She lived to see 6 monarchs on the throne: Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V, King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. That's impressive .
Queen Elizabeth II owes much to her paternal grandmother, Queen Mary. Both embraced their royal duties. Both were introverts at heart. Both raised large families in the public eye.
This ignored the fact that May was engaged to George's elder brother Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence in 1891. He died of influenza in January 1892, a few weeks before their wedding and she married George a year and a half later. It's too important a detail of May's early life to bypass.
H.R.H. Albert Victor became the Duke of Clarence & Avondale...according to Queen Mary's biographer, to his everlasting humiliation: double given names and double dukedom.
Yes your right and it is an important point and l believe that Mary tried very hard to be an English lady l think that George could be rather dull at times rather wrapped up with his stamp collection that was priceless.
The father of my best friend growing up in Pennsylvania was among those American soldiers stationed in London after D-Day. They would later also be deployed to France. One day he went into a London bookstore and buried his nose in a book and completely oblivious to anything going on about him. It was the British custom that when a member of the Royal family entered a business, the commoners were to leave so that the store employees could devote their attention to the Royal. He was so absorbed in his book that he was completely unaware of anything about him. Suddenly he put the book back on the shelf and turned around to leave only to find himself looking in the face of Queen Mary, then the Queen Mother, and she in turn looking him straight in the eyes. He merely said, “Good morning.” Queen Mary smiled and replied, “Good morning.” He then promptly left. He relished that he had seen the person known originally as Maria von Teck.
She stood out with her statuesque and great posture. It was funny seeing young Elizabeth copying her grandmother's wave so now we know where the style came from.
She will never be forgotten! She was rather larger than life, the very example of Matriarch. She was a beauty with her own style as a young lady and an empress with power as she aged. The Family would not be what they are today without the respect she brought the Family!
Why are there no comments at all about her husband King George V who was the first modern monarch, a great king who saved the monarchy and paved the way for his son George VI and Queen Elizabeth? He is so underrated
@@iwasglad122 I became more sure of that the longer I listened. He had a great comic turn as the Archbishop of Canterbury in Olivier's 1944 version of Henry V. He was also excellent and dry as the judge in 1964's The Chalk Garden with Dame Edith Evans, Deborah Kerr, Sir John Mills, and Hayley Mills.
There is a famous film of "The Three Queens" - Queen Mary Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Queen Eluzabeth 11 at the funeral of King George V1 in 1952. His mother (Queen Mary) died the following year.
She's almost forgotten nowadays, which is a huge shame! I only discovered her after watching early documentaries about our recently departed Queen as I'd seen her face in a lot them but wondered who she was...what I've learned is that without Mary of Teck, there would have been no where near the amount of public love and support for Queen Elizabeth II - they share so many similar traits (and also looks in my opinion), both put serving the public before their own personal matters and it would appear that Mary is almost single-handedly responsible for the success of the modern Royal Family. She survived 6 Monarchs, 2 World Wars, the death of her fiancé, the death of her husband, the death of 3 of her children also and the shame of her first born abdicating the Throne, all before sadly dying a few weeks before the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who she'd quite clearly mentored from a young age but lived on in her spirit - a remarkable woman/Queen!
She watched the crown get passed down 5 times. From her grandmother in law, father in law, husband, elder son, younger son and to her granddaughter. She also watched 3 of her 6 kids die and the childhood of her Great grandchildren. The stories she can tell man.
I loved how she was asking King George VI to teach Princess Margaret the correct way of waving to the crowd. Although queen, she is still granny first. So refreshing to see. There aren't a lot of videos about Mary.
Yes, it goes on. Queen Victoria talked to her uncle William IV, who was already an adult in 1789 and witnessed the French Revolution, and the collapse of the Monarchy in France.
Queen Mary loved her children and grandchildren dearly, what an incredible Queen at that era, very sovereign and conscientious of her royal role and performed righteousness!
She loved them so dearly that she managed to overlook that at least two of her sons were abused by a nanny... Leading to the oldest loving strict, dominant and undevoted Wallis and the second stammering and having psychosomatic gut issues for the rest of his life.
Oh sure! When Elizabeth was about 8 years old she and her grandmother mary were being helped into a horse drawn carriage. A servant or some staff member was helping Elizabeth into the carriage, and he said "There you go my lady". She smiled at him and said 'I"m a princess.' And then Queen Mary said to them "Yes, and we hope she will also be a lady someday soon" Every child has stories.
I wish I could travel back in time to have dinner or tea with people from this era, just to see what it was like. A Downton Abbey fantasy, if you will.
You’ve got to be kidding. She and her husband George V were dreadful parents. Have you not read any biographies of her or her children by professional historians, not sycophantic newsreel producers? Perhaps they could not have done much better, given their own damaging upbringings, but for god’s sake don’t attempt to glorify the mess they produced.
George VI really resembled his mother physically. At 7:29, you see Queen Mary explain to Prince Albert that his daughter, Margaret Rose, is not doing the wave properly
I adore Queen Mary. And King George V, was so handsome. And them riding on the children’s train. Adorable. The war Kings, were so dutiful. And the War Queens, so hardworking and dutiful. The Kents were so glamorous.
What a great tribute. She was, a stunner as, a young woman and viewing this I have just recognized how much alike The Princess Royal's daughter Zara is to Queen Mary. My grandmother lived through the reigns of six monarchs, counting Edward VIII, and Queen Mary was always her yardstick for behaviour and service before self, she also believed the females were the strength of the monarchy. The photo that will always, stick in my mind was of the three Queens in mourning attire standing together after George VI died. I was six years old and it was the front page photo of our New Zealand major newspapers. The photo still has the same effect today.
She was 1/4 Hungarian as her grandmother of her father's side was a Hungarian countess. As a Hungarian I am proud of it! It is the reason why Charles III often goes to Transylvania (which was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, now it is Romania) to have a few days rest at his property.
Queen Mary was a remarkable woman. She was a great role model to the late Queen Elizabeth II. Both had a strong sense of duty to service as well as to family. Duty came first.
Just for information, she would never have a Rolls Royce, she considered them vulgar. She only ever had green Daimlers for herself and when Queen Consort a claret and black one. Her children all had Rolls Royce cars though, except George VI who favoured the Alvis. The first Rolls Royce in the Mews fleet at the Palace was the late 1940s Phantom IV built for The Queen and Prince Philip and transferred to the state fleet in 1952.
I’ve never seen such a strong likeness of a Grandparent and Grandchild as Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth II. The late Queen Elizabeth is the absolute image her!
I've always loved English history; It was a subject I did well in when I was in school. Queen Mary (May of Teck) was engaged to George's elder brother Albert, known as Eddy who died young of influenza. Queen Elizabeth 2nd was very close to her as a child.
Probably not jumping for joy; but then again, her husband once said ‘i hope the boy ruins himself and nothing stands between Lilibet and the throne’ ...or something close to that. Elizabeth was George V’s favorite and personal choice for monarch.
Nice bit of trivia: many of the Queen’s Jewels were acquired by Queen Mary, worn by Queen Mother Elizabeth, and still worn by HM Elizabeth R II. Most notable being the Cullinan Diamond recut into smaller stones, the “smaller” 9 being affectionately called Grandma’s Chips. The largest, the Star of Africa, is the centrepiece of the Royal Sceptre. Queen Mary sewed the jewellery boxes for many Parures herself.
@Mark Donald Ryan Stern - Thanks for your comment! I love learning these things, especially about the jewelry!! I love the story about the Koh-i-noor diamond, since its origins can be traced back to at least the 1300's. The Hindu curse is placed on the men who will wear the diamond: “He who owns this diamond will own the world, but will also know all its misfortunes. Only God, or a woman, can wear it with impunity." Amazing! It's now on display in the Tower of London.
Yes, and she certainly did enjoy all the Romanov jewels she got her hands on after the revolution. There is a sad story about Prince John. It doesn't reflect very well on the king and queen
She bought many others at a desperation discount price from the romanovs who got out of Russia or fleeing persecution. After her husband refused Sanctuary to his cousins, his wife got discount deals on a lot of jewelry because of it
The Earl of Athlone, Queen Mary's younger brother is husband of Princess Alice of Albany, and Queen Mary's mother, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge is Queen Victoria's first cousin.
During one of my jobs, there was a woman about whom the others said when she waved, she looked as if she was doing it the way someone riding on a float in a parade would do it.
All of the Royal family has always been from the same bloodline due to the fact that they had to marry a future Queen who was a virginal aristocrat. Even Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were cousins. The only reason that Prince Charles married Diana Spencer instead of Camilla is because Camilla was a commoner and had previous boyfriends, whereas Diana Spencer was a virginal aristocrat. It’s only the younger generation of Royals like Prince William and Prince Harry that have not followed tradition and have married commoners to get away from the bloodline.
She lived for the same amount of years as my late mother’s paternal grandmother. She would’ve been 100 in 2020, while my mother would’ve been 50 (she died the year before).
Nowhere does it mention that Queen Mary spoke English with a strong German accent. The fact that Edward VIII apparently spoke German well would also indicate that she spoke German at home, at least to her eldest son. I heard an anecdote about the Queen that she was visiting the home of the narrator of the story, while at the same time her hostess was playing " Yes we have no bananas " on the gramophone. The Queen must have felt it was a catchy tune because she is said to have left her hostess humming " YES vee heff no bananas " in her German accent. It's little facts like this which for me make members of the royal family seem more human and sympathetic than they are portrayed by their traditional handlers.
@@louismart Thanks for the kind comment. I agree with you that it's little touches like this which makes us realize. that they are people with ordinary foibles, and we appreciate them more. There is a parallel story to the one I quoted : apparently Queen Mary used to love being given things spontaneously and had the eccentric habit, when visiting someone's home around the Sandringham Estate, of verbally praising some artefact or other - a vase, picture, clock, a piece of bric a brac .... whatever, nothing necessarily valuable. She would expect the owner to insist that she accept the object as a gift. On the occasion of the ' vee heff no bananas ' story, she had admired something or other in her habitual way, The owner however happened to be fond of the admired article and was slow to offer it as a gift. The result was a prolonged visit until the owner relented and offered the object of the Queen's admiration as expected. For me this in no way shows QM in a bad light, but underlines both that Royalty is at the same time like us, and not like the rest of us.
@@crustyoldfart In the recordings I have heard, there is no trace of a German accent. German was in fact a foreign language to her, although one she spoke with competence. I refer you to the official biography by James Pope-Hennessy which goes into this issue in some detail.
@@markfalcoff1743 I'm somewhat surprised by your claim that German was for her a foreign language. My comment to the contrary is based on anecdotal evidence which may be incorrect, as anecdotes often are. There are however a couple of facts which may cast doubt on the official biography to which you refer. Firstly it is well known that the British Royal family have strong German antecedents. The late Prince Phillip spoke fluent German and good French. As I said in a previous comment Edward VIII, Queen Marry's eldest son was fluent in German which, if he did not hear it at home is rather remarkable. I believe Lord Louis Mountbatten was also fluent in German. You mention that Pope-Hennessy produced an official biography. I am unfamiliar with the work, and am wondering when it was published and why. I confess to having my suspicions raised when it is stated to be an official [ that is authorized ] biography. George V was at great pains to downplay the German origins of his family, no doubt because at the time his kingdom was waging a bitterly fought war against Germany. Hence the decision to change the royal name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, and the Battenburgs to change theirs to Mountbatten for the same reason. It might be reasonably assumed that an official biography would downplay it if Queen Mary still had a German accent when speaking English. I'm not claiming any special knowledge here, I'm just speculating based on the balance of probability, and a knowledge of the deep prejudices current one hundred years ago.
Queen Mary most definitely did not have a German accent. Why would she? She was born in Kensington Palace, her mother was English and most people around her were English. People I have known who knew her said that she had an English accent. She didn't speak German very well. If you want proof just listen to the recording of her speaking that is available on RUclips. No German accent. It's one of the inaccurate stories that have become accepted as true by repetition.
She was the quintessential aristocrat, passed her class onto her granddaughter Elizabeth 2 which enabled her to be such a great Queen. Her breeding encompassed the very best of the Austrian hungarian court.
Judging by the photos and footage of Queen Mary she is a beautiful woman and she has done wonderfully as consort to George V, may she rest peacefully and when I go to England I'll make sure to visit her tomb.
@@JustAThought155 There were several reasons. It was how monarchy was supposed to look then. There was another more personal reason. Queen Mary liked to be amused but didn't like laughing in public. Her own words were, 'You see, I have such a vulgar laugh.'
And to think this lady had seen every heir back to Victoria and to see what history she has left behind, now on to Charles, she also met him as a baby .
Edward VIII "made many faithful and affectionate visits to his mother." Well, that's not very true. Mary of Teck did not have much affection for her oldest son, and was famously cold towards him, especially after his obsession with Wallis Simpson and abdication.
With most of his time spent partying and carrying on with whatever female took his eye, could you blame her for not having him as a favourite. I’m not sure if he ever slept in his own bed at home.
@@0808millie yeah keep repeating the same dialogue. They have contributed more to the country than you ever will. The taxes they pay enriches the country. Diana didn't like that her husband was seeing Camilla. It had nothing to do with the royal family.
Queen Mary (a second cousin of Queen Victoria) & King George V (grandson of Queen Victoria) literally save the Monarchy by establishing the House of Windsor.
Queen Mary was actually Victoria's first cousin once removed, her mother Princess Mary Adelaide Duchess of Teck was the daughter of Victoria's uncle Prince Aldophus Duke of Cambridge
@Wendy Brooks - That bosom was enormous without that corset. My grandmother was the same way, and so am I. I never have understood women who BUY them. After 50 or 60 years, one gets tired of carrying them around - lol. HMQE2 inherited them and so did Princess Margaret.
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She lived to see 6 monarchs on the throne: Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V, King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. That's impressive .
When she died ??
it is impressive
@Luke Szweziuk Brilliant indeed and utterly fascinating in my opinion.
And was quite a regal and formidable person herself
She died before Queen Elizabeth's Coronation but she was history wrapped up in one person wonder what she'd think about the duke and duchess of sussex
Queen Elizabeth II owes much to her paternal grandmother, Queen Mary. Both embraced their royal duties. Both were introverts at heart. Both raised large families in the public eye.
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This ignored the fact that May was engaged to George's elder brother Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence in 1891. He died of influenza in January 1892, a few weeks before their wedding and she married George a year and a half later. It's too important a detail of May's early life to bypass.
She was just owned property to impregnate.
H.R.H. Albert Victor became the Duke of Clarence & Avondale...according to Queen Mary's biographer, to his everlasting humiliation: double given names and double dukedom.
Yes your right and it is an important point and l believe that Mary tried very hard to be an English lady l think that George could be rather dull at times rather wrapped up with his stamp collection that was priceless.
It is also rumoured that they had a threesome. They invented the doubledecker.
@@zyxw2024 Hey JB you should have some respect for royalty. Queen Mary was a thousand times better than you.
The father of my best friend growing up in Pennsylvania was among those American soldiers stationed in London after D-Day. They would later also be deployed to France. One day he went into a London bookstore and buried his nose in a book and completely oblivious to anything going on about him. It was the British custom that when a member of the Royal family entered a business, the commoners were to leave so that the store employees could devote their attention to the Royal. He was so absorbed in his book that he was completely unaware of anything about him. Suddenly he put the book back on the shelf and turned around to leave only to find himself looking in the face of Queen Mary, then the Queen Mother, and she in turn looking him straight in the eyes. He merely said, “Good morning.” Queen Mary smiled and replied, “Good morning.” He then promptly left. He relished that he had seen the person known originally as Maria von Teck.
Being American, he wouldn't have needed to worry about having to leave anyway, as he wasn't a royal subject
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@@46FreddieMercury91 Being an American on foreign soil he was more than required!
@@astrology2290 tired of all this
Lovely family history.
She stood out with her statuesque and great posture. It was funny seeing young Elizabeth copying her grandmother's wave so now we know where the style came from.
And her looks.
She will never be forgotten! She was rather larger than life, the very example of Matriarch. She was a beauty with her own style as a young lady and an empress with power as she aged. The Family would not be what they are today without the respect she brought the Family!
Why are there no comments at all about her husband King George V who was the first modern monarch, a great king who saved the monarchy and paved the way for his son George VI and Queen Elizabeth? He is so underrated
What a beautiful English the narrator speaks ...so posh and classy
The narrator sounds like distinguished actor Felix Aylmer.
@@dennman6 It is indeed Felix Aylmer!
@@iwasglad122 I became more sure of that the longer I listened. He had a great comic turn as the Archbishop of Canterbury in Olivier's 1944 version of Henry V. He was also excellent and dry as the judge in 1964's The Chalk Garden with Dame Edith Evans, Deborah Kerr, Sir John Mills, and Hayley Mills.
They all did then , now Alison and Co can't string two sentences together
We all spoke like that in the 1950s
Three Queens in one movie. Awesome!
There is a famous film of "The Three Queens" - Queen Mary Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Queen Eluzabeth 11 at the funeral of King George V1 in 1952. His mother (Queen Mary) died the following year.
The fourth queen is the narrator.
@@pneron2032 😂😂😂
If only Alexandra was around for a couple more years.
It really is!
I have always thought that our Queen is very much like her grandmother 😀
Very much that! Far more influence from Queen Mary than from Q.E. the Queen Mother.
Looks just like her too!
Nancy Demoss she does doesn’t she striking resemblance 😍
chrisrine lambert, I agree. I think she has the reserve and pose of her grandmother and the charm of her mother. Good stock!
@@JustAThought155 l agree a hundred percent
She's almost forgotten nowadays, which is a huge shame! I only discovered her after watching early documentaries about our recently departed Queen as I'd seen her face in a lot them but wondered who she was...what I've learned is that without Mary of Teck, there would have been no where near the amount of public love and support for Queen Elizabeth II - they share so many similar traits (and also looks in my opinion), both put serving the public before their own personal matters and it would appear that Mary is almost single-handedly responsible for the success of the modern Royal Family. She survived 6 Monarchs, 2 World Wars, the death of her fiancé, the death of her husband, the death of 3 of her children also and the shame of her first born abdicating the Throne, all before sadly dying a few weeks before the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who she'd quite clearly mentored from a young age but lived on in her spirit - a remarkable woman/Queen!
Everyone will be forgotten someday.
@@donsdesignideas6952 Sorry...who said that ? Oh I thought I heard somebody say something, my mistake.
@@Twilight-cl3zc No one will remember you 50 years after you die dear. Sad but true.
@@Twilight-cl3zc 😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
She is not forgotten by oldlucifer.
Queen Elizabeth is such a stable and successful monarch greatly due to Queen Mary's guidance and influence.
We live in fear for what Charles will be like as monarch, thankfully he will not reign for long as he is currently the oldest ever Prince of Wales
@@johnking5174 How crappy does the UK have to be before you realise that QE2 failed you?
She'd be spinning in her grave now. LOL
Irishandtired elucidate?
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She watched the crown get passed down 5 times. From her grandmother in law, father in law, husband, elder son, younger son and to her granddaughter.
She also watched 3 of her 6 kids die and the childhood of her Great grandchildren. The stories she can tell man.
I've always thought she looked as a queen should look.
Yes even in old age she looked Queenly!
Well said
Is this a shade lol
She's ugly each day,and not the sharpest tool in the shed.
@Kat Jasper She was said to be more attractive in person than in her pictures. Not all people are entirely photogenic.
I loved how she was asking King George VI to teach Princess Margaret the correct way of waving to the crowd. Although queen, she is still granny first. So refreshing to see. There aren't a lot of videos about Mary.
George VI is the spitting image of Queen Mary. It’s so noticeable in the photo at the beginning.
Guess which is why Elizabeth II looks like her very much
Such a strong resemblance to our Queen now both in looks and sense of duty.
Queen Liz II isn't a kleptomaniac btw
Beautiful video about our beloved Queen Mary! Dignity,,strength and duty at its best!
4:34 wow that is the best royal wave I’ve ever seen haha she’s amazing
😂 it looks like she burnt her hand
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I wish many of us had family movies like this to see our ancestry🙏❤️🌹
Queen Elizabeth II talked to someone (Queen Mary) who actually talked to Queen Victoria. Kind of awesome when you think of things that way.
And she held King Charles when he was a baby!
I had this very same thought while watching the documentary!!
Yes, it goes on. Queen Victoria talked to her uncle William IV, who was already an adult in 1789 and witnessed the French Revolution, and the collapse of the Monarchy in France.
@@connoroleary591she talked to King George V too, why is king George so underrated??
Queen Mary loved her children and grandchildren dearly, what an incredible Queen at that era, very sovereign and conscientious of her royal role and performed righteousness!
She loved them so dearly that she managed to overlook that at least two of her sons were abused by a nanny... Leading to the oldest loving strict, dominant and undevoted Wallis and the second stammering and having psychosomatic gut issues for the rest of his life.
Loved her children dearly?
That’s not what her children said
Withholding affection isn't my idea of love.
@@slouberiee Indeed!
Awwww, I’ve always had a soft spot for Queen Mary. I enjoyed that. Thank you.
I absolutely love her because of her sense of style always decked in the biggest diamonds and a lot of it
She was a terrible, mostly cold mother though.
Elizabeth looks very much like her now.
What an interesting, charming little film! Wow, I can't believe how lovely Queen Mary was when young. Queen Elizabeth II looks just like her!
I was not aware that Queen Mary had lived long enough to see her granddaughter Elizabeth the 2nd's children Prince Charles and Princess Anne too .
It's too bad she died only one year into her granddaughters reign.....
She outlived her husband by 17 years or so
George Alderson Mary outlived her husband by over 18 years
She outlived 3 of her sons
Oh sure! When Elizabeth was about 8 years old she and her grandmother mary were being helped into a horse drawn carriage. A servant or some staff member was helping Elizabeth into the carriage, and he said "There you go my lady". She smiled at him and said 'I"m a princess.' And then Queen Mary said to them "Yes, and we hope she will also be a lady someday soon" Every child has stories.
I wish I could travel back in time to have dinner or tea with people from this era, just to see what it was like. A Downton Abbey fantasy, if you will.
Lovely to see the tradition of the monarchs where they hold their children near and dear.
You’ve got to be kidding. She and her husband George V were dreadful parents. Have you not read any biographies of her or her children by professional historians, not sycophantic newsreel producers? Perhaps they could not have done much better, given their own damaging upbringings, but for god’s sake don’t attempt to glorify the mess they produced.
Christine Wendt Yes - very cold the both of them. Much has been written about it.
@@MTknitter22 cold and cruel even by that times standards..... Very sad.
@@christinewendt3660 any book recommendation?
The unmistakable voice of actor Felix Aylmer.
Thank you. I thought as much.
Wasn't Aylmer the tremulous voice Kenneth Williams sent up in his pompous old man skits?
Yes, the rolled 'r's are there and have been lost over the years.
George VI really resembled his mother physically. At 7:29, you see Queen Mary explain to Prince Albert that his daughter, Margaret Rose, is not doing the wave properly
King George VI you mean I think it was on the occasion of his coronation
I adore Queen Mary. And King George V, was so handsome. And them riding on the children’s train. Adorable. The war Kings, were so dutiful. And the War Queens, so hardworking and dutiful. The Kents were so glamorous.
What a great tribute. She was, a stunner as, a young woman and viewing this I have just recognized how much alike The Princess Royal's daughter Zara is to Queen Mary. My grandmother lived through the reigns of six monarchs, counting Edward VIII, and Queen Mary was always her yardstick for behaviour and service before self, she also believed the females were the strength of the monarchy. The photo that will always, stick in my mind was of the three Queens in mourning attire standing together after George VI died. I was six years old and it was the front page photo of our New Zealand major newspapers. The photo still has the same effect today.
Zara came to mind as soon as I saw Queen Mary. She was very pretty, as is Zara. 🦋
Lady Louise resembles her
Queen Mary looked absolutely stunning. She was taller than her husband. I'm going crazy for her beautiful curly hair.
Yes, love her curly locks!
She had to be mixed with something
She was 1/4 Hungarian as her grandmother of her father's side was a Hungarian countess. As a Hungarian I am proud of it! It is the reason why Charles III often goes to Transylvania (which was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, now it is Romania) to have a few days rest at his property.
Marry would be so proud of Elizabeth 70 years on throne
Amazing documentary, unique in history.
Queen Mary was a remarkable woman. She was a great role model to the late Queen Elizabeth II. Both had a strong sense of duty to service as well as to family. Duty came first.
My Father installed a radio in her Rolls Royce sometime in the early 1930s. I remember him telling me about her long ears !
Just for information, she would never have a Rolls Royce, she considered them vulgar. She only ever had green Daimlers for herself and when Queen Consort a claret and black one. Her children all had Rolls Royce cars though, except George VI who favoured the Alvis. The first Rolls Royce in the Mews fleet at the Palace was the late 1940s Phantom IV built for The Queen and Prince Philip and transferred to the state fleet in 1952.
@@mscott3918 Thank you for that interesting update. He really did install a radio for her, car type and colour notwithstanding.
@@HROM1908 I don't doubt it. Queen Mary wasn't the stick in the mud some people think. She really enjoyed laughing and fun, but only in private.
@@mscott3918 yes indeed
Several shots of Queen Mary's royal Daimler there. You can see that car in the Coventry Motor Museum today, it is still a runner as well.
Thanks. Very interesting.
@inregionecaecorum -- Wow! Thanks for sharing that - it's remarkable!
inregionecaecorum She always had two Daimlers, one large limousine and one slightly smaller for every day. She considered Rolls Royce to be vulgar.
@@mscott3918 I think Daimler was German as was she so maybe that had something to do witg it too!
George Alderson Not really. They were considered to be more reliable and have more class than Rolls Royce.
Can see Mary’s influence and looks in both Queen Elizabeth but also Princess Anne
I’ve never seen such a strong likeness of a Grandparent and Grandchild as Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth II. The late Queen Elizabeth is the absolute image her!
I've always loved English history; It was a subject I did well in when I was in school. Queen Mary (May of Teck) was engaged to George's elder brother Albert, known as Eddy who died young of influenza. Queen Elizabeth 2nd was very close to her as a child.
THIS IS A LADY LOST IN HISTORY. WOULD TRULY LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER LIKE THE QUEEN MOTHER.
There is much information about her easily available
Remarkable woman and her granddaughter made her proud.
I often wonder how she felt when her son abdicated
Probably ashamed.
Well we maybe got a better king. Then we got our Queen. She must have been very upset though
@@janstaz no doubt! ❤
she was probably glad and relieved that, by abdicating, her Nazi son would not bring shame and embarrassment to Britain.
Probably not jumping for joy; but then again, her husband once said ‘i hope the boy ruins himself and nothing stands between Lilibet and the throne’ ...or something close to that. Elizabeth was George V’s favorite and personal choice for monarch.
Nice bit of trivia: many of the Queen’s Jewels were acquired by Queen Mary, worn by Queen Mother Elizabeth, and still worn by HM Elizabeth R II. Most notable being the Cullinan Diamond recut into smaller stones, the “smaller” 9 being affectionately called Grandma’s Chips. The largest, the Star of Africa, is the centrepiece of the Royal Sceptre. Queen Mary sewed the jewellery boxes for many Parures herself.
@Mark Donald Ryan Stern - Thanks for your comment! I love learning these things, especially about the jewelry!! I love the story about the Koh-i-noor diamond, since its origins can be traced back to at least the 1300's. The Hindu curse is placed on the men who will wear the diamond: “He who owns this diamond will own the world, but will also know all its misfortunes. Only God, or a woman, can wear it with impunity." Amazing! It's now on display in the Tower of London.
Yes, and she certainly did enjoy all the Romanov jewels she got her hands on after the revolution.
There is a sad story about Prince John. It doesn't reflect very well on the king and queen
She bought many others at a desperation discount price from the romanovs who got out of Russia or fleeing persecution. After her husband refused Sanctuary to his cousins, his wife got discount deals on a lot of jewelry because of it
Kandy Kandy talking in all caps lock really makes you look like an idiot. Just so you know.
All stolen goods.
Queen Mary was absolutely beautiful and classy. I can see King George VI all in her. May they both be at Peace 🙏 she outlived him with only a year
Elizabeth II looks VERY much like her grandmother Mary. In fact she looks more like her grandmother than her actual mother The Queen Mother.
Strange. I think QE2 looks very much like her mom.
Queen Marys features, but Queen Elizabeth's round face shape combined.
She does not look like either of them. Smh
@@el-Cu9432 No way.
Queen Mary was, according to extended family and 'friends' a most unpleasant and acquisitive woman. No great surprise!
Absolutely splendid
She looked respected and wise both as queen and mother. My greetings from Marrakech, Morocco 🇲🇦.
Magnificent Queen Mary, her devotion to the King 👑 and country. ♥🙏
I love watching these old videos ❤
Such an historic life….Queen Mary.
Queen Elizabeth II, follows her way, duty before family, you can see the Queen in her too.
The Earl of Athlone, Queen Mary's younger brother is husband of Princess Alice of Albany, and Queen Mary's mother, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge is Queen Victoria's first cousin.
It's crazy how she lived through 6 monarchs including Queen Elizabeth II
I'm going to start waving like that!!
@Joan Rucker - So am I, next time I'm riding through the streets in a carriage.
They wave like that to save wrist injury because if they waved the normal way their joints would soon tire since they have to do so much waving.
You will have plenty of time to wave in HELL at the devil 😂😂☠💯
During one of my jobs, there was a woman about whom the others said when she waved, she looked as if she was doing it the way someone riding on a float in a parade would do it.
@@festivelady826 LOL!!!
She was a great grand daughter of George III. Her husband was a great great grandson of George III. All In The Family.
Too much inbreeding in royal family no wonder they all look alike
@@elizabethbower2168 they all had that Hanoverian long face with the sad eyes.
All of the Royal family has always been from the same bloodline due to the fact that they had to marry a future Queen who was a virginal aristocrat. Even Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were cousins. The only reason that Prince Charles married Diana Spencer instead of Camilla is because Camilla was a commoner and had previous boyfriends, whereas Diana Spencer was a virginal aristocrat. It’s only the younger generation of Royals like Prince William and Prince Harry that have not followed tradition and have married commoners to get away from the bloodline.
She lived for the same amount of years as my late mother’s paternal grandmother.
She would’ve been 100 in 2020, while my mother would’ve been 50 (she died the year before).
Such an elegant and grand woman, she was!
King George V and Tsar Nicholas II looked so alike they would switch uniforms and nobody would tell them apart.
I thought So too!
@@annied1997 They actually DID switch uniforms in social gatherings to mess with people's heads. There's pictures and everything 🤣
Thanks for the footage, I loved watching it❤️🇬🇧❤️
I don’t know why but that time and Queen Mary fascinates me. I wish I could find more about her.
Thank you for the great video!
Great Granddaughter of George III
Wife of George V
Daughter In Law of Edward VII
Mother of Edward VIII and George VI
Grandmother of Elizabeth II
I remember her I must be getting old.
@Ann M - I do, too! And I KNOW I'm old, girl!
Ann M. Yes and I guess there were different standards for beauty then. I liked her as a historical character but beauty, well...
Well remember school being closed the day of her funeral
It was only 1953. About 13 years before my mom was born. Ur not that old.
Nowhere does it mention that Queen Mary spoke English with a strong German accent. The fact that Edward VIII apparently spoke German well would also indicate that she spoke German at home, at least to her eldest son.
I heard an anecdote about the Queen that she was visiting the home of the narrator of the story, while at the same time her hostess was playing " Yes we have no bananas " on the gramophone. The Queen must have felt it was a catchy tune because she is said to have left her hostess humming " YES vee heff no bananas " in her German accent.
It's little facts like this which for me make members of the royal family seem more human and sympathetic than they are portrayed by their traditional handlers.
What a kind remark: German accent and origin makes her appear more human.
@@louismart Thanks for the kind comment. I agree with you that it's little touches like this which makes us realize. that they are people with ordinary foibles, and we appreciate them more.
There is a parallel story to the one I quoted : apparently Queen Mary used to love being given things spontaneously and had the eccentric habit, when visiting someone's home around the Sandringham Estate, of verbally praising some artefact or other - a vase, picture, clock, a piece of bric a brac .... whatever, nothing necessarily valuable. She would expect the owner to insist that she accept the object as a gift. On the occasion of the ' vee heff no bananas ' story, she had admired something or other in her habitual way, The owner however happened to be fond of the admired article and was slow to offer it as a gift. The result was a prolonged visit until the owner relented and offered the object of the Queen's admiration as expected. For me this in no way shows QM in a bad light, but underlines both that Royalty is at the same time like us, and not like the rest of us.
@@crustyoldfart In the recordings I have heard, there is no trace of a German accent. German was in fact a foreign language to her, although one she spoke with competence. I refer you to the official biography by James Pope-Hennessy which goes into this issue in some detail.
@@markfalcoff1743 I'm somewhat surprised by your claim that German was for her a foreign language. My comment to the contrary is based on anecdotal evidence which may be incorrect, as anecdotes often are. There are however a couple of facts which may cast doubt on the official biography to which you refer.
Firstly it is well known that the British Royal family have strong German antecedents. The late Prince Phillip spoke fluent German and good French.
As I said in a previous comment Edward VIII, Queen Marry's eldest son was fluent in German which, if he did not hear it at home is rather remarkable. I believe Lord Louis Mountbatten was also fluent in German.
You mention that Pope-Hennessy produced an official biography. I am unfamiliar with the work, and am wondering when it was published and why. I confess to having my suspicions raised when it is stated to be an official [ that is authorized ] biography. George V was at great pains to downplay the German origins of his family, no doubt because at the time his kingdom was waging a bitterly fought war against Germany. Hence the decision to change the royal name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, and the Battenburgs to change theirs to Mountbatten for the same reason. It might be reasonably assumed that an official biography would downplay it if Queen Mary still had a German accent when speaking English. I'm not claiming any special knowledge here, I'm just speculating based on the balance of probability, and a knowledge of the deep prejudices current one hundred years ago.
Queen Mary most definitely did not have a German accent. Why would she? She was born in Kensington Palace, her mother was English and most people around her were English. People I have known who knew her said that she had an English accent. She didn't speak German very well. If you want proof just listen to the recording of her speaking that is available on RUclips. No German accent. It's one of the inaccurate stories that have become accepted as true by repetition.
She was the quintessential aristocrat, passed her class onto her granddaughter Elizabeth 2 which enabled her to be such a great Queen. Her breeding encompassed the very best of the Austrian hungarian court.
Judging by the photos and footage of Queen Mary she is a beautiful woman and she has done wonderfully as consort to George V, may she rest peacefully and when I go to England I'll make sure to visit her tomb.
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Queen Mary of Teck has an identical looking grand daughter in Elizabeth..SMASHING !
Seeing Queen Mary l see how much her grand daughter Queen Elizabeth ll looked like her.
Yes very clearly!
I didn't know she smiled! She had a nice smile
windstorm1000, I agree. She just seemed to look so stern. Sad.
@@JustAThought155 There were several reasons. It was how monarchy was supposed to look then. There was another more personal reason. Queen Mary liked to be amused but didn't like laughing in public. Her own words were, 'You see, I have such a vulgar laugh.'
She only start smiling a bit more after become a widow and Queen Mother to George VI.
My favorite Royal, her Majesty, Queen Mary.
Thanks!!
God Save The Queen! Alive and well 2019, the longest reigning monarch in history.
Elizabeth II died in 2017. What you see on TV is an impersonator
You are a looney! HM Elizabeth II is very much alive. Stick to alien conspiracy.
@@blmi5591 And Elvis is still alive. And Amelia Earhart. And JFK. You are a loon.
@@blmi5591 Feel free to post your proof here...
Mark Donald Ryan Stern Jesus is still alive that he even gotten on TV called the walking dead lol
Excellent! Thank you!
A fascinating woman both Queen and Mother.
Thank you for sharing. Very wonderful
She was enormous. Made King George V look tiny.
And to think this lady had seen every heir back to Victoria and to see what history she has left behind, now on to Charles, she also met him as a baby .
Quite a very striking woman.
Play at 0.75 speed to have things look a bit more normal and to have the narrator sound slightly stoned.
King George the V is the spitting image of Tsar Nicholas
4:35 the wave OMG 😄
@James Hama thank you for asking, I'm having a terrible day, but hopefully tomorrow will be better.
She was gorgeous in her young age. King Edward Vlll had inherited his mum’s great looks with those high cheek bones and dreamy eyes.
Paps K George VI was the spitting image of her - it is really pronounced when they are standing together in photos.
She looks very manly in her wedding photo.
@@alicejohn7316 To be honest I think women in that era did look a bit manly.
Thats a Man open your eyes wth is wrong with you?!
@@redtapereed-walterreed-wal7000 tf
I love watching old history so dope
I love the narrators voice , it’s Felix Alymer
Great figure! Seriously stacked!
Edward VIII "made many faithful and affectionate visits to his mother."
Well, that's not very true. Mary of Teck did not have much affection for her oldest son, and was famously cold towards him, especially after his obsession with Wallis Simpson and abdication.
With most of his time spent partying and carrying on with whatever female took his eye, could you blame her for not having him as a favourite. I’m not sure if he ever slept in his own bed at home.
So this is why the royals eyes are all so closely set together. This lady!!!
She looks like a real queen... there's something about her that I find very interesting
@@0808millie jealous?
@@0808millie yeah keep repeating the same dialogue. They have contributed more to the country than you ever will. The taxes they pay enriches the country. Diana didn't like that her husband was seeing Camilla. It had nothing to do with the royal family.
Very regal
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very love queen mary's feeling
Queen Mary (a second cousin of Queen Victoria) & King George V (grandson of Queen Victoria) literally save the Monarchy by establishing the House of Windsor.
Queen Mary was actually Victoria's first cousin once removed, her mother Princess Mary Adelaide Duchess of Teck was the daughter of Victoria's uncle Prince Aldophus Duke of Cambridge
Queen Mary’s mother was Queen Victoria’s first cousin. Both women were granddaughters of King 👑 George III (House of Hanover).
That corset makes her bosom look enormous!!
@Wendy Brooks - That bosom was enormous without that corset. My grandmother was the same way, and so am I. I never have understood women who BUY them. After 50 or 60 years, one gets tired of carrying them around - lol. HMQE2 inherited them and so did Princess Margaret.
Wendy Brooks True!
She was partial to a bit of topless modelling in her time. The very first Page 3 girl for The Sun.
It was the fashion at the time.
Love. The. Video. Thank you. For. The. Education.
3:46 The RMS Queen Mary, named after the queen herself is launched
Used as War Ship for disembarked troops during WW2 to 1948 when it was returned as Cruise Ship until it was retired and turned as a museum in California but it was reputedly haunted 🚢🚢
@@daisyriepenaflorida1944 I can vouch for it being haunted. Ive had 4 separate experiences from each time ive been aboard her.
@@daisyriepenaflorida1944 No, when it returned after war service it returned as a transatlantic liner. It was never used as a cruise ship. Also it may now be a museum berthed in Long Beach, Ca but before that it was an hotel.
Interesting! Clearly a strong role model for the late Queen. We’ve a lot to thank her for.
Eileen Atkins hasn’t changed a bit in the last 60 years
W O W !!! Thanks Pathé