I'm so glad she passed away in her favorite place surrounded by her family. I'm an American, but I always admire her putting the people in the UK above herself and her immediate family. God bless the Queen Elizabeth. 🙏
Only her sister, Margaret, had a better line to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Princess Margaret had lunch with the Archbishop and she told the story to the Queen that evening via phone. When the Archbishop asked PM "how do you feel about your son becoming a carpenter?" Princess Margaret replied, "Well, if it is good enough for Jesus Christ, it is good enough for my son." OUCH!
"I can make my solemn act of dedication with a whole Empire listening. I should like to make that dedication now. It is very simple. I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong." --Princess Elizabeth on her twenty-first birthday, 21 April 1947.
I am so happy Queen Elizabeth died in Scotland. It was the place she loved most and I'm happy she got to spend the entire summer there and died in the bed she felt safe and at ease in. She was such a magnificent woman.
I've often thought she made a point of dying there...... There's been some friction and suggestion about Scotland breaking away from England, and her dying there drove home the point England and Scotland had been united as one country since 1603, when James I (James VI of Scotland) ascended the throne after Elizabeth I's death.
@@RMSTitanicWSLThey separated different countries in the 17th century. Own parliaments, armies, money, etc. It was only when the Scottish elite sold out their country for financial benefits did they merge. Calling the two back then the same country is like calling Canada and Australia one country because they got the same monarch.
American here, I remember how my mom fell to her knees in anguish when Diana passed, my mom was recipient of a charity that the Princess donated to that helped her in her education so it struck her painfully. When the Queen passed, my mother, holding her grandchild nearly collapsed. The Queen, was a wonderful person. She was pushed into a role, and did her absolute best.
Yes I have to admit that Diana’s death hit me harder, and all the more for it being unexpected (even if QE2 deserved to live a lot longer, like her own mother). But moreover there was an element similar to JFK’s death, where a symbol of a future that most people wanted to see - a person like Diana being the Queen to King Charles, and being the image of the nation to themselves and others - was taken away, either by sheer accident or any other means, not changing that loss.
Australian myself. I wasn't alive for Diana's passing, but I'd known how people reacted. And when Liz passed I remember sobbing in the car on the way home from my partner's place. She reminded me of so much of one of my great-grandmothers, so it was like losing her again really :(
How are you falling to your knees with grief over some lady that you never met, never will meet, or will never meet you, let alone care about you. A bunch of muppets.
During 9/11, she has the coldstream band play the star spangled banner. 23 years later, we return the favor with our military band offering tribute with God save the Queen.
Death came as a friend to the Queen. She enjoyed a dinner that night and retired to bed, it wasn't until midnight that her health started to turn. She didn't suffer, no reported pain, although it has been suggested she'd been suffering from bone cancer (which is extremely painful). She went out the way her father did, after a day enjoyed in the Scottish highlands, a good dinner, the end came quickly and I'm sure the medical team made her comfortable. She was even reported to have taken the dogs out for a short walk the day before. She was blessed with remarkable health her entire life, Prince Phillip was the same. As Charles said on one of Phillip's birthdays "once you reach 90, everything hurts, you're not as mobile, everything is failing". It was reported that once her red dispatch box was opened, all the documents had been signed, everything was taken care of. That "Greatest Generation" the WWII generation that so many of us have known in our parents was indeed a generation like no other, sadly most are gone now, but their stellar
I landed at Heathrow when the announcement from Buckingham Palace was released, and by the time I arrived at a friend's house in Kent, I no more sat down than the BBC announced the Queens passing. I felt sad and honored to be in England during that next two weeks.
Queen Elizabeth seems to have died peacefully and with dignity. The last formal photograph is simply beautiful. Hopefully, she is happily reunited with her nearest and dearest. Her faith was so strong.
I’m from the USA and was greatly saddened to hear of Her Majesty’s passing. When I grasped the enormity of her loss, I was heartbroken. May she rest in eternal peace. Her work is done.
My heart ached when the news that The Queen died. As an American, my heart was truly crushed. I so admired this wonderful lady. She was a true symbol of a powerful woman who always conducted herself with respect and always maintained being normal.
Jglendable8153 ~ Sorry to hear what happened with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. As an African-American myself, Queen Elizabeth II is not only just a Queen of your country, but to all of us, she is the Goddess Queen of your people and towards those who have loved her back in return. A peacekeeper by many, and to all woman as a Symbol of Female Encouragement and for Women Empowerment, Towards all of the U.K. alongside Margaret Thatcher, the ultimate victors of the Falkland Wars. Towards her Royal family, an excellent caretaker and a compassionate teacher, and towards her former colonies, a symbol of of self-determination, international recognition, republicanism and independence. A war hero by right, a Queen by God's Blessing, and to your people, a perfect meaning on how a True Monarch is supposed to be ruled by her example and her talents as both a goddess and a perfect embodiment of honor, wisdom, compassion, knowledge and true Queen of your country, your people and towards our planet. May both her and her husband Vice King Phillip live on into the Afterlife of Peace, Prosperity and Paradise in Heaven.
@TireekELane As First Nations, she never had a word for us. She and those before her lived in opulence, as will those after her. Blood money paid for this. I can understand why she would be admired and respected by her people. But people all over the globe live in turmoil and poverty and uncertainty because of this queen's family and country. Looking from the outside, this is incredibly pompous and greedy.
It’s December 21, 2024 now. I’m watching this and it still made me sad. Queen Elizabeth will surely be missed but I’m glad that she’s now with her family and Prince Philip
I’m an American boy from the backwoods of Texas, but I broke down and cried at her passing. She was a wonderful woman who carried herself and represented her country with grace and dignity that made her a beacon around the world to so many of all walks of life.
Fellow Texan here and I agree completely. She may have been considered the mother of GB, but she was a grandmother to the world. The class, dignity, respect, faith and never ending service to her country was a great example of what all leaders should seek to be. They just don't make them like her anymore. ❤
As a Canadian, who grew up with the picture of Queen Elizabeth in my elementary school I cried. She meant so much to so many people. I’ll never forget being in college math class, and someone gasped “the queen died!” The whole classroom went quiet and gasped
Canadian as well. My elementary school was named after her. I was at work when the news broke, at a construction site. I shut down my excavator and read the headline over the radio. The news came right before our break.
Let's be honest, most Canadians are indifferent to the royal family. Of course it's sad that she passed, but there was no real widespread mourning here.
@ I couldn’t care less about the royals in general, but the Queen herself was of interest. She had a close relationship with Canada, and I for one was proud to have her as our head of state. I do not feel that same pride in our King. It’s said by everyone everywhere, but Elizabeth was forced to give away all her young life plans, and she respectably dedicated her entire life to service. There was certainly no theatrics here when she passed, but we did stop for a moment and agree it was a shame, before mindfully carrying on with our day.
Queen Elizabeth was a woman I admired. It felt like she'd been around forever because she'd been the monarch for as long as I'd been alive and further, so it was shocking at times to think of how long she'd been alive and everything she'd powered through during her reign. At the same time, I was relieved, she'd gone to her final reward after a lifetime of service and sacrifice. Blessed be, HRM Elizabeth Windsor.
I'm a New Zealander living in the US and this hit so hard, because my Dad was in New Zealand to lay my Mum's ashes to rest with her mother. One of my Mum's earliest memories was the royal tour in 1953 and how everyone had gotten together to celebrate in Southland. I was at work that day following the BBC news app ticker like a hawk. My co-workers were gracious enough already to me because of my Mum's passing, and then this on the day she was to be buried. I'll be forever grateful to them for giving me space to just mourn.
This was so well done. Yes, I cried. I am Canadian and loved the Queen. I saw her as a toddler in a small town in rural Canada when she and Prince Philip crossed Canada by train. Mom swore she smiled and waved at me. My favourite footage I ever saw of this wonderful lady was a moment caught off guard when she was told a joke and literally giggled...a sweet, girlish giggle, and at that moment I knew her. ❤❤❤
Sorry to hear what happened with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. As an African-American myself, Queen Elizabeth II is not only just a Queen of your country, but to all of us, she is the Goddess Queen of your people and towards those who have loved her back in return. A peacekeeper by many, and to all woman as a Symbol of Female Encouragement and for Women Empowerment, Towards all of the U.K. alongside Margaret Thatcher, the ultimate victors of the Falkland Wars. Towards her Royal family, an excellent caretaker and a compassionate teacher, and towards her former colonies, a symbol of of self-determination, international recognition, republicanism and independence. A war hero by right, a Queen by God's Blessing, and to your people, a perfect meaning on how a True Monarch is supposed to be ruled by her example and her talents as both a goddess and a perfect embodiment of honor, wisdom, compassion, knowledge and true Queen of your country, your people and towards our planet. May both her and her husband Vice King Phillip live on into the Afterlife of Peace, Prosperity and Paradise in Heaven.
I am from Germany and I have deep respect for Her Majesty's impressive lifelong service. She fulfilled her role and task with outstanding consistency and discipline. Her unwavering grace and dignity was impressive. She was truly majestic. I don't think we will ever see anything like her again. She was queen long before I was born. Even before my mother was born. Over the years, she has been a familiar constant in an increasingly fast-paced world. The words of President Macron describe it. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was your Queen, but for all of us she was THE Queen. I miss her.
I agree with this completely. I had many issues with her as one of her subjects but agree with everything you said. Some comments are very fawning but I think you summed things up respectfully and realistically. You acknowledged her strengths perfectly without canonising her. The Americans here crying confuse me a little but I don’t mean any disrespect to them.
@@RightsForZombies We Americans are mostly - sadly - simps. Look at the recent election results. Even the folks lionizing Luigi Mangione don't seem to realize that the oligarchs in the new administration are no different from Brian Thompson - except for being much richer. It's pitiful.
Man, I still remember where I was when I got this notification. I was at the publix on Cherry Road in Rock Hill, SC. I had just clocked in, was standing on my register with nobody in line, and my phone beeped. My phone never beeps at me, so I check it and see the announcement from a Google notification. My first thought was my grandmother, she was born and raised in London, met my grandfather, who was an American soldier at the time, and moved to America in the 50s, and had lived here ever since. My grandfather died nearly a year earlier, and after the queen died I called her. She told me it was the first time she cried since Grandad died. Just speaks to how influential the Queen was.
(Ontario, Canada here.) I was working on renovating my bathroom at home when a friends messaged me to say the family was gathering at Balmoral. I knew in that instant things were not looking good. God Save The Queen. Wonderful woman, the epitome of class and duty right to the end.
Beautiful documentary. Thank you so much for the work and thoughtfulness put into it. I’m a 74 yr old American, and I cherished her as so many in countries outside of Britain and the Commonwealth did.
I’m just another American who holds Queen Elizabeth in such high esteem. I found her to be such an amazing example of class and decorum and I greatly miss her existence on this earth. She made it a better place to be.
I’m American, but my grandmother was Australian, and she taught me to appreciate the Queen and her role in the world. We all knew it was coming, but it was hard to hear that she was gone. I’m a high school teacher, and I saw the news while my students were at lunch. I composed myself before they returned to my room, but as soon as lunch was over, I had 3 American teenagers running into my classroom about to cry, because they’d heard that the Queen was gone. One of them looked at me and asked how we’re supposed to live in a world without Queen Elizabeth? I told her that I’d never lived in a world without her either, but that Queen Elizabeth was all about duty and doing what was best for her country, so she would probably tell us to say God save the King and get on with things. The rest of my students had returned by then, so we had a discussion about the Queen dying, what would be happening in the next couple of weeks, and how strange it was to hear people talking about the King instead of the Queen. Once we wrapped that discussion up, we did what I feel like the Queen would have told us to, and we got on with things.
As an American of Scottish heritage, I was moved by this presentation. It was well produced and properly documented. Queen Elizabeth was a great woman and stood forth through a lot of anxiety and turmoil with an unbounding dignity
It's been two years since her passing, and I cry as I write this.I have always loved the Royal Family I saw her in LA when she visited here.l have been to London twice and hoped to see her (or any Royal) their but l am glad to have seen her anywhere. GOD BLESS THE QUEEN AND ALL WHO HAVE PASSED BEFORE US! ELIZABETH II FOREVER THE WORLDS QUEEN!🎉🎉❤❤🇬🇧🫅
I’m from the USA and in Buckingham Palace when the Queen passed. You could tell something had changed and I told my travel companions I think the Queen has passed. It was not until 6 PM that the media finally announced it. She well always be remembered for her dedication and love for her country.
Has left a hole in my life. Just over a week before my mum passed away. Two wonderful women in my life who through all my 65 years then had a huge impact on me. God speed ladies. XXOO
I just remember her some days before her passing, still at it doing her duties. But when asked why she didn't show up at some event, she replies very matter-of -factly, "I couldn't go to that, my legs weren't working." It was so touching. And what a sense of duty. When she took that vow in the 1950s who would ever have thought of the long commitment she'd put into the job. She is a wonderful role model for anyone, especially with her politeness and egalatarianism. Wish I had a less fancy word for that, but can't think of one. There was also a video of her with a little girl that was unforgettable, watching the careful attention and respect she paid to this four year old. And when the girl said she had colored some pictures for her, she says so considerately, "Thank you, and I'll be sure and look at this in the car." The Queen of England no less. Among other titles. I'm sure she had faults, everyone does..... but I found her a decent person. No offense intended, just an American perspective.
I don’t know how this documentary could have *completely* missed out her stay over in Edinburgh. That was so touching and moving. The first monarch to die in Scotland for 500 years. And she must have actually planned that.
I was born in Canada, but my family moved to the US when I was 6. My new teacher introduced me to the class and asked how things were different in Canada. I said we had a big picture of the Queen in the classroom. My teacher loved that. Now I live in New Zealand and heard the news here. She was like the grandmother to the UK, the Commonwealth, and me. I never knew my grandparents because they died before I was born.
I really thought she would live longer than her mother. But when Prince Phillip passed I knew she wouldn’t be far behind. He didn’t have to wait long to see his Cabbage again 💕
Having been born in Australia in the early 60’s, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had been the one consistently throughout my life. How I miss seeing her our Queen Elizabeth II.
I'm from Australia and I didn't even hear about the news until I woke up and saw it on the television. It stayed on the television all day. It was devastating to hear.
I was truly surprised at how much sorrow I felt. Shed tears for this dear lady who had been part of my entire life as a Canadian. It’s like she belonged to all of us, as a family member ❤
@andreaknibbs9328 I'm first nations Canadian and I have limited respect for her. And the truth is that most Canadians are indifferent to the monarchy and some are hostile. This is not what we are about.
@@intrepid2010 From Montreal. Most of us do not admire the monarchy at all. You are an exception. Which is totally your right, but most French Canadians and First Nations do not feel the royals represent us in any way.
I didn’t think l was a royalist but when the Queen died, l cried more than when my mum died two weeks before. Same age Elizabeth l thought amazing for her age. Working in her 90’s. Incredible woman and amazing Queen given history of the world. A mechanic in the war. Gobsmacking I salute her sincerely ♥️
I will love her all my life. Great and gentle she was. Politically gifted and a Master of symbolism and the honoring of tradition. We shall never see her like again.
I cried. Born and raised in the states, never traveled abroad, I cried. A beautiful human being she was. I remember feeling devastated, and slightly empty. I was confused why her death hit me pretty hard, but seeing this doc gave me a better understanding. She was kind of a symbol of all being right with the world to a whole lot of people. A symbol of strength and poise, kindness and loyalty. I could go on forever. Makes sense now.
Like you I cried when the death of the Queen was announced. I am Dutch, we have our own Royal Family. But the Queen was Queen of the world. A beautiful strong lady.
Also American and was hit the same way upon her loss. I always had an odd fascination with the British Royal family but not in their current goings on, more with the history. I can rattle off facts about monarchs back to William the Conqueror lol. Maybe because we lack such an expansive history, no idea really. She was an amazing woman in every way, just a next level human being. How can we not love her just because we're not of the British Empire? People the world over loved and mourned her, which has everything to do with Elizabeth I herself, not her nationality. There will never be another like her.
I was at work when she died. I cried!! I’m an American who always felt a connection to her. I love the fact that I have Irish Scottish and Welch in my DNA!!!! A distant cousin of mine❤
Being born in Australia in '84 I never appreciated her as our Queen, until she wasn't. I didn't really understand how much of a constant she was in our lives until she was gone. There was a kind of immortality about her, a kind of expectation and feeling, that she has and always would be there.
@@hapiloolah literally EVERY comment ahead of this one, the writer states where they are from in the world. Why do you feel the need to pounce on the first American who has the nerve to say where they are from, while simply leaving a respectful comment? SMH
@@missmia7869 For some reason, there are STILL expectations that since we fought a Revolution against Great Britain, then there must be lingering 'hard feelings' on both sides. In reality, we are the fastest of allies. Interesting that I don't see chiding when commentators identify themselves as Australian, Canadian, etc... Also, there may be PRIDE in how the respondent feels his/her country has grown since leaving the Mother Country.
When Her Majesty died, I sobbed. I am from the States. My parents taught me about the British Royal Family from the age of 5. I loved Her Late Majesty! The two things that I remember vividly are watching HRH Price Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, simply weeping over the death of his Mother, and, when Her Late Majestie’s coffin was lowered into the vault. Those moments of watching her coffin being lowered; it really upset me, because it was so final. I sobbed yet again.
Living in South Australia, Australia, I remember having not long gone to sleep being woken up by my son with the news. Needless to say the television stayed on until after the funeral. My favourite memory of Her Majesty is the honour of participating in a guard of honour while I served in the RAAF in 1986. Thank you for your service Your Majesty
Very difficult to watch this documentary without feeling my own eyes well up. I may not have known her, heck I'm a black American who never saw England, but there's no understating how impactful she was in her time. The fact that she's the same age as my great grandmother (who's still alive) has me thinking about her every day too. Deaths like this are never easy to swallow, even if we know it's inevitable, even if we have no relation to the person, somehow you just still feel it. I have to say Rest in Peace again. She was a good queen.
Appreciate your comment. Glad not to be among the scornful who are heckling her in very personal ways. (Invariably, such remarks say far more about the one making them.) Age brings the gift of perspective in such matters, too. I may find monarchies a gross anachronism, we are mostly products of our time, rarely evolving beyond that - especially when it benefits us. I liked her and hope she rests well. Paz y luz
i find it intresting and how much she was respected that no news channel, even though they knew she had died, waited until the palace released its statement before saying anything. I live in Sweden and watched BBC and when they said that the king was there it took me a few seconds before i realized it was Charles. Then i turned to the Europa league and every game had a moment of silence
Always loved Charles and Anne they do so love each other and have the same wit of the Queen as too Duty of God and country. Most proud of Charles the king and still with tear miss the queen
After living through the horrible days of watching both my parents succumb to cancer, I don’t understand how anyone could still be in denial of how Her Majesty passed away.
It was my sister's birthday and I'd just gotten off the phone with her. It was so difficult, and surreal- I'd lost my husband less than a year before. I never thought of a day where she passed; she was a constant in my American childhood. She was an amazing woman.
I'M AMERICAN AND I STILL CRY LIKE NOW. NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE WHAT THIS WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING MEANT TO ME. I AM 68 AND GREW UP LOVING THE ROYAL FAMILY BECAUSE OF QUEEN ELISABETH II. I KNOW MORE ABOUT HER THAN I KNOW ABOUT THE U.S. GOV...AND I MISS HER FACE SO MUCH.
Im an American and have been fascinated by the lovely Queen & Royal Family since I can remember. Its titled the day the Queen died and we all know that when you just say Queen; Elizabeth II is who we all think of although there are many around the world but she was special.
My friends and I arrived in London for our vacation from the US on the day the queen died. None of us knew anything till we were in a restaurant and our server came over and told us that the BBC had made it official that the queen had passed. We were totally dumbfounded. None of us thought we would be at such an iconic moment in history. She will be missed.
She fascinated me from a young age because, like so many comments here, she was a stoic, strong and amazing woman. My parents are English, emigrated to Canada, and the royal family was always at the periphery of our lives. May she rest in eternal peace.
I remember that I was at work, cooking up some food for the guests that were hungry (i am from germany and it was 4pm at the time, so some people were there for a little bit of soup or cake) when i suddenly heard the news in the radio, that the queen has passed away. I looked at the other two people that were working with me in the kitchen but none of them seemed to have heard it, as they've continued talking with each other. I turned towards the service personell and told him, that the queen just passed. He looked at me with big eyes, shook all over his face. He said "What?! Are you serious??" I was like "Yeah! It was just in the radio." He was quite shooked and immediately told all the guests we had atm. Just a few minutes later, the usual radio program got interrupted with the offical news, that the queen had passed. My parents later told me that all the program on all of the tv stations were interrupted as well. I dont know much about royalty and politics but her death shocked me quite a lot and I think there probably wont be anybody else, that when they die, where almost everything stops for just a few minutes like this.
Melbourne, Australia: I woke early, feeling that something was different. Walked over to the window and looked out over the horizon, thinking to myself that it felt as if something big had happened in the world while I slept. I turned on my phone to check the news, which all looked normal at first. As I was reading a random article, my phone pinged with the headline. The impact of her death was palpable even before hearing the news.
I'm American and she was queen my whole life. I loved her because she was genuinely a good person;. A beautiful doll when she was young with her Hartnell gowns, then matured into the most beloved woman on the planet. I watched the entire 8 day funeral and cried the whole time. She was good for the world. She loved the LORD and that means we will get to meet her some day!
I live on the US East Coast, and that day, I had just arrived at work. I was checking the news and saw the first statement from Buckingham Palace, and I knew Her Majesty was dying. Having watched the Royal Family since Princess Diana and Prince Charles married, I also began learning about Her Majesty and Prince Philip. I felt that after the Prince passed away, she would follow soon as that tends to happen with long-married couples, especially those that were close like Elizabeth and Philip. Being American, I was quite shocked that I felt so sad, not because the "Queen" was dying but because a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, was leaving her earthly family to join her husband in eternity. RIP Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II. Your presence is missed in the whole world.
the word is constancy. even we non brits appreciated her for her ”being there” all our lives. i was born in 1959 and she’d already been serving as queen for several years. presidents, prime ministers, dictators, popes, etc. came and went but she represented consistency….:she was just always there, doing her job brilliantly. i was saddened at her passing as it was the end of a long era and nobody did a better job in the role she was born into. well done ma’am!
The queen like the Pope represented the head of the religion is she represented the episcopalians or I should say representative the almighty to the best of her ability . I loved her being long before she was Queen. She did her Duty as Queen and she stood strong through all in keeping with her faith and Duty and she is all so missed.
I heard the rumours of bone cancer, then a note given in parliament told about a fall on the fateful day. A fall may have been so severe, that it’s a complicated fracture. Very sadly, if you’re elderly and fracture bones that need surgery, you won’t be safe to undergo surgery/ anaesthesia. I can see from a medical perspective what likely happened. Her medical team would’ve only have been able to “ Make Her Majesty comfortable “ .
That's exactly how my mother passed. She fell and broke her hip. Or as her doctor put it, her hip broke and she fell. There was nothing that could be done.
If that was the case, then why was charles and Camilla over 100km away. Is she had had a fall, shurely they would have known and been with her. If she had fallen on that day, then way was the news story out, about the maid finding her and realizing something was wrong?
She was also probably highly sedated not only for her to excruciating bone cancer but for her fracture. I've always thought she died like many in that serious condition. Her breathing became slow and labored due to sedation and failing organs. So sad. 😢😢😢
Totally valid, yes. I think we expected better - for her, and for ourselves - because life expectancy is supposed to get longer, not shorter. Her mother lived well beyond 100 and I’m sad that this wasn’t possible with all the modern medicine, unlimited resources available. It was her literal mother and that’s her strongest indicator of expectancy. I really grieve for the way we overreacted and then underreacted about the biggest cause of death two years earlier, and all of society - all the way up to royalty - couldn’t find a sensible middle-ground of responses. We act like vaccines cut deaths by 99% but it was only 66%, and the other 33% keep dying, every day, until we make something new that prevents infections. We don’t even care about testing infections anymore. The effects that last for months and years are like a shameful topic we don’t like to talk about, in case it upsets people.
Eric-jo8uh ~ Sorry to hear what happened with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. As an African-American myself, Queen Elizabeth II is not only just a Queen of your country, but to all of us, she is the Goddess Queen of your people and towards those who have loved her back in return. A peacekeeper by many, and to all woman as a Symbol of Female Encouragement and for Women Empowerment, Towards all of the U.K. alongside Margaret Thatcher, the ultimate victors of the Falkland Wars. Towards her Royal family, an excellent caretaker and a compassionate teacher, and towards her former colonies, a symbol of of self-determination, international recognition, republicanism and independence. A war hero by right, a Queen by God's Blessing, and to your people, a perfect meaning on how a True Monarch is supposed to be ruled by her example and her talents as both a goddess and a perfect embodiment of honor, wisdom, compassion, knowledge and true Queen of your country, your people and towards our planet. May both her and her husband Vice King Phillip live on into the Afterlife of Peace, Prosperity and Paradise in Heaven.
Canadian here, and I was shocked by how the queen looked at the time of her death, as well as hearing the announcement. She was quite the polarizing figure. I got my passport the year after her death to go see my boyfriend who lives in a different country then me, and despite the fact that she had already been gone for a year, my passport was still issued out in the name of Her Majesty. May she rest peacefully in the afterlife joined by all her loved ones who went before her.
I was born in London to an American family, and raised in the states due to having an illness that needed specialists. I am a dual citizen and feel deeply connected to England. Queen Elizabeth was Queen for my entire life until she died.
I’m an Alaskan and I vividly remember the day the Queen passed away. We loved her here too and I admired her. So cool that I got to live during the second Elizabethan age. 💙
I know why the Sussex family was mentioned--to delete them would call even more attention to them. And she was his grandmother. Excellent documentary. "May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest", Your Majesty.
Yes exactly she was his grandmother who never publicly disowned them and it’s nobody’s place to make speculation on her relationship with harry. That’s not only wrong it’s extremely rude.
When there’s been only one ruler in the UK for your entire life, hearing of the Queen passing away was a huge blow. I was in college studying for a test when I heard the news. All i thought was, “whoa, this is huge.” And proceeded to say “The is dead. Long live the King”, out of respect.
I was doing the Camino de Santiago in Spain when she died...all the TV channels showed the funeral...originally from Argentina we have lived in Australia for 42 years and she is the only Queen we knew...great woman ...old school..but great.
What an excellent documentary! As to Henry's snit fit, he was not the only grandchild for whom special provisions were not made at the end. Peter, Zara, Eugenie, Beatrice, Louise, James were also not present. None of them complained. None of them threw a bitchfit over the fact that their spouses (for those married) were not included.
Of course he was unhappy. Unfortunately, I think it was best that she was not there because all you all would have done is complain about that instead of focusing on the death of a Monarch. Kate did not go either.
As I understood it, Harry was invited to fly with William and the rest- he was told Meghan could not come. He threw a fit- I’m sure she did too. He caused the plane to take off late as they tried to wait for him. Harry was the reason they didn’t make it in time. He should be ashamed of himself. He just looks for opportunities to be unhappy, be a victim. This was not about him and Meghan- but he sure tried to make it all about them!
@@kimhughes5030 ...and if that woman had been on the flight, she would have leaked every detail. Including a description of the bed clothes The Queen was wearing
I remember reading on ground news she was sick that morning. I live in the US and remember where I was when I first heard. Much respect to a wonderful person who dedicated their life to their country
I was in Hawaii and watching the news about her being ill and already knew if her family was flocking to her, it was only a matter of time and it came across my feed. What an incredible documentary about a very remarkable woman and time. There truly will never been anyone like her.
She got to pass in a natural way. My husband, while only 65 and passed due to a disease, he passed naturally over a few days. Not many get the privilege of living a long life and pass this way. My husband had been unconscious but woke up to see his brothers who arrive from all over the country. He went back asleep and never woke up again. I was there is last day, and he had always told me and the nurses he did not want me to see him take his last breath, he was afraid it would traumatize me. So I took out my piano app and played his 2 favorite songs, told him I would be right back and stepped out of the room. I was gone 7 minutes, and he passed away while I was gone. Just how he planned, how he wanted it and how I expected it to go. Death does not have to be scary. One of the last things he told me was, "If I had known dying was this peaceful, I would have not been scared and gone long ago."
“If it’s good enough for my boys it’s good enough for me” 😭😭😭 As a royal obsessed American, that broke me. It shows just how close she was to her family but particularly Harry. It makes me feel kind of bad for him. He’s spent all these years living with the regret of his last words with Diana and now he also has to carry the weight of knowing that he was too late to say goodbye to his beloved grandmother.
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Didn’t expect to watch the whole thing.
“To you, she was your Queen.
To the world, she was *the* Queen.”
Brilliant.
even with such a HIGH TITLE. ... HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH.... I WILL GIVE HRH ALL THE RESPECT.BUT /AND NO OTHER OF HER KIN.
My queen here in Australia, too.
This shows how much control Megan has over Harry a lot. He was not able to get on a plane with his family because of her, PATHETIC!!!!
I'm so glad she passed away in her favorite place surrounded by her family. I'm an American, but I always admire her putting the people in the UK above herself and her immediate family. God bless the Queen Elizabeth. 🙏
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NGL, the Queen, was such a badass for saying, "Well, if it's good enough for my boys, it's good enough for me". Mad respect for that.
Only her sister, Margaret, had a better line to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Princess Margaret had lunch with the Archbishop and she told the story to the Queen that evening via phone. When the Archbishop asked PM "how do you feel about your son becoming a carpenter?" Princess Margaret replied, "Well, if it is good enough for Jesus Christ, it is good enough for my son." OUCH!
10/10
I’m absolutely not a monarchist. But I had much respect for a woman who spent her entire life serving her country.
100% agree
"I can make my solemn act of dedication with a whole Empire listening. I should like to make that dedication now. It is very simple. I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong." --Princess Elizabeth on her twenty-first birthday, 21 April 1947.
What's the purpose of saying you're "absolutely not a monarchist"?
LOLOLOL homeboy, the country served her! Fuck her and her dumbass family, may the British Isles be freed from this prevailing ignorance
Yeah, rough life getting waited on hand and foot every minute of the day.
I am so happy Queen Elizabeth died in Scotland. It was the place she loved most and I'm happy she got to spend the entire summer there and died in the bed she felt safe and at ease in. She was such a magnificent woman.
I've often thought she made a point of dying there...... There's been some friction and suggestion about Scotland breaking away from England, and her dying there drove home the point England and Scotland had been united as one country since 1603, when James I (James VI of Scotland) ascended the throne after Elizabeth I's death.
@@RMSTitanicWSLThey separated different countries in the 17th century. Own parliaments, armies, money, etc. It was only when the Scottish elite sold out their country for financial benefits did they merge.
Calling the two back then the same country is like calling Canada and Australia one country because they got the same monarch.
American here, I remember how my mom fell to her knees in anguish when Diana passed, my mom was recipient of a charity that the Princess donated to that helped her in her education so it struck her painfully. When the Queen passed, my mother, holding her grandchild nearly collapsed. The Queen, was a wonderful person. She was pushed into a role, and did her absolute best.
Yes I have to admit that Diana’s death hit me harder, and all the more for it being unexpected (even if QE2 deserved to live a lot longer, like her own mother). But moreover there was an element similar to JFK’s death, where a symbol of a future that most people wanted to see - a person like Diana being the Queen to King Charles, and being the image of the nation to themselves and others - was taken away, either by sheer accident or any other means, not changing that loss.
Australian myself. I wasn't alive for Diana's passing, but I'd known how people reacted.
And when Liz passed I remember sobbing in the car on the way home from my partner's place. She reminded me of so much of one of my great-grandmothers, so it was like losing her again really :(
Me too! She was an icon for me growing up! I wore black the day of her funeral when I went to the mall @@whophd
Thanks for your kind words about queen Elizabeth she is my distant cousin, from fellow American.
How are you falling to your knees with grief over some lady that you never met, never will meet, or will never meet you, let alone care about you. A bunch of muppets.
During 9/11, she has the coldstream band play the star spangled banner. 23 years later, we return the favor with our military band offering tribute with God save the Queen.
Any footage of us playing god save the queen after Elisabeth died? All I can find is some footage from 2005.
Death came as a friend to the Queen. She enjoyed a dinner that night and retired to bed, it wasn't until midnight that her health started to turn. She didn't suffer, no reported pain, although it has been suggested she'd been suffering from bone cancer (which is extremely painful). She went out the way her father did, after a day enjoyed in the Scottish highlands, a good dinner, the end came quickly and I'm sure the medical team made her comfortable. She was even reported to have taken the dogs out for a short walk the day before. She was blessed with remarkable health her entire life, Prince Phillip was the same. As Charles said on one of Phillip's birthdays "once you reach 90, everything hurts, you're not as mobile, everything is failing". It was reported that once her red dispatch box was opened, all the documents had been signed, everything was taken care of. That "Greatest Generation" the WWII generation that so many of us have known in our parents was indeed a generation like no other, sadly most are gone now, but their stellar
Where did you hear such details? I’ve never seen it reported anywhere in such detail.
I landed at Heathrow when the announcement from Buckingham Palace was released, and by the time I arrived at a friend's house in Kent, I no more sat down than the BBC announced the Queens passing. I felt sad and honored to be in England during that next two weeks.
My Mom passed away on the same day. Two well respected ladies when home that day.
I'm sorry for your loss, and I honor your mother with wishes of love and support.
I'm sorry you lost your mom.
I’m so sorry for the loss of your beloved Mom. Deepest sympathy to you.❤
Thank you everyone.
Oh my... I have no words.... forgive me, but I cant express what I wish to say to you.
Queen Elizabeth seems to have died peacefully and with dignity. The last formal photograph is simply beautiful. Hopefully, she is happily reunited with her nearest and dearest. Her faith was so strong.
I’m from the USA and was greatly saddened to hear of Her Majesty’s passing. When I grasped the enormity of her loss, I was heartbroken. May she rest in eternal peace. Her work is done.
She and her ilk are tyrants
My heart ached when the news that The Queen died. As an American, my heart was truly crushed. I so admired this wonderful lady. She was a true symbol of a powerful woman who always conducted herself with respect and always maintained being normal.
Jglendable8153 ~ Sorry to hear what happened with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. As an African-American myself, Queen Elizabeth II is not only just a Queen of your country, but to all of us, she is the Goddess Queen of your people and towards those who have loved her back in return. A peacekeeper by many, and to all woman as a Symbol of Female Encouragement and for Women Empowerment, Towards all of the U.K. alongside Margaret Thatcher, the ultimate victors of the Falkland Wars. Towards her Royal family, an excellent caretaker and a compassionate teacher, and towards her former colonies, a symbol of of self-determination, international recognition, republicanism and independence. A war hero by right, a Queen by God's Blessing, and to your people, a perfect meaning on how a True Monarch is supposed to be ruled by her example and her talents as both a goddess and a perfect embodiment of honor, wisdom, compassion, knowledge and true Queen of your country, your people and towards our planet. May both her and her husband Vice King Phillip live on into the Afterlife of Peace, Prosperity and Paradise in Heaven.
@@TireekELane The best politician of her generation: trained by Churchill himself.
@@TireekELane really well put.
@TireekELane As First Nations, she never had a word for us. She and those before her lived in opulence, as will those after her. Blood money paid for this. I can understand why she would be admired and respected by her people. But people all over the globe live in turmoil and poverty and uncertainty because of this queen's family and country. Looking from the outside, this is incredibly pompous and greedy.
She was a powerful woman queen of faith
It’s December 21, 2024 now. I’m watching this and it still made me sad. Queen Elizabeth will surely be missed but I’m glad that she’s now with her family and Prince Philip
I’m here in Oklahoma on Christmas Day 12/25/2024 watching this. Wanted to spend some time in her honor. The world’s grandmother….RIP your majesty.
January 11th, Sat., Tucson, AZ, USA. ❤😢💔🙏⚓🇺🇸
I’m an American boy from the backwoods of Texas, but I broke down and cried at her passing. She was a wonderful woman who carried herself and represented her country with grace and dignity that made her a beacon around the world to so many of all walks of life.
Fellow Texan here and I agree completely. She may have been considered the mother of GB, but she was a grandmother to the world. The class, dignity, respect, faith and never ending service to her country was a great example of what all leaders should seek to be. They just don't make them like her anymore. ❤
Fellow American here- I completely agree. She was a woman I looked up to for her grace, modesty and humbleness
She promised and she did so. A very strong character. She was born to be Queen.
I love your comment
@patriciafoster3347 Thank you.
Which is ironic cause she was actually not really born to be queen, if her Uncle went another way.
No she wasn't Edward the 8th
@@chrizzle6222 Of course, I know. I meant she was born to be queen regarding her character.
As a Canadian, who grew up with the picture of Queen Elizabeth in my elementary school I cried. She meant so much to so many people. I’ll never forget being in
college math class, and someone gasped “the queen died!” The whole classroom went quiet and gasped
Canadian as well. My elementary school was named after her. I was at work when the news broke, at a construction site. I shut down my excavator and read the headline over the radio. The news came right before our break.
Let's be honest, most Canadians are indifferent to the royal family. Of course it's sad that she passed, but there was no real widespread mourning here.
@ I couldn’t care less about the royals in general, but the Queen herself was of interest. She had a close relationship with Canada, and I for one was proud to have her as our head of state. I do not feel that same pride in our King. It’s said by everyone everywhere, but Elizabeth was forced to give away all her young life plans, and she respectably dedicated her entire life to service. There was certainly no theatrics here when she passed, but we did stop for a moment and agree it was a shame, before mindfully carrying on with our day.
@@iolitelight You have a very short memory! Many people in Canada were in mourning of Her Majesty, the Queen of Canada!!!!
Queen Elizabeth was a woman I admired. It felt like she'd been around forever because she'd been the monarch for as long as I'd been alive and further, so it was shocking at times to think of how long she'd been alive and everything she'd powered through during her reign. At the same time, I was relieved, she'd gone to her final reward after a lifetime of service and sacrifice. Blessed be, HRM Elizabeth Windsor.
I'm a New Zealander living in the US and this hit so hard, because my Dad was in New Zealand to lay my Mum's ashes to rest with her mother. One of my Mum's earliest memories was the royal tour in 1953 and how everyone had gotten together to celebrate in Southland. I was at work that day following the BBC news app ticker like a hawk. My co-workers were gracious enough already to me because of my Mum's passing, and then this on the day she was to be buried. I'll be forever grateful to them for giving me space to just mourn.
This was so well done. Yes, I cried. I am Canadian and loved the Queen. I saw her as a toddler in a small town in rural Canada when she and Prince Philip crossed Canada by train. Mom swore she smiled and waved at me. My favourite footage I ever saw of this wonderful lady was a moment caught off guard when she was told a joke and literally giggled...a sweet, girlish giggle, and at that moment I knew her. ❤❤❤
Sorry to hear what happened with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. As an African-American myself, Queen Elizabeth II is not only just a Queen of your country, but to all of us, she is the Goddess Queen of your people and towards those who have loved her back in return. A peacekeeper by many, and to all woman as a Symbol of Female Encouragement and for Women Empowerment, Towards all of the U.K. alongside Margaret Thatcher, the ultimate victors of the Falkland Wars. Towards her Royal family, an excellent caretaker and a compassionate teacher, and towards her former colonies, a symbol of of self-determination, international recognition, republicanism and independence. A war hero by right, a Queen by God's Blessing, and to your people, a perfect meaning on how a True Monarch is supposed to be ruled by her example and her talents as both a goddess and a perfect embodiment of honor, wisdom, compassion, knowledge and true Queen of your country, your people and towards our planet. May both her and her husband Vice King Phillip live on into the Afterlife of Peace, Prosperity and Paradise in Heaven.
I am from Germany and I have deep respect for Her Majesty's impressive lifelong service. She fulfilled her role and task with outstanding consistency and discipline. Her unwavering grace and dignity was impressive. She was truly majestic. I don't think we will ever see anything like her again.
She was queen long before I was born. Even before my mother was born. Over the years, she has been a familiar constant in an increasingly fast-paced world. The words of President Macron describe it. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was your Queen, but for all of us she was THE Queen.
I miss her.
I agree with this completely. I had many issues with her as one of her subjects but agree with everything you said. Some comments are very fawning but I think you summed things up respectfully and realistically. You acknowledged her strengths perfectly without canonising her.
The Americans here crying confuse me a little but I don’t mean any disrespect to them.
@@RightsForZombies
We Americans are mostly - sadly - simps. Look at the recent election results.
Even the folks lionizing Luigi Mangione don't seem to realize that the oligarchs in the new administration are no different from Brian Thompson - except for being much richer.
It's pitiful.
Wow what a brilliant documentary. Well done to whoever created this. I remember that day very well. RIP Queen Elizabeth
Man, I still remember where I was when I got this notification. I was at the publix on Cherry Road in Rock Hill, SC. I had just clocked in, was standing on my register with nobody in line, and my phone beeped. My phone never beeps at me, so I check it and see the announcement from a Google notification. My first thought was my grandmother, she was born and raised in London, met my grandfather, who was an American soldier at the time, and moved to America in the 50s, and had lived here ever since. My grandfather died nearly a year earlier, and after the queen died I called her. She told me it was the first time she cried since Grandad died. Just speaks to how influential the Queen was.
I think it was fitting that Charles and Anne were with her-they were there when her reign began. She is Queen Elizabeth The Beloved.
oh i love that
(Ontario, Canada here.) I was working on renovating my bathroom at home when a friends messaged me to say the family was gathering at Balmoral. I knew in that instant things were not looking good. God Save The Queen. Wonderful woman, the epitome of class and duty right to the end.
Beautiful documentary. Thank you so much for the work and thoughtfulness put into it. I’m a 74 yr old American, and I cherished her as so many in countries outside of Britain and the Commonwealth did.
I’m just another American who holds Queen Elizabeth in such high esteem. I found her to be such an amazing example of class and decorum and I greatly miss her existence on this earth. She made it a better place to be.
I live in America & have followed Queen Elizabeth as long as i can remember. She was a beautiful lady who cared for her family & her common wealth.
I’m American, but my grandmother was Australian, and she taught me to appreciate the Queen and her role in the world. We all knew it was coming, but it was hard to hear that she was gone.
I’m a high school teacher, and I saw the news while my students were at lunch. I composed myself before they returned to my room, but as soon as lunch was over, I had 3 American teenagers running into my classroom about to cry, because they’d heard that the Queen was gone. One of them looked at me and asked how we’re supposed to live in a world without Queen Elizabeth? I told her that I’d never lived in a world without her either, but that Queen Elizabeth was all about duty and doing what was best for her country, so she would probably tell us to say God save the King and get on with things.
The rest of my students had returned by then, so we had a discussion about the Queen dying, what would be happening in the next couple of weeks, and how strange it was to hear people talking about the King instead of the Queen. Once we wrapped that discussion up, we did what I feel like the Queen would have told us to, and we got on with things.
As an American of Scottish heritage, I was moved by this presentation. It was well produced and properly documented. Queen Elizabeth was a great woman and stood forth through a lot of anxiety and turmoil with an unbounding dignity
It's been two years since her passing, and I cry as I write this.I have always loved the Royal Family
I saw her in LA when she visited here.l have been to London twice and hoped to see her (or any Royal) their but l am glad to have seen her anywhere. GOD BLESS THE QUEEN AND ALL WHO HAVE PASSED BEFORE US! ELIZABETH II
FOREVER THE WORLDS QUEEN!🎉🎉❤❤🇬🇧🫅
I’m from the USA and in Buckingham Palace when the Queen passed. You could tell something had changed and I told my travel companions I think the Queen has passed. It was not until 6 PM that the media finally announced it. She well always be remembered for her dedication and love for her country.
You were in buckingham palace when the queen died? That is crazy.
Has left a hole in my life. Just over a week before my mum passed away. Two wonderful women in my life who through all my 65 years then had a huge impact on me. God speed ladies. XXOO
I'm sorry for your loss💔
My condolences on the loss of your mother.
Thank you for sharing. You have my sincere condolences.❤❤
I just remember her some days before her passing, still at it doing her duties. But when asked why she didn't show up at some event, she replies very matter-of -factly, "I couldn't go to that, my legs weren't working."
It was so touching. And what a sense of duty.
When she took that vow in the 1950s who would ever have thought of the long commitment she'd put into the job.
She is a wonderful role model for anyone, especially with her politeness and egalatarianism. Wish I had a less fancy word for that, but can't think of one.
There was also a video of her with a little girl that was unforgettable, watching the careful attention and respect she paid to this four year old. And when the girl said she had colored some pictures for her, she says so considerately, "Thank you, and I'll be sure and look at this in the car." The Queen of England no less. Among other titles. I'm sure she had faults, everyone does..... but I found her a decent person. No offense intended, just an American perspective.
I don’t know how this documentary could have *completely* missed out her stay over in Edinburgh. That was so touching and moving. The first monarch to die in Scotland for 500 years. And she must have actually planned that.
I was born in Canada, but my family moved to the US when I was 6. My new teacher introduced me to the class and asked how things were different in Canada. I said we had a big picture of the Queen in the classroom. My teacher loved that. Now I live in New Zealand and heard the news here. She was like the grandmother to the UK, the Commonwealth, and me. I never knew my grandparents because they died before I was born.
I live in NZ and im 56 now , that day she passed away i cried for my queen
I really thought she would live longer than her mother. But when Prince Phillip passed I knew she wouldn’t be far behind. He didn’t have to wait long to see his Cabbage again 💕
Having been born in Australia in the early 60’s, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had been the one consistently throughout my life.
How I miss seeing her our Queen Elizabeth II.
NOT OUR QUEEN YOU HACK!!!
Still on the coins, and it’s nearly 2025!
i tell myself even though HM is gone, Charles has always been there in the background too, Long live the King
I'm from Australia and I didn't even hear about the news until I woke up and saw it on the television. It stayed on the television all day. It was devastating to hear.
I was truly surprised at how much sorrow I felt. Shed tears for this dear lady who had been part of my entire life as a Canadian. It’s like she belonged to all of us, as a family member ❤
Totally agree! I am a French-Canadian and I feel the same way.
@andreaknibbs9328 I'm first nations Canadian and I have limited respect for her. And the truth is that most Canadians are indifferent to the monarchy and some are hostile. This is not what we are about.
@@intrepid2010 From Montreal. Most of us do not admire the monarchy at all. You are an exception. Which is totally your right, but most French Canadians and First Nations do not feel the royals represent us in any way.
@@iolitelightwell my family respected and admired the Queen. And we still feel sadness at her passing and yes, a part of my family is First Nations
As an American, I found Queen Elizabeth II to be an example of duty, devotion and servant leadership. The world is a better place because of her.
I live in the US but grew up in Canada and I adore Queen Elizabeth II. I was heartbroken when I heard of her death.
I didn’t think l was a royalist but when the Queen died, l cried more than when my mum died two weeks before. Same age
Elizabeth l thought amazing for her age. Working in her 90’s.
Incredible woman and amazing Queen given history of the world.
A mechanic in the war. Gobsmacking
I salute her sincerely ♥️
I will love her all my life. Great and gentle she was. Politically gifted and a Master of symbolism and the honoring of tradition. We shall never see her like again.
You must be American, the queen, no member of the royal family is allowed to comment on, be involved in politics, the queen was NOT a politician
@bethewalt7385 Oh Dear. Well I guess diplomat doesn't count.
I cried. Born and raised in the states, never traveled abroad, I cried. A beautiful human being she was. I remember feeling devastated, and slightly empty. I was confused why her death hit me pretty hard, but seeing this doc gave me a better understanding. She was kind of a symbol of all being right with the world to a whole lot of people. A symbol of strength and poise, kindness and loyalty. I could go on forever. Makes sense now.
Like you I cried when the death of the Queen was announced. I am Dutch, we have our own Royal Family. But the Queen was Queen of the world. A beautiful strong lady.
Fellow American here and I felt the exact same way!
Also American and was hit the same way upon her loss. I always had an odd fascination with the British Royal family but not in their current goings on, more with the history. I can rattle off facts about monarchs back to William the Conqueror lol. Maybe because we lack such an expansive history, no idea really. She was an amazing woman in every way, just a next level human being. How can we not love her just because we're not of the British Empire? People the world over loved and mourned her, which has everything to do with Elizabeth I herself, not her nationality. There will never be another like her.
I was a bit teary. My heart fell to my stomach. I still miss her. 68 yr old in US.
@@karlavlieger4441 I remember seeing Beatrix light up whenever she met Elizabeth II. Those two had a very warm relationship.
I was at work when she died. I cried!! I’m an American who always felt a connection to her. I love the fact that I have Irish Scottish and Welch in my DNA!!!! A distant cousin of mine❤
I'm 75 and except for my mum, the greatest lady of my life time. God bless her.
Being born in Australia in '84 I never appreciated her as our Queen, until she wasn't. I didn't really understand how much of a constant she was in our lives until she was gone. There was a kind of immortality about her, a kind of expectation and feeling, that she has and always would be there.
The world stood still, as an American i always admired Queen Elizabeth ll.
Why do Americans always need to instantly tell everyone they're American.
@@hapiloolah literally EVERY comment ahead of this one, the writer states where they are from in the world. Why do you feel the need to pounce on the first American who has the nerve to say where they are from, while simply leaving a respectful comment? SMH
@@missmia7869 feel free to Shake Your Head all you want ☺️
@@missmia7869 For some reason, there are STILL expectations that since we fought a Revolution against Great Britain, then there must be lingering 'hard feelings' on both sides. In reality, we are the fastest of allies.
Interesting that I don't see chiding when commentators identify themselves as Australian, Canadian, etc...
Also, there may be PRIDE in how the respondent feels his/her country has grown since leaving the Mother Country.
The world stopped. Never again will we see that again.
When Her Majesty died, I sobbed. I am from the States. My parents taught me about the British Royal Family from the age of 5. I loved Her Late Majesty! The two things that I remember vividly are watching HRH Price Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, simply weeping over the death of his Mother, and, when Her Late Majestie’s coffin was lowered into the vault. Those moments of watching her coffin being lowered; it really upset me, because it was so final. I sobbed yet again.
At the time of her death, HRH The Prince Edward was still The Earl of Wessex. He was titled The Duke of Edinburgh by Charles III six months later.
Living in South Australia, Australia, I remember having not long gone to sleep being woken up by my son with the news. Needless to say the television stayed on until after the funeral. My favourite memory of Her Majesty is the honour of participating in a guard of honour while I served in the RAAF in 1986. Thank you for your service Your Majesty
Thank you for your service!🇬🇧
I remember when Prince Phillip died because I was at Adelaide Oval and then the flags got lowered and a announcement came on the screen mid game
Very difficult to watch this documentary without feeling my own eyes well up. I may not have known her, heck I'm a black American who never saw England, but there's no understating how impactful she was in her time. The fact that she's the same age as my great grandmother (who's still alive) has me thinking about her every day too. Deaths like this are never easy to swallow, even if we know it's inevitable, even if we have no relation to the person, somehow you just still feel it. I have to say Rest in Peace again. She was a good queen.
Appreciate your comment. Glad not to be among the scornful who are heckling her in very personal ways. (Invariably, such remarks say far more about the one making them.)
Age brings the gift of perspective in such matters, too. I may find monarchies a gross anachronism, we are mostly products of our time, rarely evolving beyond that - especially when it benefits us.
I liked her and hope she rests well.
Paz y luz
i find it intresting and how much she was respected that no news channel, even though they knew she had died, waited until the palace released its statement before saying anything. I live in Sweden and watched BBC and when they said that the king was there it took me a few seconds before i realized it was Charles. Then i turned to the Europa league and every game had a moment of silence
No news channel in the UK would have dared to go against royal etiquette.
What do you think would have happened to the channel?
I am happy that Charles and especially Anne were with her
Always loved Charles and Anne they do so love each other and have the same wit of the Queen as too Duty of God and country. Most proud of Charles the king and still with tear miss the queen
The Queen passed two months after my mother and I couldn't watch the coverage, too fresh. So here I am now. I miss them both, especially their smiles.
After living through the horrible days of watching both my parents succumb to cancer, I don’t understand how anyone could still be in denial of how Her Majesty passed away.
It was my sister's birthday and I'd just gotten off the phone with her. It was so difficult, and surreal- I'd lost my husband less than a year before. I never thought of a day where she passed; she was a constant in my American childhood. She was an amazing woman.
My father died 7 months after this. We never even got the call to say “come now”. He went that quickly. It is highly upsetting.
I'M AMERICAN AND I STILL CRY LIKE NOW. NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE WHAT THIS WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING MEANT TO ME. I AM 68 AND GREW UP LOVING THE ROYAL FAMILY BECAUSE OF QUEEN ELISABETH II. I KNOW MORE ABOUT HER THAN I KNOW ABOUT THE U.S. GOV...AND I MISS HER FACE SO MUCH.
Im an American and have been fascinated by the lovely Queen & Royal Family since I can remember.
Its titled the day the Queen died and we all know that when you just say Queen; Elizabeth II is who we all think of although there are many around the world but she was special.
My friends and I arrived in London for our vacation from the US on the day the queen died. None of us knew anything till we were in a restaurant and our server came over and told us that the BBC had made it official that the queen had passed. We were totally dumbfounded. None of us thought we would be at such an iconic moment in history. She will be missed.
God Bless the Queen, now His majesty the King.
She fascinated me from a young age because, like so many comments here, she was a stoic, strong and amazing woman. My parents are English, emigrated to Canada, and the royal family was always at the periphery of our lives. May she rest in eternal peace.
I remember that I was at work, cooking up some food for the guests that were hungry (i am from germany and it was 4pm at the time, so some people were there for a little bit of soup or cake) when i suddenly heard the news in the radio, that the queen has passed away.
I looked at the other two people that were working with me in the kitchen but none of them seemed to have heard it, as they've continued talking with each other.
I turned towards the service personell and told him, that the queen just passed. He looked at me with big eyes, shook all over his face.
He said "What?! Are you serious??"
I was like "Yeah! It was just in the radio."
He was quite shooked and immediately told all the guests we had atm.
Just a few minutes later, the usual radio program got interrupted with the offical news, that the queen had passed. My parents later told me that all the program on all of the tv stations were interrupted as well.
I dont know much about royalty and politics but her death shocked me quite a lot and I think there probably wont be anybody else, that when they die, where almost everything stops for just a few minutes like this.
Each ticking second passed with gratitude and thank you for Her Majesty QE II's service and love to our nation!
🙏👑🇬🇧💕
Melbourne, Australia: I woke early, feeling that something was different. Walked over to the window and looked out over the horizon, thinking to myself that it felt as if something big had happened in the world while I slept. I turned on my phone to check the news, which all looked normal at first. As I was reading a random article, my phone pinged with the headline. The impact of her death was palpable even before hearing the news.
I'm American and she was queen my whole life. I loved her because she was genuinely a good person;. A beautiful doll when she was young with her Hartnell gowns, then matured into the most beloved woman on the planet. I watched the entire 8 day funeral and cried the whole time. She was good for the world. She loved the LORD and that means we will get to meet her some day!
I live on the US East Coast, and that day, I had just arrived at work. I was checking the news and saw the first statement from Buckingham Palace, and I knew Her Majesty was dying. Having watched the Royal Family since Princess Diana and Prince Charles married, I also began learning about Her Majesty and Prince Philip. I felt that after the Prince passed away, she would follow soon as that tends to happen with long-married couples, especially those that were close like Elizabeth and Philip. Being American, I was quite shocked that I felt so sad, not because the "Queen" was dying but because a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, was leaving her earthly family to join her husband in eternity. RIP Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II. Your presence is missed in the whole world.
Thank you, I also am American, a Floridian, and feel the same way as you do. In a sense, Her Majesty was the World's Grandmother.
@@marymurphy2605 My maternal grandmother copied Elizabeth II's hairstyle in the '60s.
the word is constancy. even we non brits appreciated her for her ”being there” all our lives. i was born in 1959 and she’d already been serving as queen for several years. presidents, prime ministers, dictators, popes, etc. came and went but she represented consistency….:she was just always there, doing her job brilliantly. i was saddened at her passing as it was the end of a long era and nobody did a better job in the role she was born into. well done ma’am!
Very perfectly said. I concur, and I'm a non-Brit too.
The queen like the Pope represented the head of the religion is she represented the episcopalians or I should say representative the almighty to the best of her ability . I loved her being long before she was Queen. She did her Duty as Queen and she stood strong through all in keeping with her faith and Duty and she is all so missed.
@@janicejackson2016too bad her son is a non-believer.
Fantastic post. I do miss her. I wish I could go back in time and learn this all again.
The rainbow 🌈 on her day back in London was amazing! ..😢😢
Apart from family members & friends I have never been so impacted by a passing. May she rest in peace
Great Documentary ❤
God bless our beautiful Queen and all she modelled for us to become better
I heard the rumours of bone cancer, then a note given in parliament told about a fall on the fateful day. A fall may have been so severe, that it’s a complicated fracture. Very sadly, if you’re elderly and fracture bones that need surgery, you won’t be safe to undergo surgery/ anaesthesia. I can see from a medical perspective what likely happened. Her medical team would’ve only have been able to “ Make Her Majesty comfortable “ .
That's exactly how my mother passed. She fell and broke her hip. Or as her doctor put it, her hip broke and she fell. There was nothing that could be done.
If that was the case, then why was charles and Camilla over 100km away. Is she had had a fall, shurely they would have known and been with her. If she had fallen on that day, then way was the news story out, about the maid finding her and realizing something was wrong?
@@annmillar1481 It was definitely a fall . This was actually in the notes passed around parliament. I shall do my best to find more evidence for you.
She was also probably highly sedated not only for her to excruciating bone cancer but for her fracture. I've always thought she died like many in that serious condition. Her breathing became slow and labored due to sedation and failing organs. So sad. 😢😢😢
@@Doctor.Kästien.Louis.Rosenbergdid you find it?
Excellent documentary. Thank you.
Of course she was "frail"...She was 96!
Totally valid, yes. I think we expected better - for her, and for ourselves - because life expectancy is supposed to get longer, not shorter. Her mother lived well beyond 100 and I’m sad that this wasn’t possible with all the modern medicine, unlimited resources available. It was her literal mother and that’s her strongest indicator of expectancy. I really grieve for the way we overreacted and then underreacted about the biggest cause of death two years earlier, and all of society - all the way up to royalty - couldn’t find a sensible middle-ground of responses. We act like vaccines cut deaths by 99% but it was only 66%, and the other 33% keep dying, every day, until we make something new that prevents infections. We don’t even care about testing infections anymore. The effects that last for months and years are like a shameful topic we don’t like to talk about, in case it upsets people.
She had longevity on her mother's side, but sadly the grief from losing her husband just made her decline much quicker.
No beating around the bush, no euphemisms, no metaphors, none of that.
Straight up, she looked horrible. That is what age does.
Elizabeth the Great. Sadly missed.
Eric-jo8uh ~ Sorry to hear what happened with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. As an African-American myself, Queen Elizabeth II is not only just a Queen of your country, but to all of us, she is the Goddess Queen of your people and towards those who have loved her back in return. A peacekeeper by many, and to all woman as a Symbol of Female Encouragement and for Women Empowerment, Towards all of the U.K. alongside Margaret Thatcher, the ultimate victors of the Falkland Wars. Towards her Royal family, an excellent caretaker and a compassionate teacher, and towards her former colonies, a symbol of of self-determination, international recognition, republicanism and independence. A war hero by right, a Queen by God's Blessing, and to your people, a perfect meaning on how a True Monarch is supposed to be ruled by her example and her talents as both a goddess and a perfect embodiment of honor, wisdom, compassion, knowledge and true Queen of your country, your people and towards our planet. May both her and her husband Vice King Phillip live on into the Afterlife of Peace, Prosperity and Paradise in Heaven.
Canadian here, and I was shocked by how the queen looked at the time of her death, as well as hearing the announcement. She was quite the polarizing figure. I got my passport the year after her death to go see my boyfriend who lives in a different country then me, and despite the fact that she had already been gone for a year, my passport was still issued out in the name of Her Majesty. May she rest peacefully in the afterlife joined by all her loved ones who went before her.
I was born in London to an American family, and raised in the states due to having an illness that needed specialists. I am a dual citizen and feel deeply connected to England. Queen Elizabeth was Queen for my entire life until she died.
I still cry watching anything about our Queen 😢
I’m an Alaskan and I vividly remember the day the Queen passed away.
We loved her here too and I admired her. So cool that I got to live during the second Elizabethan age. 💙
Harry is still family
Princess Anne is fabulous 🎉❤
RIP QUEEN ELIZABETH
Just amazing! This was well made.
The world lost a very steady hand when we lost our beloved Queen.
Thanks for sharing
I know why the Sussex family was mentioned--to delete them would call even more attention to them. And she was his grandmother. Excellent documentary. "May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest", Your Majesty.
Yes exactly she was his grandmother who never publicly disowned them and it’s nobody’s place to make speculation on her relationship with harry. That’s not only wrong it’s extremely rude.
When there’s been only one ruler in the UK for your entire life, hearing of the Queen passing away was a huge blow. I was in college studying for a test when I heard the news. All i thought was, “whoa, this is huge.” And proceeded to say “The is dead. Long live the King”, out of respect.
Here I am in Oz crying. Respect Ma’am
This was excellent.
The queen was really blessed with having a daughter like the Princess Royal.
The Princess Royal is badass! She is most certainly her father's daughter.
I was doing the Camino de Santiago in Spain when she died...all the TV channels showed the funeral...originally from Argentina we have lived in Australia for 42 years and she is the only Queen we knew...great woman ...old school..but great.
We will not see her kind again. A chapter has closed. May she rest in the peace she so greatly deserved.
I’m an american, but my grandparents were Brits, and my father loved the Queen. I was so sad that day, and still am when I see videos about it.
What an excellent documentary!
As to Henry's snit fit, he was not the only grandchild for whom special provisions were not made at the end. Peter, Zara, Eugenie, Beatrice, Louise, James were also not present. None of them complained. None of them threw a bitchfit over the fact that their spouses (for those married) were not included.
Of course he was unhappy. Unfortunately, I think it was best that she was not there because all you all would have done is complain about that instead of focusing on the death of a Monarch. Kate did not go either.
As I understood it, Harry was invited to fly with William and the rest- he was told Meghan could not come. He threw a fit- I’m sure she did too. He caused the plane to take off late as they tried to wait for him. Harry was the reason they didn’t make it in time. He should be ashamed of himself. He just looks for opportunities to be unhappy, be a victim. This was not about him and Meghan- but he sure tried to make it all about them!
@@kimhughes5030 ...and if that woman had been on the flight, she would have leaked every detail. Including a description of the bed clothes The Queen was wearing
None of the other grandchildren were sons of the King.
@@Cipher_Cider By your logic, George, Charlotte and Louis should have been there before Henry, as they outrank Henry in the line of succession.
I miss her. She was my Queen for 50 years. ❤ 🇨🇦
I remember reading on ground news she was sick that morning. I live in the US and remember where I was when I first heard. Much respect to a wonderful person who dedicated their life to their country
2:43 see how bruised the back of her hand is? She was prob getting ivs thru the veins in her hand and for some time based off the damage done.
That's what I noticed as well. It shocked me honestly.
She was. She had cancer.
Dermot is such an awesome Gentleman & a true consummate professional journalist.
I was in Hawaii and watching the news about her being ill and already knew if her family was flocking to her, it was only a matter of time and it came across my feed. What an incredible documentary about a very remarkable woman and time. There truly will never been anyone like her.
She got to pass in a natural way. My husband, while only 65 and passed due to a disease, he passed naturally over a few days. Not many get the privilege of living a long life and pass this way. My husband had been unconscious but woke up to see his brothers who arrive from all over the country. He went back asleep and never woke up again. I was there is last day, and he had always told me and the nurses he did not want me to see him take his last breath, he was afraid it would traumatize me. So I took out my piano app and played his 2 favorite songs, told him I would be right back and stepped out of the room. I was gone 7 minutes, and he passed away while I was gone. Just how he planned, how he wanted it and how I expected it to go. Death does not have to be scary. One of the last things he told me was, "If I had known dying was this peaceful, I would have not been scared and gone long ago."
“If it’s good enough for my boys it’s good enough for me” 😭😭😭
As a royal obsessed American, that broke me. It shows just how close she was to her family but particularly Harry. It makes me feel kind of bad for him. He’s spent all these years living with the regret of his last words with Diana and now he also has to carry the weight of knowing that he was too late to say goodbye to his beloved grandmother.