Horrible Histories Queen Fit

[@knuffelkusjeprinses]

Mat's face when he's holding the tool is like "I'm telling these women to use a tool, but I'm not sure if I can use one myself..." Priceless XD

[@rowanaboat4523]

The queen still has some of the skills from when she was a mechanic in WW2 and will occasionally mend her car if it breaks down.

[@whovianhistorybuff]

Maybe that's why her car of choice was a land rover defender, most modern cars need a laptop and a degree in computer engineering to set it right again, an LR defender can be fixed with just some baling wire and a hammer.

[@pendragonxt3674]

Yeah. She was a smart old woman. Hopefully her successor King Charles will be just as smart.

[@glasscardproductions4736]

​@@pendragonxt3674 From what's transpired recently: No.

[@pendragonxt3674]

@@glasscardproductions4736How so?

[@EngineerRiff]

I can’t imagine how much fun they had filming this

[@markkazakos7712]

I wonder if the Queen has actually seen this?

[@onemercilessming1342]

Mark Kazakos--I could watch Horrible Histories all day--especially Stupid Deaths. Not since Fawlty Towers first aired have I laughed so much. These guys are BRILLIANT.

[@shannonjones630]

One MercilessMing I love Horrible Histories and Fawlty Towers too

[@wildsurfer12]

I guess we may never know.

[@eleanorhogan8643]

Most likely.

[@gpietsch]

The British should not be insulted, as the people who made this were British. Queen Elizabeth II is a veteran of World War II and did serve as a mechanic during that war, which is just another reason for the British to be proud of her.

[@jmurray1110]

*only

[@romainsavioz5466]

​@@jmurray1110🤦🏻‍♂️

[@grimhhch]

Rip

[@jemmabond1]

Hang on a minute, I could have sworn I saw a similar ad years ago in the 80's...

[@lachlanjolliffe4548]

Was it "You can't get quicker than a quick-fit fitter"?

[@ellenekanem]

Yes indeed!

[@lachlanjolliffe4548]

Haha. I wasn't born in the 80s but i remember that ad from when i was like 5.

[@Abigart69]

because it's a parody

[@bigheadstudios6639]

its funny since elizabeth 2 only appears (or be mentioned) in 2 songs, this song and the monarch song

[@superninja493]

Probably the only sketch they made based on some one alive at the time

[@fadikhoory5350]

No Buzz Aldrin appeared in a sketch.

[@superninja493]

@@fadikhoory5350 Ok so the only other sketch then; unless we’re both missing someone

[@romainsavioz5466]

​@@superninja493well kind of logic

[@charlenebaganzmoore]

RIP Queen Elizabeth the second

[@charlottewhittaker23]

RIP liz ❤️

[@Elizabeththegreatest]

She says one because she's modest!

[@Zepikness]

Mat's face is so cute. *.*

[@nancyhopwood686]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[@nancyhopwood686]

fuckingl

[@SyrianaLivilla]

I would love to know what the Queen thinks of this, bet she likes it! ^.^

[@grimhhch]

a gem

[@Hypn0Studi0s]

Y e s

[@wildsurfer12]

Who else is watching this now future Queen Liz 2 is past Queen Liz 2?

[@maydaymemer4660]

thats mean lol i love that

[@carlbirtles4518]

LATE Queen Liz 2.

[@TheLizKirkland]

Deleted scene from "The Crown" RIP Queen Elizabeth II

[@reannamckee43]

i love the layered comedy.

[@mxhammedextras2583]

The quickest horrible history skit

[@MrsRen]

How about you go watch the CGPGrey video on the royal family's allowance. You'll see that they actually allow the British government to take in most of the income off of their land so, in a sense, the people don't pay the royal family a dime. The royal family subsidizes the general public to the tune of more than 2 pounds per person per year.

[@trikitrikitriki]

A response debunking that video was made by Shaun called "Abolish the Monarchy! A response to CGP Grey"

[@KevlarNinja]

I bet having one of the royal family doing that sort of work must have been something all sorts of wartime posters were talking about in England.

[@maydaymemer4660]

Lol this is the first thing i thought of

[@snipetysniper]

Thats why I keep watching this

[@wizzardwacs]

The queen is the best

[@LiveLoudandLiveAlive]

... That's really awesome.

[@katetrinasuarez2017]

Rip Queen Elizabeth ii

[@wildsurfer12]

This was clearly made for the parents as nobody born after the 1980s would understand what this was mocking.

[@crabsy6452]

I forgot about this gag

[@gingersomethingable]

A horrible histories skit about a living legend....

[@nooctip]

Don;t worry my lad this won't let you down. How do you know. The future Queen worked on it. Ha the enemy will surrender at my mere approach.

[@nancyhopwood686]

shit mat is so cute

[@pollywaffle1458]

this should have been on tv back in the 2nd world war

[@pollywaffle1458]

@William Jones yeah but if there was this would for sure be an add

[@colmhearty6565]

It is all right

[@gingersomethingable]

Wonder what will happened if the queen sees this???...

[@nancyhopwood686]

dont know probaly mad or crazzy

[@dylantennant6594]

Don’t got to worry about that now do we.

[@nilebiggs1828]

I don't know why, but Matt reminds me of Alfie Moon off of Eastenders on this video. Aha

[@ahmedadr]

...............

[@azbrowne]

Okay, what auto repair service are they satirizing in this skit and what commercial are they basing this get off of?

[@biohazard2919]

Quick-fit

[@onemercilessming1342]

Alex-Zander Browne--They aren't satirizing ANY repair service. Princess Elizabeth, as she was during WW II, was a subaltern to "do her bit" for the war effort. Much was made of her ability to change a tire and one of the biographies quotes the Queen Mother as saying (with disgust) that Elizabeth was chattering away all during dinner about her day in the mechanic's pit. "We had sparking plugs all through dinner" is how the biography phrased it. Mention was even made by Helen Murrin playing ER II in "The Queen", where she, upon dealing with the immediate aftermath of Diana's death, drives through a rivulet and breaks the axle of her vehicle. She calls for help and is asked if she's sure about the axle--and gives the person on the other end the "what-for" about her "military service". In fact, ER II's many military ranks are purely ceremonial ones and her subaltern status during WW II was hyped for the morale of the nation. It's not as if she went to boot camp and then toted a rifle, or was assigned barnacle-chiseling in the Royal Navy.

[@icookchildrenandeatthem2682]

@@onemercilessming1342 that's true yes, but this jingle is a parody of the Kwik-Fit commercial...

[@Nichoj23]

Please, go learn your politics.

[@sandyman9260]

This has got nothing to do with politics.

[@dylantennant6594]

Dude this is history. Queen Elizabeth really did contribute by being a mechanic and driver during the war. The only thing this gets wrong was that at the time of this, Elizabeth II was considered to be heir apparent. One because the war effort took away from that, and with King George in relatively good health, their wasn’t a huge concern. The other reason being that Elizabeth becoming heir apparent was a very unusually thing as George (better known by his birth name Albert), was second in line, and only became King Edward abdicated the throne, so Elizabeth wasn’t initially set to become Queen and was not thinking about it during the war.