queen Victoria, why did the "shame" fall on him. Seems misplaced in my opinion and very unfair to this sensitive 14 year old Prince.
what an incredible life story. Thank y ou for making such a great documentary.
This must suck he was dragged to Germany and then his own family stabbed him in the back and strip him of his titles. He did not choose to be German. Then he made all the wrong choices
But he chose to be a Nazi.
He also molested his own daughter...not a very great guy overall
But he CHOSE to be a NAZI so why are you making excuses for him???
Very interesting and a good documentary.
The music is kool but a bit too loud nice documentary though thanks 👍🏽
Enjoyed this very much although it is a painful story.
Are we supposed to feel sorry for him? I don't
I don't suppose you people should but if you haven't felt sorry for him you wouldn't have had the thought
Not sorry, no. More understanding of how his grandmother the queen totally altered his life's course.
Royals seem to have wonderful lives, but in reality can't live their lives as they would choose to. They have very little freedom.
@@bluehammy1
The working and even middle class has not much freedom just the same for financial reasons as the royals have for status reasons.
@@bluehammy1 i felt sorry for him when he was dragged to another land just so his Grandmother could hold power, i felt sorry for him when he was stripped of his nationality and his identity for serving his nation but when he supported Hitlers cause i stopped feeling sorry for him because that was his choice, he brought that on himself
Another sad story is how a great video got ruined by a totally unnecessarily loud audio track.
Aleksandar G: I love the way that you sneakily inserted another critique of the music track. People keep suggesting to turn on the subtitles, but that makes the "reader's" eyes become glued to the bottom of the screen (which in my case turns out to be the tiny cell phone) instead of absorbing the video visually and audibly for a complete experience.
I love watching these videos but the music is so loud I can barely hear what they're saying
Great documentary. Thanks!
I'm not noticing overly loud music. Maybe it was fixed? In any case, this is a very sad story.
It's not loud at all.
Thank you so much for giving us this historic perspective of the British Royal Family. Queen Victoria was a force to reckon with in her days
The music is way too loud in many parts. You cannot hear the commentary.
fascinating and sad history . so glad i didn't live back then .
He may have been a pawn, but I will not give him a pass on what he did. I have a disabled child so he can go to hell for what he did to people like my child. What he did to the Jews should also damn him. Don’t try to make him a tragic, sympathetic figure, he doesn’t deserve it. He may have had some bad break, but we all have them and we don’t become murdering natzis.
Also, Coburg was were Victoria’s mother was from, Victoria and Albert were 1st cousins. One last point, I don’t think he was cousins with Tzar Nicholas as was stated. His first cousin George V was because his mother and the Tzar’s mother were sisters and princesses of Denmark. Although he was cousins with the Tzarina as her mother was Queen Victoria’s second daughter Alice.
I keep wondering if there were junctures in his life, possibly after his grandmother died, or at the time approaching WWI, when he could have gotten his family out of Germany. He didn't ask to be sent there; he did a great job of becoming "one of them". But at the point when he realized that the country he was forced to go to was going to be against his family, I think that would have been the time to ask his family for asylum. Of course, in all the years he was getting so much money, I think I would have been putting it in banks all over Europe, to always have an escape plan.
You could imagine his being sent to Germany against his will, especially having the shame of it being reported in the papers about him being threatened with violence if he didn’t go and having to leave his close sister. One minute he’s studying at Eton the next minute he’s at a brutal German military school where he doesn’t even know the language. It all would have left him with a great deal of anger towards the Queen and her family. How was he to know what events that would occur in the future, they sent him there to assimilate and be a good German so what would you expect. Getting close to the leader of the day ensured his survival. Its a good story, it would make for a good film.
Kevin, his family REFUSED asylum to his cousins in Russia - The Romanovs - and we all know what happened. I don't think he'd get any help, it looks like his family is "kind of heartless". He could have defected to Switzerland, or even Portugal, but somehow he choose to stay and join the government. In any case, his life was pretty tragic! Being forced out of his country at 14 years old? That's preposterous!... [in answer to "when he realized that the country he was forced to go to was going to be against his family, I think that would have been the time to ask his family for asylum." end of quote]
He was indoctrinated at a very young age. It's not an excuse just sad.
Did you watch the whole documentary? He was stripped of his titles and branded a traitor to Britain. They were not going to give him sanctuary if he had wanted to leave Germany. Which it seemed that he didn't in any case. He became a believer and seemed happy to stay where he thought he was wanted.
Great documentary but the music is too loud! The narrator can’t be heard properly.
This video was very interesting. Prince Charles Edward would be the first Royal to met Hitler and then King Edward VIII would be the next Royal to met Hitler with his wife Wallis Simpson.
The documentary keeps stresding that Charles Edward was Wueen Victofia's youngest grandson. He wasn't: his youngest paternal aunt Beatrice who married Prince Henry of Battenberg had 4 children. Three of them were sons birn in 1886, 1889 and 1891. Charles Edward was born in 1884. Regarding C.E's mother Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1861-1922) was a British princess by marriage and 100% German.
There all inbred anyway
Pardon my typos!
Only male line descent from Prince Albert could inherit German titles. That is why she keeps referring to Charles Edward as the youngest grandchild.
To those of you whining about the music - get over it. Where is YOUR video that we can all tear to shreds because it is not perfect? The loud section at the 10-minute mark only lasts a little while and the rest of the video is fine. What a bunch of crybabies, honest to god!
I’ll drink to that! Seems most people have forgotten how to multitask these days! 😉
@@edwardoleyba3075multitask????
@@mnj640 . Yes. Doing multiple tasks at once. It’s a forgotten trait.
@@edwardoleyba3075 sorry I took so long to reply Edward I was doing something else..
@@mnj640 😉
His Grandmother Victoria handed her own Grandon over to the Germans when he was just a boy.
In her age nationalism didn't have much of an effect as it did years later. the rising tides of Nationalism destroyed any resemblance of unity between the European nations and that with the dynasties of Europe.
Victoria and Albert were both German. They spoke German at home, had German names, and wanted to be sure that someone was looked after the Duchy of Coburg. He only spent 14 years of his life in Britain and many more years in Germany. Where he became a staunch Nazi. He doesn't deserve sympathy from anyone and only he is to blame for poor choices.
i love history and was unaware of this. sadly the audio is so bad i will now have to go elsewhere to learn what you were telling here
His sister couldn’t have been his ‘Siamese’ twin. Not only is that outdated terminology for conjoined twins, that can only occur between identical (same sex) twins.
This man’s life would have been entirely different had Queen Victoria not forced him to go to Germany. He was too weak of a person to survive such a drastic change in environment and assume so much power at such a young age. I think all he really wanted was to stay in England and remain English.
Could the music be lound to help get past RUclips sensorship?
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🙄 hummm. I didn't think of that! Good assumption. 🤔
Those complaining about the sound, it's not the channel's fault. They didn't create and produce the documentary. Secondly, you're watching a video on RUclips; not sitting in your living room watching A&E. If it bothers you that much, purchase it. The video is being provided to you free of charge. Manage your expectations.
What a story of damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
I blame Queen Victoria’s and Prince Albert’s ridiculous plot to have their progeny control Europe.
SMH.
I think you’re right. It seems Queen Victoria had a plan to create a royal dynasty throughout Europe.
Just… QV’s control issues, overall.
Tsar Nicholas II was not his first cousin...he was first cousins with the tsar's wife Tsarina Alexandrina
Exactly. Nicholas II was first cousin of George V and princess Alix was first cousin of Charles Edward.
@@spaceseijo Nicholas and George were cousins through their maternal grandfather king Christian IX of Denmark.
But weren't Nicholas and Alexandrina cousins too?? 3rd, I think??
@@fish-fingers_and_custard7685 Yes you’re right! They were descendants of Ludwig II of Hessen.
@@kallenordvall There we go!!
Fascinating, and tragic. (Sheds light on UK-Ger ties)
What is with the music! I'm really interested in the story, but at times I can't hear what is being said because the music is way too loud!
When I was in college one of my close friends , Peter was on the spectrum . He was my room mate & we shared dorm-rooms. He was on program called A step and got his AA on office management & now works a nice paying job. Imagining that Peter would hv been killed by this so called prince robs him of any sympathy that this video is so desperately trying to illicit on me.
Dont quite understand about this young man you are mentioning. Hitler was a wild man turned loose. so personable that he could charm a rattlesnake n then send it to hell cause he was a demon
Plz explain how this young man fits in
I'm sorry just dont understand and I'm glad he has a nice life
Tnx
@@lindaarrington9397 if they had their way this young man would be exterminated.
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Obviously not. Only severely handicapped people were in danger of being euthanised.
@@Celisar1 not true. Ppl with " mental illness" were also killed.
@Linda Arrington she is saying that if her friend with autism had lived during the nazi Era, he would have been killed. The nazis had a policy of killing anyone "defective" such as mentally or physically handicapped. This policy was in the late 30s and early 40s.
Queen Victoria was quite pushy! Nice gift but at age 14 and over riding the biological mother? Wow! And at age 14…such a tender & vulnerable age! I wonder if the Queen suspected her death was fairly imminent?
How can anyone hear the commentary for the ridiculously loud music!
Thank you.
I can barely hear anything over the music