George III on America

George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith (1760-1820) and King of Hanover (1814-1820). Beloved by his subjects - 'Farmer George' - 'The First British Hanoverian' - Britain's Longest Reigning King - 'Last King of America'.
Ah, the fourth of July... Happy Traitor's Day, everyone!

[@joshuahenderson]

King George: I have had no peace of mind since losing America! Counsel: you still have Canada King George: [sobs uncontrollably]

[@thebandit0256]

King George: What's Canada?

[@histman3133]

King George: It's all mine you gibbering idiot! All ours! 😢

[@jbloun911]

Its all ice

[@histman3133]

@@jbloun911 That's why they called Canada the granary of the British Empire. All that ice. Hahahaha.

[@jbloun911]

@@histman3133 😂 enjoy your igloo as a boot licking serf

[@The1stImpish]

Weird thing about George III; he lived 81 years, but never once did he leave the South of England. The furthest he ever travelled from London was Weymouth.

[@robertgronewold3326]

Which was pretty unusual, because kings even back in the day would make royal visits to other nations and the distant parts of their own country.

[@norbertflorianschuck9300]

Louis XV and Louis XVI had comparable narrow itineraries. Both have seen the sea only one time in their lives, and never went to the south of France.

[@samhirst2830]

Typical southerner never bothers to visit the North.

[@elisorrells5314]

Also the first of his line to speak fluent English

[@kingkauri5900]

Very interesting

[@victorkong82]

The way he describes America’s nature is very historically accurate to George’s personality. He loved farming and agriculture and in his youth considered himself more of a farmer than a monarch. Madness aside, it must’ve really stung him that he wouldn’t be able to cultivate any of the flowers and soil from the colonies.

[@garrofwar148]

@@BradWatsonMiami Remember children, meth rots your brain!

[@rayarena879]

I love this scene, he may have been mad, but OMG, how poetic if he described it that way in real life.

[@Konoronn]

@@BradWatsonMiami What in the American education is this?

[@SomeGuy-fl1gz]

Wow

[@spikethompson2000]

@@BradWatsonMiami just so you know aluminum foil works better than tin foil for keeping the martians out of your brain.

[@dfmrcv862]

King George: I HAVE HAD NO PEACE OF MIND SINCE WE LOST AMERICA!!! Canada: You still have me, papa. Kinge George: Forests old, as the world itself. Canada: Um... I have those. King George: Meadows, plains... strange, delicate flowers. Canada: I have those, too! King George: Immense solitudes... Canada: ...starting to think you haven't visited Canada. King George: And all nature new to art... all ours... Canada: okay... guess I'll just... I don't know, go club a seal or something... eh.

[@pittland44]

That was brilliant. I haven't had a laugh like that in a long time.

[@mcgairvalois1483]

Canada is the dull, envious middle child.

[@thebandit0256]

America is the middle child while India oops British Raj is the baby since they pray to a guy who didn't eat

[@olympia5758]

@@mcgairvalois1483 Canada is the illegitimate child from a one-night stand that nobody wants to talk about.

[@matthewrobinett1012]

Oh so funny

[@pipey61]

00:27 North America divided along the 49th parallel? The USA incorporating all the territory west to Oregon? In the time of George III? Somebody fire the props man!

[@iguana1564]

+pipey61 Yes, the globe is a little anachronistic, even if Oregon Territory is a different color (hard to tell from the light). The U.S. *did* acquire the Louisiana Purchase while Pitt was Prime Minister (albeit several years after this scene is presumed to have taken place); but the 49th parallel wasn't settled on until 1818. The globe really should be showing the western U.S. frontier on the Mississippi to be accurate for this scene.

[@pipey61]

iguana1564 I live for the small details. It's all I have! Pathetic, really....

[@anamarvelo]

the movie takes plae in teh early 1790s so....ya super inacurate map

[@valhallaforever1]

Also it shows we own Louisiana and Florida and the Mississippi river is perfectly drawn out which wasn't known until Louis and Clark.

[@benk6737]

What are we believe, that this is some kind of magic globe? I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder.

[@tommyhill7645]

William pitt: "There now called the united states sir" King George: "ThE uNiTeD sTaTeS"

[@EGarrett01]

lol, that is exactly how he said it.

[@Smile4theKillCam456]

They’re*

[@hansgruber788]

Goodness me

[@paulgabolinscy2502]

They’re

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

I spy with my little eye, 2 grammar nazis!

[@ham-mantheman-ham634]

He's right to be saddened. America is a vast and beautiful place. It's so interesting that two people can live in the same country and know different animals, plants, climate and terrain. I do love this country.

[@mynameisgladiator1933]

Then you cannot be a liberal.

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

@@mynameisgladiator1933 elaborate?

[@mynameisgladiator1933]

@@EternalEmperorofZakuul Liberals are, to a man & woman, trained to hate America. He said he loved this country. Therefore he is not a liberal!

[@aidenl5969]

@@mynameisgladiator1933 get outta here with that bullshit

[@thatsalittlebassist]

@@mynameisgladiator1933 That is simply not true. Any one soul can love this country, despite one’s convictions.

[@slightlyistorical1776]

For those who are saying they still had Canada, the Dominion of Canada was not formally established until July 1, 1867. All the British held at that time was the former French colony of Quebec and several small coastal colonies, everything else was unexplored, uncharted, and uninhabitable. Compared to the United States, the Canadian territories were not much of a prize to begin with

[@edwardkim8972]

Lots of land... but all an ice box. Only the land about 80 miles north of the U.S. border were realistically habitable.

[@blackriflesmatter7683]

Canada is still not much of a prize to this day. Although I did have great sex with a Canadian woman once though so there's that...

[@thebandit0256]

Doesn't Quebec want our wh*re of a mother back in his life

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Uncharted, unexplored virgin land. Millions and millions of acres of it ! Yours just for the taking ! Sounds good to me .

[@GotFridged]

The territories the British held were referred to as upper Canada and lower Canada up to the time of confederation. Before that, the usage of the name Canada was common nomenclature to describe the area even in the early days of French settlement in the region. While the definitions of what was Canada at the time is very different as it is today, there was a general conceptualization of a "Canada" that defined its geographic territory in the period of British colonization.

[@VolunteerLS110]

So mad was King George III over the loss of America that he abdicated and joined the civil service and eventually became Permanent Secretary of the Department of Administrative Affairs. True story.

[@sazzieb1]

@@whdstudios1054 😂😂😂😂classic. Went right over your head

[@samraynor1472]

WHD Studios when a tyrant dies it’s never sad how he/she died.

[@MrAzboGaming]

Is this just an incredibly awful joke?

[@MrAzboGaming]

TheSmithersy so yes, it was an atrocity of a joke

[@1995martire]

LOLOLOLOLOL

[@ers586]

Imagine if instead of George III, the King of England in the 1770's had been Charles II. At the first sign of trouble, he likely would have crossed the Atlantic and visited the colonies. He would have delivered a lecture at Harvard, gone to a concert in Boston, attended the theater in New York, gone fox hunting in Virginia, and laid wreaths at cemeteries where Americans who lost their lives in the French and Indian War were buried. Somewhere along the way he might have promised that the only taxes levied on Americans would be taxes imposed by Americans. By the time Charles would have left, quite a few colonists would have been knighted and quite a few women would have been pregnant. And, for better or worse, there would have been no revolution.

[@fernandoreynaaguilar1438]

Very well put 😊

[@bretthess6376]

Spot on.

[@ers586]

@Nathan Taffijn George III was more than a figurehead. On October 26, 1775, he asked Parliament to declare the American colonies in a state of Rebellion. He demanded that troops be sent to America to enforce English rule. Parliament agreed. He removed officials from their posts who favored reaching an accommodation with the American Patriots and, as a result, forced the war to drag on much longer than it should have.

[@woodrobin]

@Nathan Taffijn You may be thinking of the modern monarchy. In the 1700s, the British monarch still had quite a bit of political power, as well as much more social influence over the people who voted people into the House of Commons, than the monarch does today. Great Britain has gradually taken more and more power away from their monarchy over the centuries, so the further back we're going, the more authority the monarch will have had.

[@cgavin1]

Username checks out.

[@youngarnold4]

He describes America so well, without ever having seen it.

[@thebandit0256]

I don't think either of our Seven kings and one Queen had been to America hell the only Lord Protector was planning to come until his buddies told him stay

[@Nmax]

Prince of Wales Albert Edward who became King Edward VII in 1901( Queen Victorias eldest son) visited the USA and Canada in the late 1860s and he laid a wreath on George Washingtons tomb

[@Chris-ey8zf]

I don't think you've seen America if you think this is what it is right now. It's just one big parking lot full of rusted strip malls, pot holed roads, liquor/gun stores in the bad areas and churches in the rest. America is a shithole everywhere that is populated.

[@Klaaism]

When you have armies of skilled people working for you. Hell some of the survey work was done by George Washington himself as a teenager.

[@JensontheBasterd]

and he had no idea about chicago

[@graveexplorations]

I wish I could've seen Nigel Hawthorne perform this role live on stage. He was a wonderful actor (RIP) and this is a wonderful movie.

[@almacmathain6195]

Yes a good film but not history!

[@davebell7083]

BTW.. thank you for the info telling me that this is from a movie called The Madness of King George. I never knew this was from a movie 🍿. I found it on Amazon Prime and I will watch it tonight along with LA Confidential 🤫. From your friends across the pond in the USA 🇺🇸. Your wayward sons. 😊

[@johnbarnes5237]

I saw him on stage in "Shadowlands." The scene at the end when his heart breaks at Joy's death is one of the greatest stage moments I have ever seen.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

Well, you got Cocktoe

[@legionxiii8055]

Don't worry, you've still got Canada...

[@legionxiii8055]

+gtapolice1000 Don't worry, you've still got... The Falklands? Anyways, Canada is its own sovereign nation and such.

[@cameraman655]

You still got us Aussies and Kiwis....

[@sopuruoti4630]

No one wants Canada

[@Immoralsalvage]

As the French said of Canada when they lost it "It's just a Few Acres of Snow"

[@forever_golfer1981]

I guess it was sentimental since Jamestown and Plymouth were the first British colonies in America.

[@Sshooter444]

The globe is post 1803

[@chrystian4]

Sshooter444 say that to who made the film

[@briangentry7648]

Definitely post 1846 as it has the treaty line of 1846 between Oregon Territory and British Canada.

[@ericanderson5502]

They also made George about a decade too old.

[@patavinity1262]

It's after the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 and before Texan Independence in 1836.

[@ms.d267]

Sshooter444 first thing I noticed too. And when he talks about the “vast plains” and all that... like, how the heck would he have known about that pre-Lewis & Clark?

[@pamtnman1515]

This scene sums up America today, even if 90% of Americans do not appreciate it and take it for granted

[@jeffbenton6183]

Far more than 10% of Americans do appreciate our natural splendor and do not take it for granted. There's a reason why the National Parks are so universally popular and the song "America the Beautiful" is so widely known.

[@aeromedical6750]

@@jeffbenton6183 - I agree that more than 10% of Americans really do appreciate what we have. That being said, we have a large percentage of our population who now interpret freedom as the right to do what they want at everyone else’s expense. Not only that, but if you speak up against these kinds of people, you are labeled a Facist and trouncing on their individual rights. We’ve lost accountability for ones actions. Many have become so accustomed to freedom that they do take it for granted as if it comes at no cost.

[@loutheglassguy4658]

Lol whered you get the 90 % from?

[@aeromedical6750]

@@loutheglassguy4658 - he’s the far right. They’re nearly as idiotic as those far left noobs.

[@pamtnman1515]

@@loutheglassguy4658 I got the 90% number out of thin air, but based on my life experience, including being politically active. It’s a purposeful exaggeration to make a point.

[@thesmithersy]

Sir Humphrey living out his fantasy here.

[@kezmsfilms1300]

God, I know right. Clicked on the clip and all I could think was "I recognise that voice"

[@K9TheFirst1]

There was something satisfying about seeing Sir Humphrey strapped to a chair and gagged in this movie.

[@pjabrony8280]

He was an amazing actor.

[@davidel9466]

Finally!

[@Kev95682]

It's not treason if you win.

[@TheAmericanCrusader]

+BeefyLevinson Hell yeah!

[@TheAmericanCrusader]

Carter WInslow We won, you fuck. Get over it.

[@dilsalameh932]

+Carter WInslow If I was you I would be more worried about losing your homeland in the next few years than what happened 200+ years ago. This next ones going to get messy.

[@dilsalameh932]

What has Trump or anyone else running for President said that you think is "loony"? You know very little really about my country but that is typical, most Europeans don't.

[@TheAmericanCrusader]

Carter WInslow It's not illegal and Obama is a Protestant.

[@Sean_Coyne]

By some accounts George Washington would offer a toast to England at dinner all through the War of Independence, a toast not seen in the least unusual by his officers. His quarrel was with George III, not the "mother country" or its inhabitants.

[@Averyofthemain]

That is doubtful, in fact the Declaration of Independence which he signed was an indictment, not only of George III, but of the British people through parliament.

[@Sean_Coyne]

You will have to take it up with US author Bill Bryson and his research staff (and their original source material). That's who I got it from. :-)

[@HanzLeHotDog]

Washington's beef wasn't even with the King. He and many of the founding fathers were in favor of reconciliation as we saw from the Olive Branch petition to King George III. However, the violence between certain colonists and the British military continued due to poor communication and the increasing propaganda provided by the New England elite. As such, Washington and co. found it necessary to have a scapegoat to blame for why the revolution must continue, and thus picked the monarchy as that excuse. As exemplified by Thomas Paine's educational pamphlet "common sense", colonial feelings had already set up the King as the perfect excuse.

[@d23g32]

KGIII rejected the Olive Branch Petition, so the point was moot.

[@HanzLeHotDog]

d23g32 Only when his advisers gave him misinformation about the situation. The Olive Branch petition was seen as a lie, due to colonial troop build up. The King and Parliament believed that is was merely a rouse to buy the colonists time to build up its weapon stockpile, of which was not the case. Again, a clear misunderstanding.

[@movienerd202]

What George is describing is within our National Parks. Our greatest gift to ourselves.

[@IdiotBoxProductionsTV]

Indeed, I wish the beauty of the parks still spanned the entire country, but a last what we have left is still paradise. Not our cities though, they’re gross and disappointing

[@johnbreitmeier3268]

@@IdiotBoxProductionsTV No you really don't. You would be half-starved and freezing in the winter and burning up in the summer. You would work and work hard from before dawn until after dark. There would be no real law or security and even the south side of Chicago would look peaceful in comparison. If you didn't die in childbirth your neighbors would kill you wanting what you had. Enjoy civilization and keep the wilderness in a box.

[@patryot5668]

actually a lot of his generation were horrified at the industrial revolution they knew it would destroy the earth..and we can see the results cant we?

[@johnbreitmeier3268]

@@patryot5668 We can only see what you think you see if we are totally brainwashed by fools. What I see is children not starving. Being able to fly across oceans safely. Mothers not dying in childbirth and the ability to electronically tell a fool on the other side of the planet that they are a ingrate and a fool on a little box in my lap.

[@IdiotBoxProductionsTV]

@@patryot5668 yes, the end of serfdom was a real tragedy. But Fr the industrial revolution was horrible and a tragedy

[@rellman85]

The way the king describes America is really quite beautiful.

[@robertyates9500]

You’re absolutely right. It’s poetic and very grand. It’s actually even inspiring..

[@hipheng1]

Dont be upset，you still have Canada

[@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un]

*LOL*

[@joeymedina5659]

heng it's not the same though

[@tjcassidy2694]

Stuck with the plain sister.

[@wt6120]

heng Well, it’s not really ours but the queen in head of state.

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

heng at the time the loss of North America wasn't even considered a huge financial loss, Britain was more interested in the sugar plantations in the west indies and had no intention of losing them. The war with North America was really about that issue.

[@dolsonpa056]

"Goodness me. The United States" 😝 gets me every time.

[@labrynianrebel]

To be fair, 'tis a silly name

[@htf5555]

this is not a proper name at all

[@caractacusbrittania7442]

@Starwars Fan360 no they did not American colonists....mainly sons Of brits...and brits......with French Assistance......

[@caractacusbrittania7442]

@Starwars Fan360 are you really as childish as you sound? He was quoting from the videoclip If you need me to explain in detail I'll write in big letters with big spaces for you (Fucking cretin)

[@kensebego199]

Lol like England is a better name.

[@870Rem12gauge]

Keeping in mind, at the time King George ruled over the most powerful nation since the Roman Empire. The idea that this upstart colony in the New World could in anyway challenge that, was laughable.

[@maxisussex]

It wasn't just the US though. The UK was engaged in war with the three other world powers of the time that were, in various ways, aiding the colonies. - Spain, France, and the Netherlands. It was under attack at home and abroad and still fought them all for 7 years. I doubt it was viewed as a colonial victory as much as it was a French one.

[@annabellevy3388]

Oh yes, as Tom Wilkinson as General Cornwallis said in that Godawful film "The Patriot" (OK I actually kind of liked it, even if I hate Mel Gibson), "farmers with pitchforks! How did it come to this? Everything will change.....everything HAS changed...."

[@kensebego199]

Well I mean we were helped by France and the Dutch alongside the Spanish empire kept the British navy occupied then we went into isolation while the European countries tore each other part with constant war after which we came into the global scene and began to take advantage of the situation. And now even Britain relies on us for a lot of things, this is why I never mock the French because they were a huge help to us and deserve our utmost respect.

[@El-Silver]

@J. Richards highly unlikely the British could not hold America against it's will If the British lacuhed reprisals even the loyalist might be alienated Also America was big . Later in the boer wars The British fougth the boer republics to defeat them the British had overwhelming local help and used a quarter of a million men to win with insane industrial help to finally defeat the boer republics who where 1/4 of America and had less population none of these could be done with out second industrial age technology

[@El-Silver]

@J. Richards iam not american and frankly despite that i would say to the americans they should be grateful since if they got libirated in 1820s they would most likely be a third world country or at least not as advanced either was i was just proving that no america would not have remained a british colony if they did not want to

[@stephensczurek6286]

"Since we lost America?" They still had Canada. And still do.

[@ariochiv]

Obviously not much consolation.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart4569]

not really tho

[@dominiquebeaulieu]

Unfortunately!

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart4569]

Looool

[@kapitankapital6580]

Canada wasn't really the entity it is today at this time. Much of it was still unexplored frontier, and it was very much secondary to the thirteen colonies in terms of value to the British.

[@dekubaner]

i have no peace of mind since we lost america. forests old as the world itself. meadows. plains. strange delicate flowers. immense solitude and all ( or an old ) nature new to art. all ours. mine. gone. a paradise lost.

[@Jstoney127]

Yeh, and we took that beautiful paradise and turned it into one big fucking shopping mall!

[@greatwolf5372]

Jstoney127 America has some of the best nature. If you would leave your city bubble you would see it.

[@ThePamastymui]

Go to Oregon?

[@cipryan96]

Go to Detroit.

[@duckduckgoismuchbetter]

Immense "solitudes"... Plural, not singular. In the 2nd case, it is definitely "and all nature..."

[@roryclague5876]

I'm American and what patriotism I feel for my country largely parallels the sentiments expressed in this quote: "Forests old as the world itself, meadows, plains, strange delicate flowers, immense solitude and all nature new to art." Add a love of freedom and bit of Yankee ingenuity and our old penchant for optimism and openness of spirit, and I'd call that a fine set of values to celebrate in addition to our beautiful land. On Independence Day I always toast England, where our ideals of liberty and the foundations of our culture were wrought. In toasting England I merely follow in George Washington's own example.

[@merciatreasurehunting6244]

Funny how now your country is less free than England and your government doesn't give a damn about you

[@Kenny1dayatime]

Fair play mate, fair play.

[@50shekels]

Can be said for veritably every forest in the world. Theres trees in that forest older than your nation. How gauche and boring it is to listen to more 6th grade textbook schpiels about "American ingenuity" or some other fallacy like that that's applicable to veritably every country in the world. You just genocided an entire continent, settled them with your own and pretend like the vice of there being a lot of you wasnt the only thing that propelled you to anything. Utterly pathetic, I'd laugh if it wasn-.. no wait I am laughing

[@chong2389]

Thank you for demonstrating that many, if not most educated Americans, appreciate the past. A past that too many history books leave out because it does not support the 'mythos'.

[@alexanderc.4654]

Sir Humphrey finally gets the promotion he's always dreamed of

[@AuChoco]

2 monarchs later, his descendant Victoria rules the largest empire that was worth more than the colonies could have ever cost

[@wolfshanze5980]

Ya, but they weren't as pretty as America.

[@nikhilsingh2475]

@@wolfshanze5980 India wasn't called the 'Jewel in the crown' for nothing. At one hand where they lost the 13 colonies, they gained India after a few decades and that's what made the British Empire of the great empires of it's times. They gained a massive subcontinent literally filled with wealth.

[@robanks3895]

@@wolfshanze5980 oh yes they were!

[@elyenidacevedo1995]

@@wolfshanze5980 we had more states by that time I think.

[@thebandit0256]

Her favorite Cousin who was twenty in line wanted the Emperor of China's brother to knocked down Nineteen Royals so he can be King of England

[@Lazyguy22]

Nigel Hawthorne playing King George III? I'm sold!

[@chaosfive55]

Lazyguy22 It's a fantastic movie!!! :)

[@robertyates9500]

Lazyguy22 The Madness of King George from 1994. He was Oscar-nominated for Best Actor, but lost to Tom hanks for Forrest Gump. He also played President VanBuren in the movie Amistad.

[@mudhutproductions]

This king was a brilliant man. He created standardized systems still in use today. He was a man of Science and Astronomy and loved his family very, very much. It was the Parliament that lost the Colonies for him. Not by his direct hand. I as an American salute him.

[@johnl1091]

"Fuck the King." -The Hound, Game of Thrones

[@archivesoffantasy5560]

@@johnl1091 that would be to Richard II the inspiration for Joffry

[@dnzswithwombats]

He hired German mercenaries to kill us, his "subjects". Read the Declaration sometime. He was a tyrant. Americans hate tyrants, we don't salute them.

[@b.ballooon9225]

Yah don't salute the guy, he was dumb, it was his decision to keep the US out of parliament. That's all we wanted. If that dumbass egotistical King actually just gave us representation, US would still be a part of British Empire. He paid the price for his ridiculous stupidity, no taxation without representation.

[@archivesoffantasy5560]

@@b.ballooon9225 the regular citizen living there got taxed harder under the USA than being a colony of Britain. But I get that the stamp act etc took the piss but then they wanted the money back for protection in the seven years war As for rep, even If you had some seats in the house, they wouldn’t amount to enough to outvote or change any policy. I respect the fathers, but it was ultimately a revolution orchestrated by the upper class.

[@edwardpate6128]

Listening to this and knowing how George III was a lover of agriculture and nature it does make you wonder what the conversation would have been like if he and George Washington would have had the chance to converse. Perhaps more alike than different.

[@nettejohnson7492]

What make's ya think they didn't?

[@edwardcricchio6106]

@Edward Pate. The King had a very cordial meeting with John Adams.

[@Adino1]

The world would be a very different place right now

[@Westyrulz]

Perhaps if they had conversed war may have been averted?

[@ParagonRex]

The issue was never the King and taxes it was the King's Cabinet headed by the fumbling fool Pitt and Pitts arrogance

[@zachschummer5339]

He’s just mad he has to get all his globes redone.

[@pittland44]

Well wouldn't you be? They weren't cheap back then.

[@zachschummer5339]

@@pittland44 If I were a king I don’t think that’s the expenses I’d be worried about lol

[@wolfshanze5980]

Well his globe was made after he died. All the details on that map were America past his death in 1820. Florida was owned by Spain until it switched to America in 1821, and the Canadian border and US to the west coast wasn't yet established. Texas hasn't gained independence yet until 1836... so that globe is dated somewhere between 1821 and 1836... after George III died. He needs a better cartographer.

[@titanuranus3095]

Canadians watching this must feel jilted.

[@inigobantok1579]

When King George III was in the throne there is no canada

[@titanuranus3095]

@@inigobantok1579 Canada rose from the sea in 1893

[@historicallyaccurate7808]

Canada? OH!! U mean the 51st state. I understand

[@ALD56]

Yeah, but they're too polite to mention it.

[@davidh9844]

There were more than "13 Colonies" in the late 18th Century. Several were in what is now Canada, and a number in the Caribbean. For whatever reason, our neighboring colonies to the North opted not to join the southern union. I don't believe the founding fathers were particularly interested in the Caribbean joining up with the ranks, and probably visa versa. We won, a few years later, we opted to bring the Canadians back into the fold whether they wanted it or not. Clearly, they did not, and luckily for everyone, once that little family spat was settled, we actually became great friends, virtually indistinguishable from separate countries.

[@davididiart5934]

"Goodness me...the United States." I...I feel like he's a bit...perturbed there.

[@fds7476]

Sigh... Sit down, Bernard.

[@mencken8]

He, like some others in Britain, failed to heed William Pitt’s admonition: “You cannot conquer a map.”

[@merciatreasurehunting6244]

I think it was more because america was thousands of miles away and we had wooden wind powered boats back then

[@lordjazoijua94]

King George III had little influents on the running of the war. Real power was decided by Lord North and parliament and horse guard.

[@paulleoleo]

Nigel was such a incredible actor and should have won best actor at the Oscars for his performance.

[@luc-rikardofils6673]

Over Tom Hanks as Forest Gump?!?

[@mrb.5610]

@@luc-rikardofils6673 Yes.

[@luc-rikardofils6673]

@@mrb.5610 people are quoting Forrest Gump to this day, bro. Never has any other character Tom Hanks played before or since looked like Gump. That is his magnum opus. And that’s even after Captain Phillips, Captain John Miller from Saving Private Ryan, his character in Cast Away, his character in Philadelphia, his character in Big, etc. And well, I have all the respect in the world for Nigel Hawthorne, and while this was a tower and performance, he played a similarly powerful man in British government in Yes, Minister, and Yes, Prime Minister. He also had a good, if not supporting role, as another world leader in our government has President Martin Van Buren in Amistad. Comparing Nigel Hawthorne to Tom Hanks is like comparing David Beckham to Lionel Messi. One guy is deservedly in the hall of fame, but the other guy is basically considered the GOAT, so comparing the two is silly.

[@manco828]

@@luc-rikardofils6673 Yeah Nigel Hawthorne was a superior actor to Tom Hanks.

[@luc-rikardofils6673]

@@manco828 I named six memorable characters played by Tom Hanks off the top of my head. Why don’t you do the same for Nigel Hawthorne.

[@Mike_Ka-Chowski]

"The United States... Awesome. Wow"

[@WillScarlet16]

"When you're gone, I'll go MAD."

[@TomMerson]

Oceans rise, empires FALL

[@anonUK]

The Henryverse Fuck yeah! Pity about Trump though...

[@greg_4201]

yes... if you like... but the united states is alot older than the British Empire. there was nothing like a British Empire until well into the following century.

[@Lexington1705]

anonUK Not at all. The man has guts. Nice change of pace.

[@pac1fic055]

Mr Pitt: “They are now called The United States, Sir.” King George: “Are they? Goodness me.” Stares at the globe map for a moment... “You say The price of my love's not a price that you're willing to pay You cry In your tea which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by Why so sad? Remember we made an arrangement when you went away Now you're making me mad Remember, despite our estrangement, I'm your man You'll be back, soon you'll see You'll remember you belong to me You'll be back, time will tell You'll remember that I served you well Oceans rise, empires fall We have seen each other through it all And when push comes to shove I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love! Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da Da da dat dat da ya da! Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da Da da dat dat da You say our love is draining and you can't go on You'll be the one complaining when I am gone And no, don't change the subject 'Cause you're my favorite subject My sweet, submissive subject My loyal, royal subject Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever You'll be back like before I will fight the fight and win the war For your love, for your praise And I'll love you 'til my dying days When you're gone, I'll go mad So don't throw away this thing we had 'Cause when push comes to shove I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da Da da dat dat da ya da! Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da Da da dat- Everybody! Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da Da da dat dat da ya da! Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da da Dat dat da ya da!”

[@kennyflanders8337]

🎶 They say, the price of my war is not a price that they're willing to pay. Insane, you cheat with the French, now I'm fighting with France and with Spain🎶

[@ironsideeve2955]

Underrated comment

[@acciomagic6431]

I’M SO BLUE

[@Oropher420]

@@acciomagic6431 I thought we made an arrangement when you went away, you were mine to subdue, well even despite our estrangement, I've got a small query for you!

[@erwinheinrichstromer1156]

@@Oropher420 What comes next? You've been freed. Do you know how hard it is to lead? You're on your own. Awesome. Wow.

[@ScarletImp]

@@erwinheinrichstromer1156 Do you have a clue what happens now? Oceans rise, empires fall, it's so much harder when it's all your call. All alone, across the sea. When your people say they hate you...don't come crying back to me.

[@chrismusix5669]

Thank you England for giving birth to a great nation! We love you Mum!

[@martinjenkins5471]

That's right look at north America compared to the rabble of South America.

[@Hatuey-vw2gb]

Martin Jenkins Uruguay, Chile? They are decent countries. South America has a lot more countries than North America. It only makes sense that they all wouldn’t be perfect.

[@caractacusbrittania7442]

Great post.....and through the humour....a great deal of truth. If Britain had retained the USA I fear ww2 would have been lost. Post 1776 the USA morphed into A powerhouse a tech giant Free from constraints The USA still sits above all. So as a brit I'm happy a little evil Enabled a greater good 2 centuries later. Up the rebels........

[@kensebego199]

If other Americans hear you say that then you'll get bound up and thrown in the ocean lol

[@dominiquebeaulieu]

They can go to Hell for that!

[@KK-fi6ms]

What a performance this was. Underrated and forgotten masterpiece.

[@bobcosgrove3235]

You need to remember only 1/3 of the colonists wanted independence from Great Britain, 1/3 was loyal to the Crown, and the last 1/3 didn't care one way or the other.

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

Dunno about that. I recall it being 50% of the Colonists sat on the fence waiting for a clear-cut victor to arise while 25% were active Revolutionaries and 25% were active Loyalists. Plus, the Continental Army was comprised of 72% recent Irish immigrants so not too many "real Colonists" - as in long-term Colonists and not poor indentured ones fresh off the boat and immediately pressed into service - believed in the cause enough to risk their own necks for lofty ideals and opposition to a friggin' tea tax.

[@michaelstratton5223]

That is also my understanding. It was mostly the rich ship owners and plantation owners who basically forced all the colonies to declare independence for financial reasons. The average Joe cutting down timber or selling wagon hitches was probably just along for the ride, and ended up getting musket balled in the neck for the rich.

[@LoudaroundLincoln]

@@michaelstratton5223 that sounds like any war ever.

[@eaunan]

The name of the movie is "The Madness of King George" (1994) -- Brilliant movie, from cast to script / dialogs to acting and costume... the loss of "the Colonies" / America -- while in this film as the clips above show -- is a very minor plot if even that. It's more of a part of the movie's dialog that helps the audience to understand the King's character, desires, and emotions just like so many other of his dialogs in the play / movie. It's one of my favorite movies -- I highly recommend if you like comedy-drama -- it's not an easy film to find anymore.

[@forrestpenrod2294]

Its on the free streaming service TUBI in the US now,

[@richardsmith8654]

I still do not understand how he did not win an Oscar for this performance....

[@firefightergoggie]

What a beautiful and insightful scene. Thoroughly enjoyed this movie about the Farmer King.

[@almacmathain6195]

But pure fiction.

[@dalemclean9949]

@@almacmathain6195 you wish

[@freestate208]

I do not regret spending as much time as I could throughout my life in that wilderness as possible.

[@christopherhaines2492]

Am I the only one laughing when he says "the Colonies" so angrily??

[@henryhall9623]

No, this American chuckles a bit, too!

[@mjohnsimon1337]

From what I heard, King George the Third ALWAYS wanted to travel to the United States, specifically Ohio just to explore the wilderness and hunt. Then the Revolution happened and well... that never came to be

[@GhostofRhurValley]

There called the United States sir. Are they , goodness me , The United States .

[@Halford666]

Are you a parrot?

[@salekh01]

lol

[@GhostofRhurValley]

did I offend you sir ?

[@yavehsuarez9392]

@@Halford666 are you a douche ?

[@Blakfang]

They’re * come on man go back to school

[@lewisbreland]

Nigel performed the HELL outta this role! Fantastical, yes. But I'll say that he really brings King George III's emotional persona out here. What an excellent monarch, what an excellent actor to portray his mental disorder (inaccurately portrayed but also inaccurately diagnosed at the time), and what an excellent film. For me, it has to rank with "Prince of Tides" and "Steel Magnolias." This is a VERY underrated film. Don't get me started on Helen and Rupert.

[@dylanshaffer2184]

As a proud American, this makes me really happy

[@dylanshaffer2184]

@@FIGHTFAN777 how so?

[@Ccarlson77]

I’m American, and I love George III! I may be an Anglophile, but I admit it! This is a lovely film, seriously worth a watch. What what?! 😊

[@paulrose6359]

If the British government had given representation to the American colonies in parliament none of this might have come to pass. BTW, this is a very good film.

[@TheMagnaficent]

Exactly if he loved the colonies so much he should have treated them with respect

[@Christian___]

Cecil Rhodes wanted us to do that with the whole Empire; it would have worked, I think.

[@TheBandit025Nova]

Yet Why did he taxed us if he loved us we were doing things for King and Country against the French

[@Christian___]

@@TheBandit025Nova To be fair, Britain was shouldering the vast majority of the tax burden of the Napoleonic Wars, and the American Colonies benefited from protection by the Royal Navy all the same. It cost a lot to protect the ships that brought all that tea to Boston, but some Americans thought Britain should provide that protection for free.

[@johnwayne2103]

How eloquent. A paradise lost. I can imagine the discovery of the new world.

[@Rayoscope]

"If there is anything in this world about which I know positively nothing, it is agriculture." - Field Marshal, His Grace Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

[@thearnorianruby4681]

Mr. Weasley?

[@keb107]

His talent as an actor is off the chart in this movie.

[@BloodOfYeshuaMessiah]

*CROWN IMMUNITY STILL IN USE IN THE UNITED STATES* I recently embarked on a lawsuit against a certain law-firm representing the State of of New Hampshire.(The details I shall leave out for legal reasons.) To my amazement I discovered this particular law firm issued a defense of "Crown Immunity" as a means of defense against my lawsuit. Although I am an American citizen now, at the time of the suit I was a British citizen and I must confess I found this defense both hilarious and unbelievable. It appears certain laws left over from the crown were never dismantled and are STILL being used to this day, although the names have changes to terms like “State immunity”, the wording is effectively identical !

[@StephEWaterstram]

Can You define "Crown" for Me kind One?

[@BloodOfYeshuaMessiah]

From what I was told "Crown" in the legal sense can define "ownership of" or "dispensation" from the usual laws other public bodies may be subject to. Even members of Congress do not have crown immunity. Neither can crown immunity be claimed by lawyers from other states but ONLY from those States that were part of the original 13 colonies. WHY the United States chose to keep these laws were probably part of the Treaty of Paris, 1783 in which George III MAINTAINED ownership of many lands and property within the guise of the East India Company in which George III was the biggest shareholder. I think the nearest America has to the claim of Crown immunity is the act of Presidential pardon but this is an act of Congress not an act of the Crown of England but it "emulates" crown immunity in every way.

[@VCYT]

'crown' was used in England to refer to what the state owned an represented - it is still used today in Britain, as a tradition.

[@duckduckgoismuchbetter]

There is no possible way that "defense" would EVER stand up to Constitutional scrutiny.

[@louisc.gasper7588]

I don't know about "crown immunity," which I very much doubt exists in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that each of the states is sovereign, which means that the sovereignty of the English crown was abrogated in the Treaty of Paris, ceded to the respective states. That said, the state of New Hampshire enjoys sovereign immunity, and its officers and functionaries may have either absolute or qualified immunity. To call that "crown" immunity is a bit of antiquarian silliness. That said, it should be understood carefully that at the time the United States was established, the common law of England was adopted as ordinary law in the United States, except as modified by our Constitution and statutory laws enacted in accordance with that Constitution. Some peculiar little bits of English law still persist here and there through that mechanism. Apparently, for example, the so-called entail -- fee tail estate in land -- is still operative in Maryland, and perhaps in other states, because not all states abolished entail after the War of Revolution.

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

This is what happens when Sir Humphrey went to taco bell too much.

[@lionelhutz5137]

Pipe down, Bob

[@IronMan-tk8uc]

Finally someone made a Demolition Man reference!

[@martonk]

This is what happenes when Sir Humphrey is promoted from Permanent Secretary to King of Britain

[@leftcoaster67]

Oh please, it's when the pub runs out of Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding and red wine.

[@jbloun911]

No taco bell 🌮 in Britannia

[@Jason-iz6ob]

Don’t worry George. In 2021 it will all fall apart.

[@markokassenaar4387]

Mr. PItt looks terrifyingly like Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder.

[@thevoiceless8567]

I can fully understand the bitter attitudes the average British person held towards the colonials at the time. This might be because Britain was in debt due to the seven years war so the British government had no choice but to raise the taxes. The taxes were actually HIGHER in the "motherland", so the colonials were much better off in a financial sense. So perhaps the Americans came across as entitled because they were making a fuss, (and triggered another war) about taxes that were low in comparison considering how the average Briton was just trying to get on with life seeing as this was only a temporary predicament anyway, the whole concept of demanding lower taxes might have seemed inappropriate to the British. That's just my opinion from a British perspective, I'm not saying it's fact but it's always good to look at things from both sides of the war as opposed to this sense of black and white morality. It's also quite ironic how the empire didn't crumble after losing the colonies, it in fact grew larger and even more powerful. To the idiot who said India was taken off us, it's also worth pointing out that the British colonies were given back to the people peacefully. That's why the commonwealth exists and yes India is a commonwealth country. 

[@crackshack2]

Currency Act was what made life in the colonies intolerable by causing an economic depression

[@thevoiceless8567]

crackshack2 True, but wasn't the Currency Act amended in 1773 anyway?

[@crackshack2]

Self-Confessed Geek idk I do know that the continental congress sent an olive branch petition to rectify abysmal relations with the mother country. but were met with a harsh cruel ultimatum from the king.

[@thevoiceless8567]

crackshack2 But the act was amended, at least according to Wikipedia anyway. :P I wonder why the British parliament and the King didn't cooperate because the Currency Act wasn't instigated in future colonies, such as Canada, Australia and NZ. So perhaps they thought this was a "lesson learnt". But I think it's interesting to look at both sides of the story. I also think only the aristocracy and the government really knew what was going on in the "colonies" because even Dr Samuel Johnson who was the most intelligent man in Britain at the time, I mean he was the bloke who wrote the first English dictionary! Even he held the "rebels" in low regard, to put it mildly! He was probably just very patriotic though, like we all were. :)

[@crackshack2]

well the colonials sent an olive branch petition, before declaring indepdence. they was a movement to remain colonies until the declaration of independence

[@SLagonia]

Nigel Hawthorne brought his all to every role. He makes this scene work.

[@Angel-nu7fm]

I can't watch Sir Humphrey be mistreated!!!

[@tiffles3890]

His description of the virgin natural beauty of the new lands is poetic.

[@mikeifyouplease]

Great actors. Great acting. Great Historical insight.

[@The_Honcho]

That’s an incredibly accurate globe for the 1790s

[@timburr4453]

It was an actual globe from then

[@edwardcricchio6106]

"I that born a gentleman, shall never rest my head on my last pillow in peace and quiet as long as I remember the loss of my American colonies."

[@evo5dave]

This film is great. Nigel Hawthorne was brilliant.

[@masonharvath-gerrans832]

This film/series seems to exaggerate how unhappy George III was. In the end, he accepted and learned from his loss. There was no returning to the United States except as equal nations who would in a little more than a century work together as never before. This series exaggerates any remaining unhappiness that George III had towards the US.

[@zacharyb2723]

We have to protect what little of that nature we have left. Seriously, those forests are on the verge of extinction. Let the forests recover!

[@TheMagnaficent]

Yes

[@pzshi]

I find that interesting. My military history professor noted that America compared to the rest of the British holdings was considered a backwater that was not as valuable to keep compared to the Carribean or India.

[@alexthelizardking]

I'm usually averse to bio pics, but Sir Ian's Oscar was well earned.

[@raymondlindahl1602]

God save any king George! Greetings from the Kingdom of Sweden.

[@davidsmith-fc9cu]

I remember sitting on the table next to Nigel Hawthorn in the Spread Eagle Hotel in Thame he was going though his lines with another man and talking about his role.

[@nickcara97]

Impassioned words from a man who never visited such exotic landscapes when he owned them for several decades.

[@blackriflesmatter7683]

@Peter T Uh Canada was and still is mostly a barren ice box. Compared to the US, and especially considering the British only really had possession of such a small portion of Canada at the time (most of which was French speaking Quebec), Canada was a meager possession at best.

[@elyenidacevedo1995]

@Peter T No actually Canada and the US are still very different if you mean by nature.

[@oldi184]

@@elyenidacevedo1995 What?? Canada has everything that the US has except hot deserts. Mojave, Sonora, etc. If you exclude that. Canada is almost a copy-paste of the US. They share the same continent.

[@lakobause]

For some reason I'm fascinated with how he snarls "the colonies!"

[@geoffgreen2105]

You'll be back. Soon, you'll see. You'll remember you belong to me. You'll be back, time will tell. You'll remember that I served you well. Oceans rise, empires fall, We have seen each other through it all And if push comes to shove, I will send a fully armed battalion To remind you of my love.

[@ParagonRex]

God bless his pristine majesty, God save the King

[@Juan-qq1rb]

Fuck'em. Sincerely the United States

[@GiraffeFeatures]

@@Juan-qq1rb Your country is obsessed with the UK monarchy lmao

[@michaelverbakel7632]

George III who was grandfather of Queen Victoria and who lost the American colonies to George Washington in the American Revolutionary War also laid the foundation for the great modern British empire of the 19th century with which we still live with today. Today every single European royal families can claim some line of ancestry from George III. He was that important.

[@ParagonRex]

@@GiraffeFeatures My country exist because of it. No revolution would ever remove our tacit love for the mother country and her Sovereign

[@thebandit0256]

Our First King is King James VI and I

[@FalconRS]

Fun fact, he dropped title King of France which every English monarch held since Hundred Years War.

[@archivesoffantasy5560]

That should have been dropped far sooner, around the time England lost in 1453. A bit cringe really that they kept it so long.

[@FalconRS]

@@archivesoffantasy5560 King of Spain is still King of Jerusalem to this day.

[@faithlesshound5621]

He dropped the title of King of France, and the fleur-de-lys on his coat of arms, at the time of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland and created the new "United Kingdom" in 1800. That's why he was amused by the name of the "United States." He had rejected the suggestion of becoming an Emperor at that point, probably because he was, as Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the Elector of Hanover and still a subject of the Holy Roman Emperor until 1806. The claim to the throne of their French homeland became somewhat delusional and distorted the imagination and actions of mediaeval English monarchs in much the way that his nation's origin in the Ukraine affects the current ruler of Russia.

[@FalconRS]

@@faithlesshound5621 ​ Funny fact, Angevin Empire idea was revived last time in 1940. Franco-British Union. So if that happened, George VI would be King of France anyway.

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@FalconRS And at the same time, De Gaulle would have been President of Britain. Churchill's no doubt alcohol-fueled fantasy was for an Anglo-French condominium, not a British take-over of France.

[@gildavis8266]

It's funny just how history works. First off though, King George III was not the first Hanoverian to rule England. That honor went to George I. At any rate, had the King not been a very sick man and had he decided to add an American contingent of representatives to the House of Commons and then advised Lord North to allow them to levy and collect the taxes on behalf of the crown, then the whole matter might have gone away and the rebelion avoid.

[@whiteknightcat]

Thank you!

[@afebus8383]

By the first British Hanoverian I believe they mean that he was the first born in England and that spoke English as his first language, as opposed to his two predecessors.

[@leemack6224]

Gil Davis He didn’t have the authority to add an American contingent to Parliament. That authority lay with Parliament alone.

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

@@leemack6224 after the hostilities began, there was an offer for American seats in Parliament but it was rejected.

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

@colorado121 it wasn't insulting. the majority of the colonists weren't in favor of independence. The British were trying to end the hostilities quickly. They knew it was only a matter of time before France would provoke another war which was one of the reasons why the British kept troops in the Colonies after the end of the Seven Years War/French & Indian War which the Revolutionaries tried to claim was a sign of tyranny.

[@CurtHowland]

Nigel Hawthorn deserved the Oscar for that. That and more. Salute, Sir Nigel.

[@taratkd]

As an American born woman I am proud of and own my heritage. As one who loves and adores Her Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and respects her immensely, I am compelled to ask that people not post disparaging remarks about the United States. This is a classy You Tube channel mates, keep it that way.

[@SportyMabamba]

Ok but who asked

[@darknes9556]

@@SportyMabamba you are ten years late 😂

[@SportyMabamba]

@@darknes9556 better Nate than Lever

[@WillScarlet16]

"When you're gone, I'll go mad!" He did.

[@musumeci88]

Canada: You still have us your majesty! King George: SHUT UP CANADA!

[@Newidhan]

I miss sir humphre- I mean Nigel Hawthorne.

[@Perririri]

ree

[@MrSpotlight101]

“You’re on your own Awesome. Wow Do you have a clue what happens now?”

[@rboddington]

There are 54 members of the British Commonwealth, if America lasts for 1000 years, it will never build anything like that.

[@MichealWalls]

I can't believe how good the cameras were back then!

[@reivang7196]

Yes in America we may not have centuries old architectures or Kingsom like Europe or Asia , but one thing we do have is our land as old as earth itself , forest , Trees , untouched land for miles or kilometers across , and yes your homes may not be built to last 1000 years but we have enough land for almost all of Americans to be land owners .

[@NeoConNET7]

The scene comes from the film "The Madness of King George".

[@odysseusrex5908]

Darned good film.

[@seankayll9017]

IIRC it was to be called "The Madness of George III" but American test audiences complained that they hadn't seen the prequels.

[@capnbobretired]

@@seankayll9017 I tried googling for them, but I don't think they've been released to DVD yet.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@seankayll9017 Oh, that's funny, funny, funny!

[@g0679]

Thanks to that movie, I learned that urine can turn bluish.

[@davidshapiro3527]

Little did they know we’d come to save them from the Nazis hundreds of years later

[@AssinnippiJack]

Very moving scene! Wonderful actor.

[@tacticalnic6202]

1. Hamilton fans be quaking 2. What is Mr Bean doing in the 17th century?

[@bobbylee2853]

18th.

[@royalteluis623]

@@bobbylee2853 19th

[@sicilianotoronto]

Love it, he rocked! Long Live the King!

[@TheBandit025Nova]

He’s not my king his father was my king as an American

[@justinmccurdy9319]

Maybe he should have considered what he had to lose before he disregarded the Olive Branch Petition and disrespected the American ambassadors. The majority of the Continental Congress was still eager to discuss a peaceful resolution as late as the early months of 1776. They only fully committed to and officially declared independence once they finally realized the king didn't care to listen to reason.

[@christophersantrizos1657]

If I Lost a paradise. I too would loose my mind.

[@sirwelch9991]

I am a loyalist American, My King. Do not fret, we may return!

[@jbloun911]

As colonization, your island 🏝️ is now ours

[@sulla1537]

Imagine if Britain had said to “meh” with their islands and committed all forces and population to retaking America in order for it to become the new Britain.

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

They tried twice, and were defeated both times

[@sulla1537]

@@brianboisguilbert6985 They didn’t throw their entire military weight into the Revolutionary War and we only won through French, Spanish, and Dutch support along with luck and politics. During the war of 1812, Britain was distracted by a more immediate threat, that being Emperor Napoleon of France forcing the bulk of their military committed to Europe.

[@tiffles3890]

> Yes, Minister > Yes, Prime Minister > Yes, Majesty

[@yab191]

Sir Humphrey! I had no idea you once posed as the holder of the crown.