My dears, if you enjoyed this Scene, I encourage you to watch 'Queen Elizabeth's "Annus Horribilis" Speech' HERE: ruclips.net/video/oJhFOALs5AE/видео.html
I latched on to the old saying of frazzled mothers, “My favorite child is the one giving me the least amount of grief in any given moment.” That may well have been Elizabeth’s perspective.
I'm so dumb. When the subscribe chime sounded at 1:00, I thought it was Margaret's cell phone that went off in her purse and that she apologized because she should have put it on Silent mode.
This to me was one of the most quintessentially British scenes of the entire show, the strange offbeat humor, the way they talk to each other, the mannerisms, everything about this oozes Britishness, love it :)
It's about time that an American portrays a Brit rather than the other way around without invoking Dick van Dyke. (Looking at you Marvel and the entire cast of The Queen's Gambit.)
I do that as well for my two children, except I use child 1 and child 1-A. That way child 1 knows she’s first and child 2 knows that while he’s not the favorite, at least I care enough to call him 1-A instead of 2.
I was so confused. At 0:58 the subscribe button does a little notification sound, and then Thatcher reaches for her bag apologizing about unprofessionalism. For a moment I thought her mobile rang!
My little brother, three years younger, was my mothers favorite and it never bothered me. I helped raise my little sister and then she was killed and some years later my brother died and mum still hasn't and will probably never recover from it. It's just me now.
I live far from my mother but when my sister died I was home every month, then when dad died I went home every month, then she got cancer so again I was home all the time. Since my brother died I have been home but with covid in the middle it wasn't easy but I managed. My mother is now 91 and I can say that she is the ONLY person who has loved me unconditionally and when she dies that love will still be with me . I am going to stay with her in May and savour every minute of my stay with her. We are not an openly affectionate family as protestants but lately she has said that she misses me. It's comforting to be missed.@@sanjuktachatterjee6807
This is what Philip was talking about. The honest parent would describe that child as their favorite. The reasoning behind such a statement is irrelevant.
Every parent has a favorite. All parents love their children equally but every parent must be honest with themselves and their spouse. There is, in most cases, a child that simply bonds stronger with a parent more than the other because they share common interests, sense of humor, or personality traits. For example, my father and I have very little in common but my sister does. We as kids have our favorite cousins and aunts and uncles. Even favorite grandparents.
Once my father admitted to me in private I was his favorite. I didn't like that at all. My brother is such a nice lad and an even better sibling. I still cringe thinking of that moment.
I think you shouldn't worry about that. When I was a child, it was clear to all in my family that I was my grandmother's favorite. On the other hand, my cousin Sara was supposed to be my grandpa's favorite. We contemplated these notions. But what did they mean really ? They meant having a special connexion, an affinity. Each relationship is a bridge between two individuals. It is not a competition, we are not competing for anyone's affection. Each relationship is an important intimate business, a bubble. It's about two people. We should be happy that such connexions happen between some people, they have their special people, and we have ours. We should not loathe in self-pity, we act the same. We don't love everyone the same, because it doesn't mean anything. I'd go as far as saying that loving everyone the same is the opposite of love.
Your father admitted to you that you were his favorite. Sorry, but how often do you suppose that he said that your brother, in private? If he had apologized to you for favoring your brother, that might mean something, or dividing time as BC or AC (“Before Children” or “After Children”) as my parents did among their friends and Bridge partners might mean that neither was their favorite, permanently.
The way the Queen looked at the glass of whiskey when Margaret said Mark my favourite.... She thought it surely had to be the whiskey talking 😂😂😂 Great detail from the great Olivia Coleman.
She and Edward certainly seem to be the most dutiful of the Queen's children, and Edward is the only one of them who lived up to the ideal in his personal life that the Royal Family tries to portray - with all the rest having messy relationships and divorces. It's unfortunate that the child who ascended to the throne is totally selfish (placed is own wants/needs above the monarchy), unworthy, unremarkable, and underserving, and that the Queen's alleged favorite, Prince Andrew, is totally disgusting.
You know I've seen this many times. I loved the Crown during the younger Elizabeth years and have watched it twice now. Margaret Thatcher was a powerful figure during her time and all THIS time, I never realizd that this was Gillian Anderson. I love Gillian Anderson. She really embraced Thatcher!
We must’ve asked our mom 100 times who was her favorite (there were 3 of us) and she would always say “ I don’t have a favorite.” Then when us kids were mad at each other we’d accuse the other of being mom’s favorite (we had a dad but I guess we never cared who is fav was 😂).
“It’s hard for them to get past that maternal instinct, they get emotional” The queen: Goodness me! Getting emotional is a sin! •breaks down in tears for 3 days unconsciously•
The joke is she doesn't like any of her children. Charles is too whiny and self-obsessed. Anne is too brash and crude. Andrew is too obsessed with his own vices and attention (though he probably could credibly claim to be her favourite as she did the most to protect him from his abuse charges). Edward was there. None of them inherited her sense of solemnity and dignity. None got her detachment.
It's unfortunate that all except one of her children (Edward) turned out the opposite of herself. Unfortunately, that tends to happen when children are raised under extremes.
I can't comment on real life obviously, but in the show, her character seems a pretty terrible mother. Not really her fault tbf, some people just aren't suited to it.
How ironic how the world got to know who The Queens favourite child is, more so of today's events that have given media a field day to publish his name and his past misdemeanours ways. 😮
The acting is very good and is close to how Thatcher was in reality. I remember with great fondness a dinner I had with Mrs. Thatcher at the George V Hotel in Paris. I found her to be one of the most insightful and charming individual I have ever met.
Check out the Queen’s use of the term “paper hankies.” Is this is common phrase in Britain? If not, it might be a nod to the fact that this is the time period when the use of cloth handkerchiefs started to make its way out. Every time I pull one out of my pocket, people look at me like I have six heads.
It’s very funny, how HRH Prince Philip says he’s favourite child is Princess Anne.. And he knew who the Queen’s favourite child was 🤣🤣🤣 I guess her favourite child was HRH Prince Andrew…
@paulwild3676 Empress Dowager Cixi is widely acknowledged as the most powerful woman who ever lived. With Catherine the Great and Cleopatra close behind. It has been debated whether Livia Drusilla was the most powerful woman Europe has ever known, but that depends which Roman writer's propaganda you believe. In British History, it is Elizabeth I who has been the most powerful woman in our history. As an enthusiast for the Anglo Saxons, I'd have preferred it to be Æthelflæd, but there you go.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 None of those women controlled a nuclear Arsenal. They were powerful in their eras. Indira Ghandi may trump Thatcher because of India’s huge population but I still think Thatcher is the most powerful woman in history because of her influence outside the U.K. She was instrumental in bringing down the Berlin wall and the Warsaw Pact. Her influence with both Reagan and Gorbachev changed the world forever. She saw the potential in Gorbachev as a man the West could do business with. Domestically she was less successful.
@paulwild3676 I see your point. But as far as lasting impact goes internationally, and specifically in terms of US/Russian politics, "Forever" turned out to be quite a short time. The efforts of those three leaders have come to nothing. The war in Ukraine is the latest proof of that. We have British and European military leaders advising that we should prepare for war. It's like the early eighties all over again, the same sabre rattling, the same tension. The only difference is that a large proportion of people aren't taking it all as seriously as we did back then. Domestically, "Less successful" is a bit of an understatement.
@Skyebright1 how does she favour her pedophile son? I guess those rumours about her acquiring children that disappeared in Australia might have some weight after all.... My Nan was royal mad. I have some commemorative women's weekly books given to me after her death. Always thought her youngest was her favourite.
@@amandamccormick5009 For most of his life, those accusations about Andrew didn't exist. And even if they did, parents tend to be the last ones to believe accusations about their child - if they ever do.
@anyaw340 thank you for assuming im young ........I grew up in a family that had both fergies and Diana's official wedding photos on our wall. I think the 80s was the height of their relevance in y time. Every year I'm alive they become less relevant. In the 80sAndrew was always the fat ugly one. Is that why he is a favourite? Her father was fat wasn't he?
I tell my only child he is my favourite,,,thats why we let him live. Keeps them on their toes and makes them feel special.......jk..my son looks at me like he believes nothing that comes out of my mouth 😂 he is savvy for a 10 year old.
Inflation and public spending usually have almost nothing to do one with the other. Interest rates don't do shit against inflation. It is incredible we are still suffering that economic orthodoxy, that "voodoo economics"
This is not how thatcher was, she wasn't an emotional wreck like that, she hid her feelings and expressed them in private. Meryl got it right in the iron lady, strong, capable and able to make grown men cry. She was a hard nut to crack and something like this wouldn't off especially in front of the queen. It would've been too unprofessional in her eyes.
Those conversations between prime ministers and queen were quite private mind you, we don't know what exactly transpired between the monarch and her prime ministers 99.7% of the time or do you?
@@sethcopeland4362 very good example is when someone asked her if she had a very romantic relationship with her husband. She always expressed that those types of conversations should be kept private, she didn't show/talk about those kind of emotions. So the idea she cried in front of the queen is to me ridiculous
The Queen was not happy about the Miners strike. That is well-documented. The Queen found the elocution lessons and Thatcher’s sycophancy irritating. Plus Thatcher had no sense of humour, something nobody could ever accuse the Queen of.
@@AmericasChoice Nope. I grew up with a mother like this and she's a narcissist. I will never do that to my children. If they ask me, I will jokingly say I hate them all equally. They're all diff with diff personality traits. Some days I like them, some days I don't, but everyday I love them all equally.
@@Solitude1990 Sorry I called you a liar, I didn't mean it in a pejorative sense. I appreciate your experienced input. Ironically, I also never expressed my "favorite" my kids. I don't know why I responded the way I did 3 months ago
My dears, if you enjoyed this Scene, I encourage you to watch 'Queen Elizabeth's "Annus Horribilis" Speech' HERE: ruclips.net/video/oJhFOALs5AE/видео.html
"the first time a prime minister breaks down and it has to be a woman" "oh hon, you have no idea how wrong you are"
bro several men cried before her 😂
I like to think the first PM to not break down there was John Major, who rarely felt a human emotion at all
Also 3 years in it took. She outlasted them all ha
@tiffanyroberts6460 probably during the Great Smog?
Mark was later found and rescued by the Algerian airforce that brought him back to Britain ! My dad was part of the rescue team in Algeria
Good work on your dad's part, but...maybe he should've left him there...
@@hoilst265
Mark Thatcher is a criminal.
Thank you, you just saved me from having to Google it
@@hoilst265 Don't blame children for the sins of their parents.
@@CrniWuk I think he’s actually referring to Mark’s criminal history in South Africa and funding of a coup d’etat in Equatorial Guinea
I love how when the Queen mentions brandy, Maggie immediately shut the tissue box
“Paper hankies” love that.
And promptly asked for whiskey 😅
Fun fact: Carol Thatcher, Margaret's daughter, was portrayed Olivia Colman in "The Iron Lady".
And a good part too.
Is that right? I saw that movie, I don’t remember. I will have to watch it again. The movie industry is such a vast & small world at the same time!
Prove it
@@horatiohuskisson5471Prove that you can use Google to look it up
@@annec6200Yes. Meryl Streep portrayed Margaret and Olivia Colman portrayed Carol.
I latched on to the old saying of frazzled mothers, “My favorite child is the one giving me the least amount of grief in any given moment.” That may well have been Elizabeth’s perspective.
That’s not always necessarily true. The heart does not always follow logic.😋
If ole Andy is her favorite then it may not be 😂
Sometimes, even a parent's favourite child is the one who tends to give their family the most grief.
I'm so dumb. When the subscribe chime sounded at 1:00, I thought it was Margaret's cell phone that went off in her purse and that she apologized because she should have put it on Silent mode.
"Whiskey, if you have it." -- She's the Queen. She has everything.
I imagine it was whisky rather than whiskey. For, you know, reasons.
Appart from intelligence.
@@sb12083be nice
@@sb12083 Seems to me you are the one lacking in that regard to say something so utterly wrong.
Ann is my favourite too, tbh
*Anne, is she's your favorite, get her name right. LOL
Anne is straight a gangsta! I wished she headed The Family, she would have nipped the issues with Megan & Harry in the bud.
@laminage Of all th3 issues with the Royal family that's the one you pick; wow 😂
@@laminage The issues with Charles and CowMilla were the worst.
@@JimMac23 aham. andrew. I rest my case.
This to me was one of the most quintessentially British scenes of the entire show, the strange offbeat humor, the way they talk to each other, the mannerisms, everything about this oozes Britishness, love it :)
Apart from the scene when they splashed tea on each other's dresses and threw crumpets at each other.
I thought the queen was going to tell a maid to serve the drink, not do it herself.
I'm impressed by Gillian Anderson's portrayal of Thatcher; Very well done.
Yes she has the voice and appearance down to a T
It's about time that an American portrays a Brit rather than the other way around without invoking Dick van Dyke. (Looking at you Marvel and the entire cast of The Queen's Gambit.)
Philip was a troll before trolls were ever a thing.
Hahaha was just thinking exactly this 😂
Love Philip just leaving with his laughter.
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😂😂😂😂😂😂
This made my day. I laughed out loud at this comment!!😂😂😂❤
yes ^ hahaha!!
My dad jokingly refers to my brother and me as Child 1 and Child A respectively, just so he can't even imply having a favourite 😂
A clever system! Though I do wonder what would have happened if a third child had come along
@@dayschange2 He'd had surgery to avoid that, so I think there would've been much bigger questions if we _had_ had a third sibling 😂
@@LilyGrace95 Another brilliant move on his part! Love his dedication to not having to choose a favorite kid.
I do that as well for my two children, except I use child 1 and child 1-A. That way child 1 knows she’s first and child 2 knows that while he’s not the favorite, at least I care enough to call him 1-A instead of 2.
My mother says im her favorite daughter and my brother is her favorite son
I was so confused. At 0:58 the subscribe button does a little notification sound, and then Thatcher reaches for her bag apologizing about unprofessionalism. For a moment I thought her mobile rang!
Same, and that moment was embarrassingly long for me...
@@fafddzfaf same😂
Yes I thought the same too
Cellphone during the 80's?
@@jamesfracasse8178 Yes, that's why I (and some others here) was so confused.
If you listen to the audio alone, without looking at the actor who plays Philip, his voice sounds almost exactly like Charles.
unparalleled honestly. almost exactly the same
Yeah indefinitely
My little brother, three years younger, was my mothers favorite and it never bothered me. I helped raise my little sister and then she was killed and some years later my brother died and mum still hasn't and will probably never recover from it. It's just me now.
HUGS!!
Sorry about your losses. Your mother may not have ever mentioned this to you, but you kept her tethered to life.
I live far from my mother but when my sister died I was home every month, then when dad died I went home every month, then she got cancer so again I was home all the time. Since my brother died I have been home but with covid in the middle it wasn't easy but I managed. My mother is now 91 and I can say that she is the ONLY person who has loved me unconditionally and when she dies that love will still be with me . I am going to stay with her in May and savour every minute of my stay with her. We are not an openly affectionate family as protestants but lately she has said that she misses me. It's comforting to be missed.@@sanjuktachatterjee6807
And she is very lucky to have such a wonderful son as yourself! I was the favorite, and it's a mixed blessing, to say the least.
I think she is a daughter not a son. Look at pro pic@@philzmusic8098
Every parent has a child with whom he or she has the least tense relationship, but that’s different from having a favorite.
This is what Philip was talking about. The honest parent would describe that child as their favorite.
The reasoning behind such a statement is irrelevant.
Everything after 4:00 was an absolute gem. His directness, her increasing shock. ^^
Her favourte was always Andrew. Look how both the golden boys turned out.
Agree Anne and Edward turned out much better
The honesty in that every parent will and does have a favorite child
3:25 Mark Thatcher was missing for 6 days in total, Algeria is one of those few countries where anyone could get lost easily
So glad for her daughter that Thatcher never had to make a Sophie's Choice.
I understood that reference, amazing but also sad movie
I don’t think that was such a difficult choice for Thatcher
She would have yeeted that poor girl to the Nazis
Thatcher might still choose the child who would yield a better return on investment.
“You’re lack of self knowledge sometimes is breathtaking” 😂
I love all my children equally.
(Later)
I don’t care for Charles
Her?
Arrested development 😂😂😂
RARE ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT REFERENCE!!!!
*Lucille Bluth, most iconique*
Every parent has a favorite. All parents love their children equally but every parent must be honest with themselves and their spouse. There is, in most cases, a child that simply bonds stronger with a parent more than the other because they share common interests, sense of humor, or personality traits.
For example, my father and I have very little in common but my sister does. We as kids have our favorite cousins and aunts and uncles. Even favorite grandparents.
There's a Stephen King story that says something like, "You love your children equally but there's always one that you LIKE more."
Once my father admitted to me in private I was his favorite. I didn't like that at all. My brother is such a nice lad and an even better sibling. I still cringe thinking of that moment.
I think you shouldn't worry about that.
When I was a child, it was clear to all in my family that I was my grandmother's favorite. On the other hand, my cousin Sara was supposed to be my grandpa's favorite. We contemplated these notions.
But what did they mean really ? They meant having a special connexion, an affinity. Each relationship is a bridge between two individuals. It is not a competition, we are not competing for anyone's affection. Each relationship is an important intimate business, a bubble. It's about two people. We should be happy that such connexions happen between some people, they have their special people, and we have ours. We should not loathe in self-pity, we act the same. We don't love everyone the same, because it doesn't mean anything. I'd go as far as saying that loving everyone the same is the opposite of love.
My mom told me that I was her favorite and it confirmed what I already knew tbh
Your father admitted to you that you were his favorite. Sorry, but how often do you suppose that he said that your brother, in private? If he had apologized to you for favoring your brother, that might mean something, or dividing time as BC or AC (“Before Children” or “After Children”) as my parents did among their friends and Bridge partners might mean that neither was their favorite, permanently.
It's possible your dad said the same to your brother.
Damn, you just go cringing at basically nothing then 🙄🥱
I'm pretty sure Anne is almost everyone's favorite (except QE2's)
The way the Queen looked at the glass of whiskey when Margaret said Mark my favourite.... She thought it surely had to be the whiskey talking 😂😂😂 Great detail from the great Olivia Coleman.
Well than the whiskey must have been quick into her system. 😂
If only Phillip had said "baffling" instead of "breathtaking", I'd start thinking they lifted that banter from Archer :D
Princess Anne is my favorite, too!!!!! I miss the Old Duke.
She and Edward certainly seem to be the most dutiful of the Queen's children, and Edward is the only one of them who lived up to the ideal in his personal life that the Royal Family tries to portray - with all the rest having messy relationships and divorces. It's unfortunate that the child who ascended to the throne is totally selfish (placed is own wants/needs above the monarchy), unworthy, unremarkable, and underserving, and that the Queen's alleged favorite, Prince Andrew, is totally disgusting.
@@anyaw340 Yeah, it is sad. I liked Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, but they reared a dysfunctional family. It can't be easy being Royal.
my father used to answer; 'you are my favorite son' when asked. i was his only son too by the way. i also have two sisters.
i love that it's the Queen who hand her a drink 🥃 😂
To have the Queen get you a drink.....
It turns out I do have a single thing in common with Thatcher; whiskey when all else fails.
You know I've seen this many times. I loved the Crown during the younger Elizabeth years and have watched it twice now. Margaret Thatcher was a powerful figure during her time and all THIS time, I never realizd that this was Gillian Anderson. I love Gillian Anderson. She really embraced Thatcher!
I wonder if King George V & Queen Mary had a favourite child, or if Queen Victoria & Prince Albert had a favourite among their 9 children
We must’ve asked our mom 100 times who was her favorite (there were 3 of us) and she would always say “ I don’t have a favorite.” Then when us kids were mad at each other we’d accuse the other of being mom’s favorite (we had a dad but I guess we never cared who is fav was 😂).
“It’s hard for them to get past that maternal instinct, they get emotional”
The queen: Goodness me! Getting emotional is a sin!
•breaks down in tears for 3 days unconsciously•
Keep it coming with the crown videos.
The joke is she doesn't like any of her children. Charles is too whiny and self-obsessed. Anne is too brash and crude. Andrew is too obsessed with his own vices and attention (though he probably could credibly claim to be her favourite as she did the most to protect him from his abuse charges). Edward was there. None of them inherited her sense of solemnity and dignity. None got her detachment.
Andrew was her favourite
What's wrong with Edward?
It's unfortunate that all except one of her children (Edward) turned out the opposite of herself. Unfortunately, that tends to happen when children are raised under extremes.
I can't comment on real life obviously, but in the show, her character seems a pretty terrible mother. Not really her fault tbf, some people just aren't suited to it.
It's pretty well known that Andrew was the Queen's favorite --- at least when he was young.
It’s pretty well known that Andrew was the Queen’s favourite -- until she died.
@@damnnative3188 Wow - the Queen told you that on her death bed? That's amazing - thank you for sharing such inside information.
The Queen was prepared for all 😅❤
How ironic how the world got to know who The Queens favourite child is, more so of today's events that have given media a field day to publish his name and his past misdemeanours ways. 😮
I still don't know who's her favorite xD
@@bifa5414 Read On...
@@bifa5414Andrew
@@bifa5414 Andrew?
Gillian did an amazing job, she was wonderful ❤
Great scene, great actors in their realm. Amazing.
I always thought it was a shame Margaret Thatcher didn't employ her son as a chauffeur.
I honestly would’ve liked more of Thatcher and the queen. There ought to have been a follow up from where they cut the scene.
@02:03. Lmao. Her expression as she chugs it.
I'm not a parent, but if I were I would never admit to having a favorite
The acting is very good and is close to how Thatcher was in reality. I remember with great fondness a dinner I had with Mrs. Thatcher at the George V Hotel in Paris. I found her to be one of the most insightful and charming individual I have ever met.
Her favorite was andrew and it's only obvious why... He was the most beautiful. And like it or not that means something to mothers.
4:33 Go on. = I go.
every parent has a favorite lol
Tobias Menzies played the best Philip
100% agree
Check out the Queen’s use of the term “paper hankies.” Is this is common phrase in Britain? If not, it might be a nod to the fact that this is the time period when the use of cloth handkerchiefs started to make its way out. Every time I pull one out of my pocket, people look at me like I have six heads.
Algerian desert is no joke, does anyone knows what happened to her son?
He and his companions were luckily found 6 days later 31 miles off course. He's alive and well today.
Guess he wasn’t that great a navigator after all, lol.
The Algerian military airforce located him and rescued him
@@melissaconnellyjones2622 Takes after his mum lol
he's now a corrupt investor and coup-plotter in Africa
I firmly believe that parents have a favourite child. Not all may be aware of it though.
It’s very funny, how HRH Prince Philip says he’s favourite child is Princess Anne..
And he knew who the Queen’s favourite child was 🤣🤣🤣
I guess her favourite child was
HRH Prince Andrew…
I can't imagine any normal father with an only daughter not being the favorite it's really quite more common than people think
Thatcher cannot talk without tilting her head.
I think the lady playing Margaret Thatcher is trying to do a MT impression instead of going the method route.
Of course we all know her favorite as well...
"worry for purification alone"
This is from season four (release date 2020), after Andrew being linked to Epstein. Throws a new light on his retelling of the movie plot.
Her accent is all over the place in this scene.
4:31 isn’t it supposed to be the Prince of Pervs Andrew?😂
Well the Queen paid one of his victims £12 million to make her lawsuit go away.
I'm surprised Thatcher drank alcohol. I just assumed she wouldn't due to her Methodist upbringing which seemed to have a huge influence upon her.
Interesting that the most powerful woman on Earth, has to be subservient to a woman there through chance.
THE 2 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD
Someone forgetting about Angela?
No woman has ever been as powerful as Thatcher. Her reach to both the White House and the Kremlin was remarkable.
@paulwild3676 Empress Dowager Cixi is widely acknowledged as the most powerful woman who ever lived. With Catherine the Great and Cleopatra close behind. It has been debated whether Livia Drusilla was the most powerful woman Europe has ever known, but that depends which Roman writer's propaganda you believe.
In British History, it is Elizabeth I who has been the most powerful woman in our history. As an enthusiast for the Anglo Saxons, I'd have preferred it to be Æthelflæd, but there you go.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 None of those women controlled a nuclear Arsenal. They were powerful in their eras. Indira Ghandi may trump Thatcher because of India’s huge population but I still think Thatcher is the most powerful woman in history because of her influence outside the U.K. She was instrumental in bringing down the Berlin wall and the Warsaw Pact. Her influence with both Reagan and Gorbachev changed the world forever. She saw the potential in Gorbachev as a man the West could do business with. Domestically she was less successful.
@paulwild3676 I see your point. But as far as lasting impact goes internationally, and specifically in terms of US/Russian politics, "Forever" turned out to be quite a short time. The efforts of those three leaders have come to nothing. The war in Ukraine is the latest proof of that. We have British and European military leaders advising that we should prepare for war. It's like the early eighties all over again, the same sabre rattling, the same tension. The only difference is that a large proportion of people aren't taking it all as seriously as we did back then.
Domestically, "Less successful" is a bit of an understatement.
I understand that the queen's favorite was Andrew.
I’m thinking that the Queen’s favorite wasn’t Charles. 😏
Somehow I know it's Andrew.
Cutting public spending was her answer for everything 🙄
i thought mark was asa butterfield who played jean's son in sex education 😭
we all know who the Queen's favourite child was...
I must not be normal i love my two children equally, really can’t chose. Boy and girl, maybe that’s why i can’t chose 🧐
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I honestly don't have a favourite, and I've no reason to lie about it. 🙂
The youngest was always her favourite. Whats his name again?
Edward, no her favourite was Andrew
@Skyebright1 how does she favour her pedophile son? I guess those rumours about her acquiring children that disappeared in Australia might have some weight after all....
My Nan was royal mad. I have some commemorative women's weekly books given to me after her death. Always thought her youngest was her favourite.
@@amandamccormick5009 For most of his life, those accusations about Andrew didn't exist. And even if they did, parents tend to be the last ones to believe accusations about their child - if they ever do.
@anyaw340 thank you for assuming im young ........I grew up in a family that had both fergies and Diana's official wedding photos on our wall. I think the 80s was the height of their relevance in y time. Every year I'm alive they become less relevant.
In the 80sAndrew was always the fat ugly one. Is that why he is a favourite? Her father was fat wasn't he?
While thatcher was getting Englad lost
Thatcher was in an impossible position.
Notice the close up as the Queen pauses while poring the drink. Realizing it is Her who is serving a commoner.
What kind of thinking is that? I'm sure it wasn't the idea behind her pausing.
@@kasskath3578 considering her dislike of Thatcher at this point, I don't this it's far off. She's only human.
@@infonut stupid thinking. She would never think like that
I think it was more about 'da fck is she crying about? Did I say something?' It's not the first scene when Elizabeth is 'serving'
Playing favorites is NOT a good idea!
Well you night argue that having a favorite and "playing favorites" are two very different things.
@@Hal09i My parents have never favored either myself or my brother, they both love us equally, in their own respective ways!
I love the way When she said *and my favorite mark*
I tell my only child he is my favourite,,,thats why we let him live. Keeps them on their toes and makes them feel special.......jk..my son looks at me like he believes nothing that comes out of my mouth 😂 he is savvy for a 10 year old.
The fact that she publicly idolised Mark (who is an idiot) and was so cold to Carol let's u know the kind of woman she was...
So who actually was the Queen's favourite?
Andrew...
Safe to say Andrew. He was the “save the marriage” baby, the pretty one and look at all the crap he’s gotten away with right up to her death.
@@alisonfraser8231 He would have been my first guess, or Ed.
@@ask-128 He would have been my first guess, then Ed.
@@alisonfraser8231 I think Prince Edward was much better looking (as a young man)!!😄
Inflation and public spending usually have almost nothing to do one with the other.
Interest rates don't do shit against inflation. It is incredible we are still suffering that economic orthodoxy, that "voodoo economics"
This is not how thatcher was, she wasn't an emotional wreck like that, she hid her feelings and expressed them in private.
Meryl got it right in the iron lady, strong, capable and able to make grown men cry. She was a hard nut to crack and something like this wouldn't off especially in front of the queen. It would've been too unprofessional in her eyes.
Those conversations between prime ministers and queen were quite private mind you, we don't know what exactly transpired between the monarch and her prime ministers 99.7% of the time or do you?
"She wasn;t like this/She hid her feelings and expressed them in private"
Comment on a video of the Prime Minister expressing feelings in private.
@@sethcopeland4362 very good example is when someone asked her if she had a very romantic relationship with her husband. She always expressed that those types of conversations should be kept private, she didn't show/talk about those kind of emotions.
So the idea she cried in front of the queen is to me ridiculous
The Queen was not happy about the Miners strike. That is well-documented. The Queen found the elocution lessons and Thatcher’s sycophancy irritating. Plus Thatcher had no sense of humour, something nobody could ever accuse the Queen of.
Since the talks with the queen WERE private, you really have no idea if she would have cried in there or not.
Crafty Thatcher
As a parent, no...just no.
liar
@@AmericasChoice Nope. I grew up with a mother like this and she's a narcissist. I will never do that to my children. If they ask me, I will jokingly say I hate them all equally. They're all diff with diff personality traits. Some days I like them, some days I don't, but everyday I love them all equally.
@@Solitude1990 Sorry I called you a liar, I didn't mean it in a pejorative sense. I appreciate your experienced input. Ironically, I also never expressed my "favorite" my kids. I don't know why I responded the way I did 3 months ago
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Andrew wasn't her favourite anymore lol
"We have two wonderful kids.
And another kid."
-- some comedian, I can't remember who
Oh come on! Even we Yanks know your favorite was the current King Tampon.
FYI: The Queen would've said "sofa", not "couch" (the writers!) in real life. The British aristocracy & the royal family say "sofa'", but never couch.
Been to UK for 10 years and I've never heard anyone saying "couch"
I thought she said “couch” because it’s word more associated with therapists/psychologists’ offices. Do people in the UK say “the therapist’s sofa?”
@@JoshtheWord good point!
Not in relation to a psychiatrist The Queen wouldn’t say a psychiatrist’s sofa. 😂
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We are going to need leadership like hers when the next stock market crash happens. 2024 is the new 1929.
don;t be so dramatic
also, and I'm not European but isn't her party the party that led to Brexit?
@@hqi1321 Brexit was a principled cause and has yet to yield the long term benefits.
thatcheresque politicians no longer exist
@invisible.fatman I'm gonna laugh in your face when that thing drops 90%.
These portayals are both completely wrong.
Thatcher - best PM next to Churchill.
The accent, of course is completely wrong