The Secret City inside of London Revealed

[@flyingcabbage3551]

Seems like the people in the city of London are just really enthusiastic role players

[@namingisdifficult408]

LUFC Holmesy perhaps

[@Gothicktouch]

With a LOT of money.

[@birdsocks9083]

This is far too true.

[@Nicolas-zb9uw]

Many of them can go on with their pedophiles rings, drug abuse or other deviant conducts as long as they are working for the wealth of the queen. The day they don't , their privacy becomes public . Ask Lord M.-Brown. City of London steal most of US, Uk , Canadian and Australian patents and sell them to their little friends . Like internet . Watch American Intelligence media on the subject . City of London , respectable criminals .

[@senoraraton]

@@Nicolas-zb9uw Your insane. Please seek psychiatric help.

[@AirbusA380rox]

The City of London and the City of Westminster are technically both cities within London. It's confusing though, so we just forget about it and just say everything's London.

[@sertusdionyol]

I thought Westminster just became a borough (or something like that) of London

[@ifb6368]

@@sertusdionyol It's still known as the 'City of Westminster' so I assume it still has city status.

[@dc8890]

@@ifb6368 You are both right. Westminster has city status, but it is also a London borough (London in this case being the big London of course, a.k.a. Greater London - I'm surprised CGP didn't mention the official name "Greater London"). Whereas the City of London is NOT a London borough (as explained in the video, the City - always with a capital "c" - is pretty unique). So, to summarise: - Westminster has city status, but is also a borough of Greater London (along with other boroughs, like Camden, Southwark, Lambeth, etc.) - The City of London has city status, but is NOT a borough of Greater London (it is a unique entity within the wider London conurbation) - London boroughs like Camden, Southwark, Lambeth, do NOT have city status. And neither does the wider conurbation of London (a.k.a. Greater London). Only Westminster and the tiny City of London have official city status. Confusingly (as if it wasn't already confusing enough), the City of London does come under the Greater London Authority, even though the City of London is not part of the county of Greater London (yes Greater London is a county for some reason). But let's be honest, this is all pointless and inconsequential information.

[@ifb6368]

@@dc8890 It may be pointless and inconsequential but it is definitely intriguing

[@dc8890]

@@ifb6368 Fair enough, I only wrote that because I thought I was probably boring people.

[@catcastle4377]

I kind of admire the UK's continuity when it comes to traditions.

[@kreol1q1q]

Being an island helps a lot with that.

[@ToxNano]

Why? Traditions are stupid

[@ciarangrey7576]

@@ToxNano youre so edgy wow haha

[@ToxNano]

​@David Ouren So? I did not mean to say that everything that is or has been tradition is bad. I was criticising the practice of tradition itself. Ideas and practices should be judged on their own merits and not based on how long they have been around or how many people agree with them without question.

[@ToxNano]

@David Ouren Not excusing anything. If you have no arguments you should stop with the condescending attitude.

[@catherinewilliams5641]

Easter egg list! I’ll add more if I see any. 0:08 on the left there is a creeper head. 0:19 if you put the playback speed on 0.25X you can see the tower of sauron.

[@heotapgym-piggym2460]

Creeper? Aw man

[@minorcomet282]

I think thats just some dude with a creeper mask

[@silentwaves6389]

Wowww

[@jaisonsimon]

I love you❤️

[@hyzmarie]

Yeah but if you put playback speed on 0.25x it also makes Grey sound drunk

[@friedrice4015]

Because...Romans That's basically the story of the entirety of Western Europe.

[@sepehrsam2323]

Yep

[@a-certain-one]

We are all nothing but Greeks

[@evertaj8332]

@@a-certain-one and Greeks are nothing now lmao

[@a-certain-one]

@@evertaj8332 Do not mistake a state for a culture. Anyway, the wrath of the gods will fall on your head.

[@jatin2008-d6u]

@@a-certain-one bruh

[@baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam]

Yo dawg, so I heard you like London. So I put a London in your London.

[@Julianna.Domina]

BAM! I heard you like geographic inception, so I put a city within your city within your country within your country within your continent within your continent.

[@logicGatekeeper]

Yo Dawg, I heard you like islands, so we put an island inside of your lake inside of your island inside of your lake.

[@logicGatekeeper]

Ayciate :3 Stfu.

[@TheENERDchi]

+New American Fishkeeper omg....that makes perfect sense! europe is a continent within a super-continent with three continents!

[@Bastro3000]

+BAM! ... so you can visit London while visiting London :P

[@Jmc-247]

I do love how insane the Uk must seem from the outside

[@atomicsquidofdoom3685]

@Karl Pilkington Me good. Different bad.

[@DeeJayFM]

@Buttrape Bill then why is your name Buttrape Bill? No seriously wtf

[@toni4729]

You hear that from a yank where kids shoot their shcool mates and teachers?

[@gabbar51ngh]

@GazB85 Not investigating them is protecting them. UK went from ruling the world to become cucked as hell.

[@5.3cheyito]

Trust me bro I love the UK but every day I get shocked on how weird it is 😂

[@ldtobi1]

London: “You’re surrounded! Go back to your country!” City Of London: “OK.” London: “wait what the-“

[@rainbowisticfarts]

@Captain Cook ?

[@JermaneWho]

Hvat?

[@UnityGoogle]

Nice

[@Unknownmanwhoisunknown]

@@JermaneWho hwæt?

[@Sarahbryson321]

@@Unknownmanwhoisunknown hwoæêūht

[@martinwhosoever]

Hi CGP Grey! I finally visited the City Of London today and took a picture in your honor. Thanks to you, I could recognize its borders and understand more its history (and eventually enjoy the trip even better).

[@leakycheese]

What a fascinating place London / England / Great Britain / The United Kingdom* is. *Commonwealth's may apply

[@DanDart]

Don't make it the USA it's even worse there

[@fightersfightguide4363]

I love it in london

[@jamesloughton62]

Maybe in London but here in Lincolnshire it's boring as fuck. All we have is farms and old houses.

[@leakycheese]

+Extreme Cynic I really like London to visit (apart from the driving) but it would personally find it too full on as a permanent place to live. The UK is a great place to live - okay the weather is unpredictable but nothing will eat / envenom / poison you and we don't have to worry about volcanoes and earthquakes either.

[@jamesloughton62]

leakycheese Yeah I know and i'm glad I live in the UK compared to some place like Syria but some times everyone wants a little adventure and something out of the ordinary.

[@cyanmanta]

I recently paid my first visit to London, and I find it interesting how each district of the greater city has a different historical feel to it. The City of London is a curious area because despite the presence of all those modern skyscrapers, it has the oldest feel to it.

[@avakining]

#CityInACityInACountryInACountry

[@joaquinclavijo7052]

In a continent (Europe) in a continent (eurasia)

[@vladimirdan1959]

In a continent(Afro-Eurasia).

[@cjplayz-aviationgamesactio3673]

Place - ception: The City of London -> Greater London -> England ( constiuent country) -> The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland ->. European Union Area -> Europe -> Eurasia -> Afro - Eurasia -> Earth -> The Solar System -> The Milky Way -> The Local Group -> The Observable Universe -> The Whole Universe -> ? Thank me later.😊

[@gorvindougwinkristoffiplob5137]

CityInACityInACountryInACountryception 0_o

[@minefilms1122]

so basically an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter?

[@ak540i2]

You would be naive to think to think a self autonomous region run by old guilds and present day multi million dollar corporate conglomerates don't have overreaching influence at the least.

[@zoompt-lm5xw]

Hey look: a guy with a funny hat!

[@eliegbert8121]

1:55 "We are an anarcho-syndicalist commune, supreme executive power, derives from a mandate of the masses!"

[@andrewmurphy5310]

I w ndered who else saw the refernce.

[@Verbindungsfehle]

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

[@szymongorczynski7621]

You can't just expect to wield SUPREME EXECUTIVE POWER!

[@artistwithouttalent]

@@szymongorczynski7621 Just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!

[@Jin-Ro]

I thought we were an autonomous collective.

[@CazRaX]

Because... Romans.

[@SticksTheFox]

Missed an interesting fact about the old "entrance" to the city which have all become place names, such as Moorgate, Ludgate, Aldgate etc

[@117rebel]

Londonception!

[@marcowen1506]

That was an amazing video. Fast, accurate and one of the few British history videos that doesn't make us sound like nuts.

[@dallinorr6929]

"Fast, accurate..."

[@riom.6091]

UK History Videos*

[@charlesjulian5391]

@@riom.6091 londinium*

[@William190]

Grey: It's a unique place in the United Kingdom with a long and complicated history! Me: So, no different than the rest of the UK then.

[@kevinehrlich6988]

The fact that this is from 2012 and he used Bitcoins to represent money is hilarious

[@Vytautas4Xfiles]

Love the music in these videos.

[@MCbadass7]

+Feynstein100 What is the music in this video called? I love the upbeat mood

[@MCbadass7]

***** Thank you!!

[@I_am_a_cat_]

This music is pretty much the same as music from runescape... not very good, and doesn't require that much skill to create...

[@JonatasAdoM]

+Cat That's why it is good, it just is. It's not a masterpiece, it's just like the music from his coffee video. Also I doubt runescape sound as good as this one, you must have listened too much to it and now you have an emotional attachment to it.

[@Maderr4]

Very good!!! I like the videos about Britain just because of Thatched Villagers

[@ahadicow]

1:17 druids need a buff!!!

[@deliciouschickensandwich4234]

+1000 stamina, +1 intellect

[@adij1950]

MARK OF THE WILD

[@merikmalhads1676]

They took it from us.... just like symbiosis...

[@SethKhoury]

Should have 2 healed it.

[@I_am_a_cat_]

I remember the good old days when druids were OP

[@49metal]

IT APPEARS that the video accurately depicts the situation that had existed BEFORE the London Government Act of 1963 and Greater London Authority Act of 1999 became effective. Presently, the 32 boroughs that the video labels "London" and the single entity the video calls "The City of London" are all elements of governed by the ""Greater London Authority." While "Greater London" is a ceremonial county that does not include "The City of London," both are subject to the "Greater London Authority." The "Greater London Authority" has within its jurisdiction 33 districts, including the City of Westminster, 31 other boroughs, and the "City of London." The 33 districts of under the "Greater London Authority" all have their own governments and mayors and the "Mayor of London" is the Mayor of the whole of Greater London, which includes all of the 32 boroughs and "The City of London."

[@AlexOjideagu2]

the City of London is still technically a separate county, although part of Greater London

[@newagetapes]

TheRenaissanceman65 yes it is, you fucking square. I'm gonna shove you on a locker and give you a swirly

[@pr1nc3f0x]

Wrong. The City of London is the 33rd local authority district located in the Greater London administrative AREA. However it is NOT a London borough like the other 32. It also simultaneously has the status of county (of England), just like Greater London. As stated in the video (and anywhere else you wish to look), the local authority is the City of London Corporation, headquartered at Guildhall ans headed by the Lord Mayor (of the City of London). The Mayor of London and the GLA, at City Hall, have very limited authority in the City (e.g. London-wide strategies such as TfL).

[@PimpDaddyStyles]

you are completely wrong bruv. the city of london is run by the city of london corporation, they also are the police of the city of london and are quite seperate from the metropolitan police in the rest of london. they even have different voting laws where not only the people who live there get votes but so do the businesses that are based there. and yes the city of london is a county en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England

[@lepangolin4080]

He's telling you he's right. So you can keep your sources and arguments for yourself, he is obviously right by his claim and the fact that he said he live in London. We can't doubt such a persuasive person.

[@TeamMustacheGaming]

NO England is my city

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

*Yes*

[@jakeb.2990]

bruh, England rules

[@Kaijubear82]

My KZbin Account t

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

Hunter Zeus ?

[@Sergedfabre]

the one in Arkansas,USA ?

[@894Time]

I've watched every one of your videos today and in one sitting... and I learned more than I did in all of my social studies courses. Well done, sir. You are phenomenal.

[@XZhyperZX]

we Brits are confusing, a city within a city in a country within a country. city of London within London in England in great Britain.

[@Physicist-]

XZhyperZX great britain is not a country but the uk is . you are confused bud

[@onetwo6803]

Greater London isn't a city like CGP Grey has suggested, it's just a cancerous County, that has 2 cities (The City of Westminster and the City of London) inside it. Also, the UK is very confusing, it can be considered countries in a union to make up one country, but the countries inside are usually referred to as nations.

[@grabern]

+Chelsea Rule City of London is separate to Greater London, but it is a part of London. London = City of London + Greater London

[@mrannunaki6852]

with 14 overseas territories (not including the commonwealth) - and then there is the commonwealth which is half the world and who the queen is head of state and head of armed forces...

[@alex-sv8ru]

@@grabern London is a region. The City of London and Greater London (which consists of everything else in the london region but The City of London) are administrative units.

[@mercame]

This is the same as the issue in the capital of the Philippines, Manila. The City of Manila is different from Metro Manila (which people say as the capital of the country). The City of Manila is well, a city with over 1.5M people, while Metro Manila, consisting of 15 cities (including Manila City), is not a city nor a province/state but a region, with over 13M people living inside. The Malacañang Palace, the presidential building is located in San Juan, a city inside Metro Manila.

[@marlinvielma3978]

Not remotely the same thing.

[@JAMGAM-pb9rf]

That issue seems more similar to Paris and NYC rather than London. City of London isn’t the “city proper”, rather just a small ancient district. Paris and NYC, however, have large city propers like Manila and also have much larger metro areas.

[@BoraCM]

There are so many similarities between the City of London and the Vatican. They both were built when the Roman Empire was in power. They both had their surrounding land taken by outside forces from different lands. They both had strong walls so they both survived. The Lord Mayor of London is elected in a very similar way to the Pope. The kingdoms around them were overthrown by an outside force and both of those powers recognised the cities as independent from them. Both those new nations built a new capital city around it and called it the same name. These similarities are incredibly coincidental.

[@batavica1875]

Vatican city was built long after the Romans were gone

[@batavica1875]

Also no outside kingdom was ever overthrown, the Vatican was just invaded by Piedmont Sardinia but they held out in the Vatican, also the election systems are wildely different

[@SCrEenNaMe-i9h]

The city isn’t a seperate state

[@Tiffanyknows99]

I never knew about this, despite the fact that I've lived in London my whole life. Wow.

[@isaac4404]

the City of London or London?

[@deciocusmano1086]

anyone see the tower of sauron?

[@ppanda109]

yep

[@jackguest145]

Decio Cusmano Nope

[@chatterminator7158]

Nope You are a poopoo face

[@poppinoff4137]

yea at 0:19 the skyscraper turns into sauron

[@poppinoff4137]

@Balaram Chakrabarty there is for a split second

[@MaidaA22589]

Grey, I honestly have no idea what I'd do without you. Cheers for existing and making terrific videos!

[@MrWinklbauer]

You make it seem innocuous and harmless. London City, Vatican, D.C. Where most of are problems come from.

[@Nemoticon]

The City of London (the financial part) is also known as the Square Mile, although it isn't actually a square mile... it's not even a square! Even though it looks mostly shiny and new with our little glassy sky scrapers, there are still the ancient, ancient pubs down tight alleys and beneath the older buildings that feel like you've gone back in time a five hundred years. They do great 'bitters' and incredible pies. Some of them actually feel like refurbished medieval dungeons too, like the lower levels of 'Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese'. Yes it is actually called that xD Btw, they are little Dragons on the Crest of London, Griffins have eagles heads (usually). I used to think they were Wyverns, but those only have two legs!!!

[@bobsapp3133]

If the London Mayor has no power over the City of London then how did Sadiq Khan manage to veto the 'Tulip Tower' project after it had been approved by the City of London Corporation?

[@stuartd9741]

I don't know the answer. However. If the city of London tried to overule the London mayor wouldn't that let the cat out of the bag? Unnecessary scrutiny?

[@bobsapp3133]

@@stuartd9741 I get what you're saying but that would be a bit far-fetched IMO. It doesn't make much sense that they'd go through all that trouble to project a false narrative that the London Mayor has power over the City of London when he doesn't in reality.

[@bobsapp3133]

@@stuartd9741 perhaps the City of London had the option to appeal the veto, but for whatever reason they decided not to. I mean, it looks like an eyesore compared to the older parts of The City.

[@stuartd9741]

@@bobsapp3133 In the 1st video CP mentioned that even the London mayor (Sadiq Kahn's) role is limited to TFL. So I believe that mayoralty is mostly ceremonial/symbolic Yet at the same time. Given the total faff for a major of the city of London has to go through. That role seems just ceremonial even symbolic (Considering no salary) Who knows. Maybe we're reading to much into it. And the application was refused due to it being an ugly building???

[@bobsapp3133]

@@stuartd9741 Taken from The Guardian: The scheme had initially received the go-ahead but Khan dashed the hopes of its designers, Foster + Partners, on Monday. “The mayor has a number of serious concerns with this application and having studied it in detail has refused permission for a scheme that he believes would result in very limited public benefit,” Khan’s spokesman said. “In particular, he believes that the design is of insufficient quality for such a prominent location, and that the tower would result in harm to London’s skyline and impact views of the nearby Tower of London world heritage site. The proposals would also result in an unwelcoming, poorly designed public space at street level.”

[@jugzster]

"City in a city in a country in a country" haha I love CGPGrey's videos!

[@rebeccamiller1400]

I love how complicated and bizarre many things are in England and the UK :D

[@STUCASHX]

A better history lesson than I EVER had in my English/British/UK (whatever) school You just won a sub. I must watch them all... NOW !

[@Sammy1234568910]

Your use of the word "crest" in this video is incorrect. You are talking about the coat of arms, the crest is on top of the helmet on the coat of arms not an alterative name for such.

[@anzellecoetzee8518]

This was super interesting! I always wondered about some signs saying City of London and the different crests

[@augustrempelewert4377]

This actually explains a lot about what my uncle was ranting about when he came over last week.

[@GideonGleeful95]

I'm a brit, and I sort of knew about this, but didn't really know that it was that separated.

[@FranciscoXAbad]

The most educational 5 minutes of my life (I moved to London 3 months ago and this answers SO MANY questions!) :O

[@FCOJABADMON]

No entendí todo pero es interesante... ;)

[@Daniel__Nobre]

And go visit it on a weekend. It’s nearly deserted (it’s mostly companies and banks there meaning almost no one lives there). Incredibly busy on work days, awkwardly empty on weekends. It’s so strange, since it’s right in the middle of London, a city always incredibly busy.

[@cisummusic22]

the city of london is the Vatican City of england

[@somestuff9751]

***** So, like the Vatican?

[@nightrise45]

***** no they just fuck the choir boys.

[@codex8085]

No, because it only has local government authority, the Remmeberancer can be overruled, the confusing status is done to subvert the EU.

[@L.M1792]

It’s the banking part.

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

yeah except for the whole part where he specifically states it's not like the Vatican City in the video.

[@cairielle017]

this video made me think about how in the philippines, there is the city of manila which is the country's capital and manila (metro manila or ncr), a region that comprises multiple cities, one of which is the city of manila. i just think it's fascinating how both london and manila are nesting london and manila inside them

[@MagnusOfficial]

now imagine that, but with Intramuros instead, as it is a walled city too

[@cairielle017]

@@MagnusOfficial how could i forget - Intramuros is a city inside the city of manila inside metro manila 😂

[@MagnusOfficial]

@@cairielle017 exactly 🤩

[@vrulg]

Edward Rutherfurd's historical fiction London is a great book to read on this topic. It follows several families in London from pre-Roman days to WWII.

[@SacredDaturaa]

Could have added another layer at the end there, since the UK is part of the EU.

[@ViDeOMaStErPaUl]

Blackfish But that extra layer isn't confusing.

[@pivotcat9]

Which is part of nato,which is part of the UN

[@Dafisha]

+pivotcat9 Which is in Earth which is in the solar system which is in the milky way which is in the local group which is in The Universe

[@Lucasp110]

+Barney Laurance And NATO isn't part of UN by the same reason

[@alisilcox6036]

Yeah, but for various reasons the UK gives the EU shit all sovereignty so it's not really worth mentioning.

[@linky0064]

I actually go to the City of London school, so this is fascinating.

[@LivvyHackett]

You can go between the two really easily, sometimes I don't even notice when I'm walking around

[@MrMrBilko]

The City of London is a seperate state outside of the UK where Corporate Law as we know it doesn`t apply. This is why most of the biggest banks and corporations in europe are registered there. Its also the biggest tax haven on the planet. As far as old tradition is concerned its also run by the Knights Templar Society which also controls the Middle Temple Law society and as you mentioned Old Bailey. Yes the Banking and Law are controlled from The City. I`m no conspiracy nut as you no doubt call inquisitive people who see through the total scam which is Western Society. So the whole of the UK is controlled by a fraternity of Gnostic Priests. Why the desperate cover up from all quarters.

[@owenb2]

lol not bad

[@AuliaRachmanAlfahmy]

Hmmm City of London.. It's quite same with Daerah Istimewa (Special Region) Yogyakarta. Now it's one of the provinces in a country named Indonesia. When the other provinces elected their own governor through modern democracy (general election), Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta has their Governor through the tradition of Mataram Kingdom, the ancient Kingdom which has been existed before the emerging of Indonesia as one nation in 1945 - after got the independence from Hollands colonization (or Netherlands? Or Dutch :p, we - I'm Indonesian- call them "Belanda" or "Londo"). In my opinion, you're the one who have a big passion about historical of mankind , I suggest you to learn a little bit about Asian Civilization, which has many awesome or weird facts (also misconceptions).. Anyway, I'm always enjoying your videos

[@Sinclairelim]

3:40... Me thinks: "Huh, Freemasons must absolutely love this pl-" 3:50 Me says: "Yeap. Called it".

[@NAOMINATION]

Very edifying video! Ever since I learned this fact my mind has not been able to compute it. This video somewhat helped me further digest it!

[@L.A.97.]

I'm going to write about London at school! You have just saved my life, as well as giving the answers to so many questions I've always twisted my head around! Thank you!

[@pilipalod]

I think if your teacher knew what they were doing that you got terrible marks. The video is full of inaccuracies!

[@goha9218]

I never knew this and I've lived in London most of my life. I really need to go outside more

[@josecarranza7555]

Dumb ass

[@PrawilnaMordka]

Or research info about your city more😉

[@chtholly8084]

I've been to the City of London hundreds of times (due to living real close by) but I didn't know half of what was in this video until now.

[@itsmarius3778]

Saint Louis, Missouri is similar to London, in the fact that is it entirely seperate from Saint Louis county. It is one of the only cities if not only in America to not be in a county

[@anananwar]

TEACH THE CONTROVERSY!

[@johnjones6049]

Teach me something about the controversy... or at least gimme some information to look into...

[@brickman409]

I don't know why, but this makes me want to play Age of Empires 2

[@radithyajoenan4640]

i swear i thought i was the only one.. till i read this comment..

[@gosucalime]

Omg ,you read my mind

[@JerseyDevil26]

Best reply ever. I can't tell you how much I miss playing that game.

[@ilmisteriosofranceseradene7548]

It works on windows 7-8, and there is a hd remake on steam with the workshop

[@theXb0yz]

frankish paladins

[@Halibit1]

This makes me want to go live there now.

[@toni4729]

You don't need a car, there's too many trains and busses. Traffic jams calore.

[@evanator3521]

Being from a small gold mining town in California, the oldest thing I have grown up with is a statue. Seeing these countries with such extensive history baffles me

[@samoukidonauki]

I sorry but I must speak Polish: Super odcinek, naprawdę wszystko robi ogromne wrażenie.

[@everydaytyrone]

The City of London sounds like Intramuros which means "within the walls" it is the capital of the Philippines during the Spanish Era it is also known as Manila but as time passes by the City of Manila grew and became much larger than the walls of Intramuros. Unfortunately for Intramuros it's now just a part of Manila and mostly taken care off for tourism and its history.

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

learning German because i like to learn languages with apps, i learned that in german the word City it is used for the center of the city or in some cases cities inside cities because history and stuff ( the second it is anecdotical) the word for actual city it is Stadt a very different word. but the centered city inside in a city it is not just london, buenos aires also have the city of buenos aires that nowadays have banks and money exchanges places. also the vatican is a city inside other city, rome. i wonder how many " center city" cities are. also the equivalent in english to the german city word would be downtown (even than should be "center").

[@biginjapan89]

Once a group of British told me that the true cockneys are the ones that live within hearing range of the Bow Bells, which are on the St Mary-le-Bow church in the City of London. It's a short radius of hearing distance, and according to those Brits, those who could not hear the bells from their homes when growing up are not cockney.

[@yoroshiku137]

This video is from 2012, and CGP Grey was already using the Bitcoin symbol. You KNOW he's rolling in cash right now.

[@Original_Tenshi_Chan]

ummm, CGP, did you slip in a split second subliminal pic around the:19 to :20 second mark? I swear, when you sat "skyscrapers" and change the pic from the high rise, there is a brief flash of a dino or godzilla...

[@SalemSprite]

It's the Eye of sauron from lord of the rings

[@wiktor_9057]

I saw it!!!

[@DriveGamingLive]

+Tenshi Chan It's at 0:19.75

[@Rallinale]

+Tenshi Chan The image changed to Barad-dûr from The Lord of the Rings.

[@nelumvia]

+Tenshi Chan Lol yes its Sauron's tower in Moria, complete with the eye on top and all

[@electraheart5591]

wow... I live in London, and I didn't know anything about this.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

I imagine most Londoners don’t

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

You stupid youngens don't know your damn history. I've known this for at least 2 years and I don't even live in London. *shakes stick manically*

[@SuperClloyd]

Point of order. The crest of the city that was featured on Paddington Station is actually just the crest of the Great Western Railway and also featured the crest of the city of Bristol in the west. Whilst it's money may have been used they didn't really control or manage Paddington station. The Great Western did

[@YoBadMama]

Seeing the bit about the masonic temple really makes me want to see Grey make a video about the Freemasons and their origins. That'd be cool.

[@mich90907]

0:19 Eye of Sauron appears

[@siratthebox]

If they taught this kind of stuff in history I'd actually be interested in the subject.

[@lw1zfog]

if they taught this kind of stuff in history there would be a revolution

[@anon3247]

The Monty Python reference at 1:54 was so nicely put in

[@granada1493]

Lord Mayor is not elected but appointed by medieval guilds. The city of London is a private entity.

[@bright1948light]

The City of London also tells the Houses of Parliament what laws to make and how to rule the country, it is totally independent from the rest of London and the UK. Bear in mind the Rothschilds are involved in the City of London too along with a lot of other elite.

[@letoslavzahrada3274]

this city of london didnt have to apply EU financial directives when UK was in EU, apparently, but hey

[@jacksonthesyndicalist2771]

0:08 creeper lower left corner shopping

[@mwolf768]

One of the best videos on city of London. Great stuff.

[@Jans6ever]

I love how the United Kingdom and all those organizations within have modernized so gradually and peacefully while maintaining tradition. No french revolutions, no bullshit needed.

[@diamondsam]

one of my friends (who lives in greater london still refuses to accept that they technically do not live in london)

[@TheJoyQC]

0:19 - Shard --> Sauron Tower. Thank you

[@2712animefreak]

Now that I think about it, William the Conqueror got lucky that it only had to strike a deal with one city. In Croatia alone, we used to have a dozen or so "free royal cities". The cities gained and lost that status from the early 13th century all the way to the mid 19th century when the institution was abolished. After that came Napoleon, the Hungarian uprising, the Austro-Hungarian settlement, the Croatian-Hungarian settlement, WWI, independence, union with Serbia, Yugoslavia I, Nazis, Communism, Yugoslavia II, a war of independence and now a republic so all of that is long in the past. There are still remnants though. For example, in my university we have some very old books and the title page says the book is published in the "free and royal city of Zagreb".

[@daddyleon]

lol, the ending was such a fairy tale! The city within a city, in a country within a country. You could probably also add union there? EU, UN? :P

[@HercadosP]

EU not anymore

[@daddyleon]

@@HercadosP lol, indeed!

[@MichaelWite19]

1:35 Where is Sicily, Corsica & Scardinia? Also, where is Crete plus alot of other Greek & Turkish Islands & Cyprus?

[@gladiatorinasuit3094]

It's hidden in plain sight ...

[@_fedmar_]

1:27 Ayyy that's near my house! I pass in front of it every day when I go go school!

[@vasaricorridor7989]

yes, masons would have you believe masontre is nothing but a group of fairies tip toeing around waving their wands sprinkling fairy dust hither and yon, nothing evil about that! whyats all the fuss...........

[@uremawifenowdave]

3:50 it’s not the oldest Masonic temple. The oldest Masonic temple still in use today is St Mary’s Chapel Lodge in Edinburgh, which has records dating back to 1599.

[@timmartin2894]

England is better than Scotland though, so it doesn't really matter...

[@FiveOClockTea]

1:40 I kinda love how you used a German picture here :-D I guess it was just the one with the best quality, but still

[@slimshady6597]

@John Smith no way that's german

[@johnellis7445]

Please note on the coat of arms of the city of London they are not dragons as your report states. They are called Griffins both appear on the coat of arms of the late King Henry the eight .

[@whitejared309]

My (however many greats) grandfather Sir Thomas White was Lord Mayor of London in 1553

[@linaszukaitis822]

Wow, you certainly must be proud.

[@hugo57k91]

@@linaszukaitis822 yeah he goes and says my great x 1000 was a Mayor of London get off you'r hats you uncicilised villagers

[@ng3027]

yeah me too kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ6TmYKbrZmjqaM

[@JefrusOk]

The best part about being a conspiracy nut is not having myocarditus

[@arashahsani]

Touche

[@grigorijklymenko3198]

Community : can we get the new video plz? Gray: no, but you can look at the road

[@jakerobin1708]

I live on the outskirts of London and to me the city is just the financial capital of London, I didn’t know that it had its own mayor, didn’t know I knew so little about city

[@r.anthony8685]

Don't make fun about those conspiracy theorists. You never know...

[@v3nom11065]

+Antonis Rountas With the recent email leaks, its becoming funny how people made fun of some of those conspiracies..

[@vanquish421]

+Brendon Andrews The same people told us it was just a conspiracy theory that the NSA was collecting all our calls, texts, and emails.

[@ricksmith2477]

Panama papers........ That will be all

[@knox140]

+Brendon Andrews to be fair those conspiracy theories were still mostly unfounded and not based on evidence, the fact that they turned out to be true is nothing more than a weird coincidence.

[@xaviergarcia234]

+knox140 well an idea has to begin somewhere. the conspiracy may have drug a bunch of nuts into its web, but somewhere down the line, someone knew.

[@NoamBakunin]

tfw what you call the conspiracy nut in 2012 ends up being the truth in 2016

[@xaviergarcia234]

remember all those crazy bums who spouted how the government was listening in to all our phone calls in throughout the 90's and beyond? well, one of them had to know something for such a ridiculous rumor to start.

[@Miranox2]

You're being disingenuous. Tax havens discovered in the Panama papers are a very different thing than the conspiracies CGP Grey is talking about.

[@normandelingpole]

+JRheu not really

[@leamJG]

+JRheu The majority of conspiracy theories are bullshit. A blind squirrel finds a nut eventually.

[@Axel1711-c6h]

How is "rich people hiding money" a conspiracy?

[@PeterMoore5]

Look closely at the tower at 00:19.

[@MahikMamun]

WHY?!?!?!

[@PeterMoore5]

Mahik Luigi You will see...

[@LydiaTereK]

Oh lord the skyscraper, cannot be unseen. lol

[@PeterMoore5]

LydiaTereK IKR!!

[@ashheilborn]

I'm looking at the tower... I maybe am missing a reference? I see nothing worth trying to unsee.

[@codex8085]

Very Nice and the emphasis of confusion is a good effect but if you want to avoid confusion, it is better to call London the Greater City of London (Offical Name) and the County it was once in Greater London. That's more confusing since it is now abolished and this wider region is mainly under the Greater City of London, its assembly, the Greater London Assembly and the Mayor of London.

[@dougim]

This is what happens after 2000+ years of continuous history. Is Rome this weird?

[@danielgardecki1046]

*London is not a city, never has been a city, and never will be a city* contrary to what most people believe, therefore it is not a *city within a city* as that's impossible. The *UK* has *69 cities* and *London* is not one of them. *Greater London* aka *London* is a *county* and *region* which contains *2 cities.* Those *2 cities* are: 1 - The 8 mile square *City of Westminster.* 2 - The 1 mile square *City of London* which is also a *county.* Therefore for *Greater London* to become a *city* they would either have to persuade those 2 cities to voluntarily give up their *city status,* or persuade the *Queen* to forcibly remove the *city status* from those 2 cities, neither of which will happen.

[@Digital111]

it would be awesome if they renamed it Londinium to honor it's origin and further distinguish it from London (Also Londinum sounds awesome lol)

[@Maller81]

Did anyone else notice Saruron’s Tower? 0:19