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@enriquecartas99224 жыл бұрын
Imagine you just chillin in Europe and someone comes up to you like boi you the king now
@SuperGreatSphinx4 жыл бұрын
God Save The King!
@9nikolai4 жыл бұрын
And that could only ever happen to orphans.
@megaagentj22484 жыл бұрын
9nikolai imagine you’re an orphan, life is bad cause no parents, and suddenly a guy appears in the building and says some stuff about you being a king, and now you’re laughing at this guy, but then the whole parliament fucking shows up and drops a crown on you
@moondust23654 жыл бұрын
@@megaagentj2248 Yup. You'd either be so happy in a innocent way or very power hungry or something. Or you could just be reluctant and say to "go down from the throne" immediately after coronation, and the finding of the new monarch continues. But wait, what if they all refuse? Does the Prime Minister get to become King/Queen?
@gaymerjerry4 жыл бұрын
@Itz_Purplexed not necessarily you could be 60 and your parents died of natural causes later in life
@jackjohn48824 жыл бұрын
The king of Norway is in the line of succession for the crown of England: he would just have to kill around 70 people who are higher on the list.
@jabloko9924 жыл бұрын
If the year was 1519, he totally would.
@jackvella63924 жыл бұрын
Easy as
@shanechyba99764 жыл бұрын
Yes because the Queen's great great grandfather King Edward 7 had a daughter who married the king of Norway
@technoblode46044 жыл бұрын
This is me when i see i have a chance to gain france as england in ck2
@xanpenguin7544 жыл бұрын
*plot to kill*
@princeofalbany Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the 1701 rules say that any legitimate descendent of Sophia of Hanover is in line of the throne and that's currently over a thousand living people. Years ago, they tracked down the last in line for the throne and she turned out to be a 40-year-old German postal worker.
@matmcd Жыл бұрын
Exactly, so it is not virtually any european. I read it was about 5 thousand people with the new rules on catholic marriage and no male primogeniture.
@charlesiii1516 Жыл бұрын
Thanks fam it worked
@zxcvbnmproductions5022 Жыл бұрын
gg
@ABeastG Жыл бұрын
W
@a_rush Жыл бұрын
ez dub
@mrleaf18 Жыл бұрын
Holy flip
@shell_08 Жыл бұрын
took you 70 years
@OfficialOpticBoxx3 жыл бұрын
"Did you become the King of England?" "Yes..." "What did it cost?" "Everyone."
@ygotsvlog37623 жыл бұрын
Umm its uk
@nickmalachai22273 жыл бұрын
@@ygotsvlog3762 assumably, the king of the United Kingdoms would also be the king of England, one being in the other and all that.
@ygotsvlog37623 жыл бұрын
@@nickmalachai2227 oh k
@Pietrac3 жыл бұрын
Never forget, bigger army diplomacy.
@DanksterPaws3 жыл бұрын
CK2 be like
@chronovac5 жыл бұрын
Instructions unclear, Married my cousin, became King of Spain instead
@tri_edge23755 жыл бұрын
*Alabama
@frostedcat5 жыл бұрын
@BaumGlory what's up with these alabam stuff ?
@arfn19735 жыл бұрын
@@frostedcat Incest joke.
@vulthuryol80514 жыл бұрын
Spain's royal court was the Alabama of the 17th century
@frostedcat4 жыл бұрын
@@arfn1973 thank you
@Telawin2 жыл бұрын
I love how you talk about the crown as though it's a living entity "searching for a head to sit upon" like some kind of parasite
@RoyalLegend10002 жыл бұрын
Well......myabe it is.....
@thewallachianbard69752 жыл бұрын
*writes down novel idea*
@stars2272 жыл бұрын
Well...It probably has evolved into a parasite....Why is the queen still alive? Free life support
@alexia35522 жыл бұрын
Oh don't worry, it is
@nick724862 жыл бұрын
Six years old philosophers: *well...*
@dandelionthief39792 жыл бұрын
From what I understand, Canada hasn't updated our primogenitor rules, because we don't care super much about the monarchy. But the queen is still *technically* the head of state, so there could be a situation where England recognizes one heir, but Canada can't legally recognize them, and we end up with separate monarchs
@Melonist2 жыл бұрын
Kingdom of Canada incoming
@aranayunsombrero9548 Жыл бұрын
Í mean, it would make more sense that canada's rule would be more like "King of the UK = King of canada", but this is only a supposition, since i don't really know.
@bobidou23 Жыл бұрын
Surprised there wasn't more discussion about Commonwealth realms here. When it was time to update the rules of inheritance, all the Commonwealth Realms gathered together to agree on it jointly, known as the Perth Agreement in 2011. All Commonwealth realms (note: not Commonwealth *countries*, but the realms, i.e. those that have Elizabeth II as Queen) then passed legislation within their own countries to implement the agreement.
@MiriaJiyuu Жыл бұрын
There was a bill in 2013
@MeiinUK Жыл бұрын
Wow... So Canada might have their actual own Monarchy too ? That is such a strange notion. This is really intensifying.
@guidomista84486 жыл бұрын
instructions unclear, became pope, I think I went wrong on the part where it said not to be Catholic.
@akovideos60905 жыл бұрын
Ryan Cokus did you try turning off and back on again
@adriandiaz40715 жыл бұрын
If all goes wrong with the first 2 solutions try calling tech support Make sure their Indians
@placeholder5775 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXebepKobr2HbaM
@rain-dg6py5 жыл бұрын
Must be because there were 4.
@iLoxem4 жыл бұрын
Nurse: You Should Put An Ice Pack On That
@maxwelljiang47298 жыл бұрын
Many, many stick figures died in the production of this video.
@plum_bit8 жыл бұрын
+Max Jiang Stick Figures™
@lavanyashah68548 жыл бұрын
You can say that again.
@BBBuilds128 жыл бұрын
+Lavanya Shah that again
@MarkChao67832108 жыл бұрын
MAXWELL IS THAT YOU ITS MAXWELL GUYS MAXWELL +Maxwell Jiang
@theobserver37538 жыл бұрын
poor sticks.
@addisonrahn7984 Жыл бұрын
Loving how the KZbin algorithm decides to make this a recommended video in 2022 after Queen Elizabeth’s passing. Gotta love them engagement algorithms…
@midothunderstorm77383 жыл бұрын
5 years old me who thought you become the king of England by welding Arthur's sword.
@abbyelectric2 жыл бұрын
That's be so much cooler to be fair.
@user-iz4ry6co1m2 жыл бұрын
And if you‘re european you just have to use the sword a large number of times to make this dream become True
@elliottnussey75162 жыл бұрын
wow thats pretty cool but youd proly be a royal blacksmith
@thomaslane1547 Жыл бұрын
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!
@jackdaleggett7184 Жыл бұрын
Tbf it is true- the only issue being it doesn't exist
@gewoonvictor61633 жыл бұрын
Crown goes to oldest son *laughs in ‘hunting accident’*
@friendlyyoutubecommenter45272 жыл бұрын
“Killed out hunting”, so they said. I took over, Henry I, William’s next eldest son
@weirdcakes3042 жыл бұрын
Why’d I think of the hunting incident where the fictional character, Cleetus, accidentally kills his son in a hunting accident then is scared for life?
@evilmountain71472 жыл бұрын
@@friendlyyoutubecommenter4527 Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well
@meri71082 жыл бұрын
I could kiss that horse!
@commenterjosh2428 Жыл бұрын
Imagine being Henry I, just casually killing your brother for the crown, but then hundreds of years later it's a well-known fact that people make jokes about.
@illusiveman84404 жыл бұрын
Instructions unclear: became Supreme Leader of North Korea.
@anemu38194 жыл бұрын
This aged well
@fireoflife52194 жыл бұрын
Lol
@irenaevs3 жыл бұрын
how?
@theaslam97583 жыл бұрын
Unoriginal
@fireoflife52193 жыл бұрын
?
@ocinnico26083 жыл бұрын
I imagine the crown is a living entity and it searches for suitable hosts through this process. Everytime the rules are to be updated they must first consult the crown
@PiyushGupta-vx6qi2 жыл бұрын
More like an AI. (like the flame in 100)
@googiegress74592 жыл бұрын
Solid Gold Sorting Hat
@shaneschofield63032 жыл бұрын
"The Crown chooses the Lizard, Mr Potter."
@CinnaminiMax Жыл бұрын
Your a king Harry!
@martinperry1843 Жыл бұрын
It's a bit late now but Prince Philip WAS in line to the throne. He was number ~300 as the great-grandson of one of Queen Victoria's daughters. But he would have had to outlive all his own descendants and all the descendants of Victoria's sons until it's time to look at Victoria's daughters. It's a bit moot now but that could have been a movie plot in the 90s, someone's been killing off distant relatives to the Queen and it turns out to be Philip working on becoming King by killing hundreds and hundreds of people with better claims than his own.
@VNActivityProjectRem3 жыл бұрын
CGP Grey: "just about every European alive is distantly related to him" Me (on the other side of the continent): "So you're saying there's a chance"
@dylanroemmele9063 жыл бұрын
Gotta go down the Intrigue focus now.
@nerdgeekcosplay9093 жыл бұрын
Heheeh
@lunakoala50532 жыл бұрын
Well, not even europe. Basically the entire western world. Americans, Canadians, Australians, Kiwis are probably on average way closer to the crown than some slavic dude in eastern europe.
@mayo51192 жыл бұрын
@@lunakoala5053 may you explain how
@lunakoala50532 жыл бұрын
@@mayo5119 are you for real?
@McHrozni4 жыл бұрын
Imagine the stress on the gynecologist performing a c-section on a set of twins of the queen mother to be. He literately gets to pick the next king or queen.
@rainyumbrella73542 жыл бұрын
what would happen if they brought the babies out at the same time? is that even possible?
@NAME-yg8sl2 жыл бұрын
@@rainyumbrella7354 the favorite gets the crown and then the other twin will kill the favorite twin.
@minorcomet2822 жыл бұрын
@@NAME-yg8sl no, no, when they're brought out of the womb they're given weapons and they battle to the death
@astridkjellberg2 жыл бұрын
@@minorcomet282 the strongest eats the other one in the womb, because if the twins's mother is a royal, fetuses are aware that they are a royal.
@saisreenivasp17092 жыл бұрын
Follow the targaryens, I say 😜
@maarten4042 жыл бұрын
3:06 you say the Crown will always go up one level if the family tree dies out, but the Act of Settlement 1701 specifies it has to be a descendant of Sophia of Hanover which is still thousands of people today but not every European alive.
@dinamosflams2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for pointing that out
@cowonaboat57953 жыл бұрын
I found the “don’t be a bastard” super funny for some reason
@friendlyyoutubecommenter45272 жыл бұрын
If you’ve killed Kenny, you can’t be a monarch
@DevilFruit20002 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment 😂🤣😂🤣😂
@unoriginalname44264 жыл бұрын
I’d like to see a TV show, a bit like Designated Survivor, when a tragedy strikes the royal family and some average European dude has to take on the crown. That’d be cool.
@oren1neu1dag4 жыл бұрын
You should see King Ralph with John Goodman - A Classic!
@simeongboun26054 жыл бұрын
there is
@clarissarojas79594 жыл бұрын
Simeon Gboun what’s it called?
@simeongboun26054 жыл бұрын
@@clarissarojas7959 the king
@KnakuanaRka4 жыл бұрын
Ever heard of Blackadder? It has something to do with that, although I don’t know much about it. Regardless, if you like British comedy, black comedy, and upper-class twits, it’s a classic.
@yawgmoth65688 жыл бұрын
Damn I thought this video was going to show me how I could become the British Monarch.
@tim2112928 жыл бұрын
bigger army
@tzokke7 жыл бұрын
You just have to kill a loooooot of people
@egoist9207 жыл бұрын
Conquer the world, then you can appoint yourself as British Monarch.
@kaim2687 жыл бұрын
laws are written by men and can be also unwritten by men, kill lots of people, catholic or not, if you dominate you can proclaim yourself king or queen and then your say is final, change all the laws you want
@dragonkingofthestars7 жыл бұрын
you heard him: most people are already in line for the crown, you just got to pick off everyone above you!
@aidansmith50933 жыл бұрын
It's kind of fascinating to see the crown as a code that calculates and moves on it's own, to be honest. it's an interesting perspective.
@regulardj98882 жыл бұрын
Thank you noble CGP Grey for helping me secure the position. You will be knighted for your strategic efforts. I hope everyone can follow the tutorial and become queen/king as well!
@kermitandcompany2 жыл бұрын
Heya fam
@bluebell60712 жыл бұрын
@JamesIsTheBest2939 when you find out it's a joke
@elliottnussey75162 жыл бұрын
NANI!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!
@nafinapkin54397 жыл бұрын
"#2: Don't be a Bastard" Dammit
@fetchstixRHD5 жыл бұрын
#BastardGang
@mariostar135 жыл бұрын
0:55 - ちくしょう!
@skeptic7815 жыл бұрын
I'm a bastard :D
@Horny_Fruit_Flies5 жыл бұрын
Am I still a bastard if my parents married AFTER I was born?
@Trex-or6cd5 жыл бұрын
@@Avaxar I don't think he speaks porn language.
@MrAntieMatter8 жыл бұрын
If say twins are delivered by c-section does that mean the doctor chooses the next heir?
@guzmanayalagerardoamauri91098 жыл бұрын
Lol you broke the world
@antonioluna7708 жыл бұрын
+MrAntieMatter No, it depends on whose head pops out first.
@MrAntieMatter8 жыл бұрын
C-sections is when the doctor cuts open the belly to retrieve the children, therefore the doctor would have to bring one out, wouldn't he?
@antonioluna7708 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he has to bring one out because both of them won't fit, the first child that gets pulled out is the next in monarch.
@MrAntieMatter8 жыл бұрын
My point exactly. Not to sound like a douche but there was no need for you to comment on this chain, you have added exactly zero new information here.
@boringblaziken8122 Жыл бұрын
well i know what im doing next week
@tincan8979 Жыл бұрын
looks like we have a suspect
@votekyle3000 Жыл бұрын
🚨
@brandondye7774 Жыл бұрын
That one didn’t age quite so well
@eck0hcobra15 Жыл бұрын
Ufffff
@ardwordcross5632 Жыл бұрын
The humor of the algorithm strikes again
@leo_z07104 жыл бұрын
Prince Charles: Mom can I be a King? Elizabeth II: No!
@novelyst3 жыл бұрын
*Mum
@javierlatorre4803 жыл бұрын
He's next in line, though, isn't he?
@thomas12483 жыл бұрын
Javier Latorre yes but since the queen seems to never die he will never be king
@javierlatorre4803 жыл бұрын
@@thomas1248 It's 2020, anything can happen
@seraranasisca24343 жыл бұрын
@@javierlatorre480 plot twist : charles died first before the queen
@jayclawwit64894 жыл бұрын
When you're a Catholic but the British throne says no Catholics... *looks at* *_Spain_*
@TacomanDezzy3 жыл бұрын
*most of Europe lol
@tiffany_shimizu3 жыл бұрын
Spain isn't just your only option. You can also choose between: Belgium, Monaco, Andorra, Liechtenstein, or Luxembourg. These are the currently existing monarchies in Europe that allows a Catholic to become a monarch.
@void_wyrm3 жыл бұрын
"Ill get my own kingdom, with bulls and siestas!
@jasonmartin47753 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty in Spain you would be _required_ to be Catholic.
@gwendolynsheperd90113 жыл бұрын
@@tiffany_shimizu does any have an about 19-21 year old son?
@yeetusdeletus9912 Жыл бұрын
this video popped up in my recommended just after queen lizzie died
@blyatwastaken9377 Жыл бұрын
Same
@Leo-ll2fg Жыл бұрын
Universe are you telling me something
@nise6699 Жыл бұрын
Free for all for the crown
@YOHARIS7 жыл бұрын
Directions unclear, became president of Russia instead
@Vesper-nv6sj6 жыл бұрын
Well the current Russian tsar may very well be richer than the British royals. He had no problem making his son-in-law the youngest billionaire, for example. So not too shabby, Mr. President.
@vacatiolibertas6 жыл бұрын
Dammit Putin!
@DarthMalgusSith_Lord6 жыл бұрын
direction unclear, became Emperor and Autocrat of all Russias instead
@nbksrbija10396 жыл бұрын
Directions unclear, established communism
@DuBstep1155 жыл бұрын
Rule number 1. Be putin
@tabitha97235 жыл бұрын
“Don’t be a bastard” *Alexander Hamilton has left the chat*
@il-dottore4 жыл бұрын
*William I has left the chat*
@jeromealday6144 жыл бұрын
Sophia the First left the chat
@hades79824 жыл бұрын
William joined the chat
@wallyalhomaidi64114 жыл бұрын
Donald trump left the chat
@blonze_brick66754 жыл бұрын
@@wallyalhomaidi6411 Donald Trump is not a king, he's a president
@BehnsVids Жыл бұрын
the algorithm chose violence huh
@hendrickdavies6621 Жыл бұрын
Time to apply the knowledge
@germexterminator29244 жыл бұрын
"Dont be a bastard" William I: *Am I a joke to you?*
@camilothedog75154 жыл бұрын
Grey:YES
@annielynsaga31304 жыл бұрын
He's not a bastard in the English monarchy he's a bastard because he was in Normandy which is totally different
@shootie11584 жыл бұрын
Annielyn Saga he actually was mostly just king 700 years before these rules were written and also had a larger army then anyone else so it wouldn’t have mattered no matter what kind of bastard or catholic he was
@costakeith90483 жыл бұрын
@@shootie1158 Isn't the right of conquest a beautiful thing? None of these silly rules if you just have a bigger army.
@dukedragon283 жыл бұрын
@@costakeith9048 *Bigger Army Diplomacy
@brian86535 жыл бұрын
If you're a twin and you want the crown just eat your other twin before they get too big problem solved
@TonyStark-bg6np4 жыл бұрын
Maelys lol
@Mysterios19894 жыл бұрын
well - you can take your time until they have children. You have to hide it better that you ate your twin when you to it postnatal instead of prenatal, but - well - that is rather a technicallity.
@cristiangeapana21164 жыл бұрын
Cursed comment
@jesustapdncingchrist4 жыл бұрын
Calm down Satan you could just push your way to the front when the exit door opens
@moondust23654 жыл бұрын
Humans aren't sharks that eat their twin siblings and have teeth while *inside* the womb, so...
@Chessrook44 Жыл бұрын
Yesterday the Queen of England passed away. Today this suddenly-relevant video appeared on my recommended.
@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn Жыл бұрын
3:36 Also, when the primogeniture is male preference, the dynasty remains patrilineal. In other words, if one day, a queen is crowned and marries her not king, but prince consort, the royal house changes to the prince consort's royal house. In absolute primogeniture, the total patrilineal dynastical system becomes cumbersome as the royal house will theoretically change every 2 generations instead of many, so they made it so the dynasty will become matrilineal whenever a queen is crowned. In other words, the royal house will remain the same forever (assuming every king/queen dies with an heir) as changing royal houses increases the chance of the monarchy being abolished. Also, this absolute primogeniture gives birth to the term "King Consort" in royalty, as the dynasty became matrilineal. That is why King Charles III belongs to the house of Windsor, and not Mountbatten. If Queen Elizabeth died before 2013, the UK will get to have a chance to open its last royal house, the House of Mountbatten (because no more royal houses will open in the future due to absolute primogeniture, assuming no kings/queens will die without any heir).
@kayleighlehrman95663 жыл бұрын
Important side note: the change from male primogeniture to absolute primogeniture is not applied retroactively. So Elizabeth II's daughter, even though she is not the youngest of the four, would have to wait for the crown to pass through the lineages of her three brothers first before she could become Queen
@karatewithelian9014 Жыл бұрын
@@frankmurray1549 well i dont follow the news but....why is it going to be two brothers other than three?
@DrRank Жыл бұрын
@@karatewithelian9014 Prince Philip is no longer available to receive the crown due to a lack of being alive. However, the crown will still pass through his offspring, meaning William is currently next in line.
@johndododoe1411 Жыл бұрын
@@DrRank Wasn't Phillip just the consort?
@tobsterP Жыл бұрын
@@johndododoe1411 Exactly. He was never in (direct) line to the throne. Next up is Charles, then William, then George.
@merirosvoradio1064 Жыл бұрын
@@tobsterP well this came sooner than expected.
@davidlow78325 жыл бұрын
Instructions unclear, ended up making an instructions unclear comment
@obamabinladen41093 жыл бұрын
Haha
@tobiasvaldez4816 Жыл бұрын
Oh the timing on this recommended video!
@waozer Жыл бұрын
Im just now getting this recommended, youtube has a dark sense of humor.
@rizkyfarizanfiqri79204 жыл бұрын
"first..don't be a catholic" Muslims: yeayyyyyyy
@MubashirullahD3 жыл бұрын
I think its dont be a catholic in christianity.
@Someone-cd7yi3 жыл бұрын
no but you can become mayor of London
@rizkyfarizanfiqri79203 жыл бұрын
@@Someone-cd7yi ups...
@MisterSpinalzo3 жыл бұрын
@@before7048 yeah but you do get the option to convert, unlike catholics
He left out one important bit: the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 is not retroactive. Those born BEFORE 28 October 2011 follow the old format (male primogeniture). Those born after will fill cognatic (gender-neutral) order. Thus, any further children born to the Cambridges will come after Charlotte. Any children born to Harry will follow the new formula.
@ang_1315 жыл бұрын
This is a good point. Though you really have to dig down in the line of succession before you find someone that would have benefited from a retroactive application, namely, Princess Anne and her family. The Princess is currently 13th in line but if the fourth rule for male preference had been repealed, she would be 7th after Prince Harry.
@eliegbert81215 жыл бұрын
so we are probably going to have a king sometime this century? (Assuming Elizabeth II isn't immortal)
@ieuan4real5 жыл бұрын
@@eliegbert8121 It's all but guaranteed. Even if we presume Prince Charles dies before Queen Elizabeth II (which is unlikely) the next in throne is Prince William, who will (unless something very unforeseen happens) will become King. And even if Prince William cannot become King (because he somehow dies) his son, Prince George, is next in line to the throne. The next person who could conceivably become queen is George's sister, Charlotte. Its possible, but obviously highly, highly unlikely.
@miylacrystal99385 жыл бұрын
It was at the end of the video
@SeaJay_Oceans4 жыл бұрын
What is the Real reason they changed the rules ? Was it all about the money ?
@kingcharlesiii9733 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Grey, It worked!
@Skye3979_ Жыл бұрын
So everyone is getting this recommended after the Queen died, right?
@dumpsockpuppet5619 Жыл бұрын
Eeyup
@LunarRaevyn9 жыл бұрын
I can imagine a set of twins and the one that's just about four minutes older than the other twin gloating about how they'd get the crown because they're just barely older.
@gosucalime9 жыл бұрын
SlytherinSnake6886 They can say ''when i was your age'' and then describe what they did 4 minutes ago Lol
@CertifiedSlamboy9 жыл бұрын
Ebeneezer stark I too browse reddit.
@gosucalime9 жыл бұрын
jackr88 I have no idea what your talking about..
@christianavery55188 жыл бұрын
SlytherinSnake6886 I imagine that it doesn't really matter what order they come out in, when the time comes the parents could lie and say one was born before the other to ensure they got the crown, nobody could dispute it and the children certainly couldn't know any better.
@WilhelmScreamer8 жыл бұрын
Christian avery hospitals tend to keep records of which would be born first
@the-chillian9 жыл бұрын
Eliminating the male part of the primogeniture rule had actually been agreed to in 2011. It took some negotiation because it had to be agreed upon by all the realms for whom the British Monarch is the head of state. When the law was actually passed in 2013, it was more or less a formality. And in the event, there are now a line of three males for the throne after Elizabeth, so it'll be the better part of a century before the change has any real effect, assuming nothing serious happens to George.
@qwertyTRiG8 жыл бұрын
Lytrigian They didn't *have* to change it in each realm: they *could* have allowed the different realms to have different rules, in which case the thrones would (eventually) separate. Would have been (a) interesting and (b) very very messy, so I can see why they didn't want to, but it's a theoretical possibility. And, actually, they didn't have to get *all* the countries to agree, because many Commonwealth Realms don't set out rules for inheritance: they simply specify that the Monarch of the UK is also their Monarch. TRiG.
@XBlueM0ndayX8 жыл бұрын
TRiG (Ireland) It would be a very strange circumstance given that, for instance, the Queen of Australia is legally distinct from the Queen of England, but that office happens to be held by the same person. But if Charlotte was born first and Australia hadn't amended the laws of primogeniture, it would be strange for her to be the Queen of England and George to be the King of Australia but with no actual power to rule Australia.
@denelson838 жыл бұрын
So Quebec couldn't thwart it? The Constitution of Canada has to be amended to put this new rule into effect in Canada, and because of Quebec, even thinking about amending Canada's constitution will stir up a huge hornet's nest.
@the-chillian8 жыл бұрын
denelson83 The Constitution has to be amended? Where in the Constitution of Canada (by which I mean the consolidation of the various Constitution Acts and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms) does it lay down the law for succession of the throne? It took an act of Parliament, nothing more, and it was passed in 2013. (Called, unsurprisingly, the Succession to the Throne Act, 2013.)
@denelson838 жыл бұрын
+Lytrigian And that act of Parliament is being examined in Quebec Superior Court right now as to its constitutionality.
@anthosayssmth Жыл бұрын
youtube algorithm knows what it's doing recommending this to people rn
@victorymorningstar2 жыл бұрын
2:32 Mary I Tudor, Elizabeth I Tudor, Mary II Stuart, Anne Stuart, Victoria Hanover & Elizabeth II Windsor
@ishashka3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, in Poland, back when we had monarchy, "królowa" ("queen") was the title of the royal consort. When we had an actual female monarch, she was referred to as "król" ("king").
@rachelcookie3212 жыл бұрын
What about a male royal consort?
@ishashka2 жыл бұрын
@@rachelcookie321 there was no such case in Polish history. We only had two female kings and when they got married, their husbands took over the throne.
@rachelcookie3212 жыл бұрын
@@ishashka really? So even if their husband wasn’t related to the royal family, he became king?
@flyerton99582 жыл бұрын
@@rachelcookie321 Poland is a bit special, because they have an Elective Monarchy. Which is how you get seemingly strange things like, the King of Sweden also being the King of Poland-Lithuania, or the Elector of Saxony being the King of Poland-Lithuania at the same time.
@rachelcookie3212 жыл бұрын
@@flyerton9958 elective monarchy?
@realCyng8 жыл бұрын
So I can't be king because Henry VIII split from my church so he could get a fuckin divorce?
@realCyng8 жыл бұрын
Max Nagle Oh, since I wrote that comment I gave up on Catholicism. The church is filled with corrupt liberal leftists, I say no thanks to that.
@realCyng8 жыл бұрын
Max Nagle Oh
@sayrith8 жыл бұрын
+Baeagon "I don't want none unless you birth sons, hun."
@samisnotreal43608 жыл бұрын
+Baeagon Catholic Church? Full of lefties? I'd understand if you complained about the pedophiles, but liberals? In the Catholic Church? Either you don't understand what a liberal is and you're just using it as a derisive for everyone you don't agree with, or they don't understand what being a liberal is, because being a liberal in the Catholic Church is like being a black man in the Nazi party.
@samisnotreal43608 жыл бұрын
+Baeagon Well, all I can say to that is that I'm glad you're not eligible to be the King of England.
@NomadTheProtogen Жыл бұрын
KZbin has a sick sense of humor when it comes to timing.
@aestrophic Жыл бұрын
youtube is funny for recommending me this now
@thegermanbasket7323 жыл бұрын
If the king had twins that were born seconds apart, I bet the technically younger one would be pissed lmaoo
@thatelguy15303 жыл бұрын
Basically the storyline of the man in the iron mask
@genghiskhan57013 жыл бұрын
Here is where succession wars comes in
@stonecraftbros29772 жыл бұрын
@@genghiskhan5701 yeah youd know all about it
@NoGoodHandlesLeft2 жыл бұрын
Maybe not. When the, then, Princess Elizabeth was told she would likely be queen one day her younger sister expressed sympathy for her. No one is really jumping for the job.
@snekkoheckko44662 жыл бұрын
Time for a "hunting accident"
@ludgy72784 жыл бұрын
the Doctor doing the c section to the new queen that have a twin I AM NOW THE KING MAKER.
@xxTamisxx4 жыл бұрын
Docter: *Pulls out boy while looking at sibling* Docter: *Grabs scalpel* I'm about to end this man's whole career
@baato8704 жыл бұрын
reality is in my hands
@moondust23654 жыл бұрын
@@xxTamisxx Or... *grabs knife* "Should I just kill it, or cut out his testicles, do surgery, and feed him hormones?" Such a dark minded feminist doctor would probably be fired before she'd be able to say then do that so, thank God!
@CavCave4 жыл бұрын
*REALITY CAN BE WHATEVER I WANT*
@adrianozambranamarchetti21874 жыл бұрын
I actually wonder how that case would be handled
@dumpsockpuppet5619 Жыл бұрын
Mhmmm, this 9 years old video suddenle appeared on my feed, i wonder whant kind of event might ave happened recently for the algorithm to decide it was relevant content.... Mmmmmmmmmmhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnn ...no idea
@johnchessant3012 Жыл бұрын
sorting by new I counted at least 5 "King Charles III" accounts saying "lmao thanks fam it worked"
@LetsGoGetThem4 жыл бұрын
When ure 4th in line and u played a bit of CK2 * *prepares some hunting accidents* *
@economicserfdom40874 жыл бұрын
**Establishes some **-murder-** meeting ploots with some **-poison-** food**
@ILikePi314159265354 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna need several taverns and 6 tons of manure.
@ashleyyang85654 жыл бұрын
He was just playing outside and a brick happened to land on his head
@johgu923 жыл бұрын
@@cibo889 is that a real event,? Wouldn't even be the most ridicoulos one 😂
@Nijel1463 жыл бұрын
King Elizabeth 2: died under suspicious circumstances
@arkhamsans35416 жыл бұрын
What if the Monarch's children are twins or worse..... *Quadruplets*
@fabioalbert1015 жыл бұрын
I know it's a joke but they literally pick the one who came out first.
@MrIKnow-qk8cr5 жыл бұрын
Fucking octomom in this bad boy
@michaelritchie29685 жыл бұрын
@@fabioalbert101 Which means if it's a Cesarean section, the doctor literally must/will choose which one will become future monarch...
@fabioalbert1015 жыл бұрын
@@michaelritchie2968 lol true
@zaratrustamaster5 жыл бұрын
Though it's pointless choice, more like doing a coin flip to decide some someone other people's dispute: you don't know about the outcome's outcome, you don't know what kind of people those are, you know nothing and are just doing the motions.
@lllHAMBONElll Жыл бұрын
Here before this get recommended (again) to the masses.
@supershinystar55153 жыл бұрын
How funny this ends up in my recommend again today
@paragon11684 жыл бұрын
Instructions unclear, became queen of Egypt and got mummified
@SuperGreatSphinx4 жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy
@ezzeldinmohd67404 жыл бұрын
actually now a days you'd live in a castle /palace specifically the last monarchs palace amd you'd pretty privileged and forever praised for restating human rights
@tadhgknight34845 жыл бұрын
Grey struggling to pronounce primogeniture triggered the CKII in me
@the_dropbear43925 жыл бұрын
Same
@PRubin-rh4sr3 жыл бұрын
Also in gavelkind, you tend to be pronounced dead faster
@minersdosman5723 Жыл бұрын
I finally have a chance now
@TaliyahP Жыл бұрын
One thing this video didn't mention is that legally not everyone with European ancestry is in the line of succession. You MUST be a direct descendent of Sophia of Hanover, not just any English king. That being said, I believe the latest estimates give about 5000 legal heirs to the throne.
@Duke_of_Lorraine8 жыл бұрын
Step 1 : send you chancellor to build a claim on an english county Step 2 : repeat until you have more than half of a duchy Step 3 : claim all counties and win the war Step 4 : usurp the duchy title Step 5 : press de jure claims on the rest of the duchy Step 6 : repeat steps 1-5 until you have more than half of the counties or England Step 7 : usurp the English throne Step 8 : now make the same for Wales, Scotland and England until you have more than 80% of the british islands Step 9 : emperor of Britannia, finally !
@gupdoo38 жыл бұрын
+scarfacemperor You can eliminate Step 8 since England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland all share the British Monarch. As an added plus, you'd also be the monarch over every country in the Commonwealth of Nations (countries which have seperate prime ministers and paliaments but the same king/queen)
@BaconIsPower8 жыл бұрын
+Ten-Eight He was making a joke about a video game in which the primary goal is to get to power of a country then take other countries over and to make sure that you have a good heir with skills.You should play it there is nothing better than sending your children to prison to be executed because they are all hunchbacks.
@gupdoo38 жыл бұрын
ReichDoge Ah, I didn't get the reference. What game is it?
@Duke_of_Lorraine8 жыл бұрын
Ten-Eight Crusader Kings II
@gupdoo38 жыл бұрын
***** Oh, cool. Thanks!
@Zula_The_Squid4 жыл бұрын
"#2 Don't be a bastard." _Well, I'm always told that I'm a fairly decent nice guy and..._ "Sometimes it's good to be the king, but it's never good to be the illegitimate children of the king" _oh_
@rezandrarizkyirianto-19334 жыл бұрын
The first (Norman) king of England is 100% a bastard though...
@nameslesss3 жыл бұрын
@@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933 he had a bigger army tho
@edixonvc51013 жыл бұрын
@@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933 i think the rule was not even write yey
@queenelizabeth227 Жыл бұрын
Thanks it really worked
@christianlarrynapolitano9689 Жыл бұрын
King Charles: "Thanks, fam. This video helped me."
@davidguthary81473 жыл бұрын
Just a couple notes: First, while Grey mentions the line of succession going all the way back over 1,000 years, the current rules state that the monarch must descend from Sophia of Hanover (1630-1714). This was done primarily to exclude James "The Old Pretender" from the throne as he was next in line after William and Mary but was Catholic. As a result, the current number of potential heirs stands at around 5,000. Second, while the rules have been amended from male primogeniture to strict primogeniture, this change is not retroactive and did not alter the line of succession established previously. For example, under the current rules, Anne, Princess Royal would be 8th in line for the throne, ahead of her younger brothers Prince Andrew, Duke of York (15th) and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (18th). However, because the new rule is not retroactive, Andrew is 8th, Edward is 11th, and Anne is 14th.
@Anonymous-df8it Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't he be excluded anyways as he's Catholic, making it redundant?
@ExcellenceNo Жыл бұрын
@@Anonymous-df8it this rule was made specifically because of him
@Anonymous-df8it Жыл бұрын
@@ExcellenceNo Still redundant.
@Anonymous-df8it Жыл бұрын
@@ExcellenceNo Rule or no rule, the crown won't reach him as it would skip Catholics.
@johannesvahlkvist9 жыл бұрын
here in denmark we were more strict about the whole women on the throne thingy. here if you had only daughters, then you would be naturally dead as you say. this got changed in 72 because the only choice other than magrethe 2. was a guy that everyone hated, thus we changed it.
@TobiasSN6 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say that turnt out so well
@koootoshidayo Жыл бұрын
The day has come.
@gibranrodriguez3451 Жыл бұрын
indeed
@ZhadTheRad Жыл бұрын
1980 my country's (Sweden) Act of Succession was updated and the rule was changed from agnatic primogeniture to absolute primogeniture. The heir apparent prior to this change was Prince Carl Philip (born 1979, our king's only son), but after the change Princess Victoria (born 1977, the king's eldest child) became the heir apparent and thus her children come before Prince Carl Philip in the line of succession, followed by him and his children and lastly the king's youngest child, Princess Madeleine and her children. Interesting fact: all European royal families are in the British line of succession. Sweden's king is place 300 something (source I found said 309, but that was written in August 2020 and Elizabeth II has died and I don't know who else in line before Sweden's royal family have died, if any. I have found that at least 3 in line and higher up than the Swedish king were been born in 2021 however). Worthy of note is that in the British line of succession Prince Carl Philip and his children come before Victoria and her children, or at least according to the source I found on Sweden's royal family's position in the British line of succession. Also, Queen Victoria was Sweden's king's Great-Great-Grandmother and so is the case for both Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip as well (note that these two are also related through one more line, so they were both third cousins and second cousins once removed).
@AlienTreeGuy5 жыл бұрын
That moment when you realize you know succession laws and how to pronounce them because of a game...
@jiubski77755 жыл бұрын
CK2 FOR LIFE
@alaskagyal4 жыл бұрын
3:06 when you chillin' with the boys but one day you become King of England
@tinton085684 жыл бұрын
I see this as a absolute win!
@unprankable6663 жыл бұрын
Like you're just sitting in the shop, drinking coffee, and then you get jumped by the police and they say, "Here's the crown. Go get em, your highness."
@ricardoross2939 Жыл бұрын
Well, just in time to see this video…
@joyoyoyoshy18873 жыл бұрын
I keep coming back to these old videos
@ezucra3 жыл бұрын
Imagine being born and the nirse says: “im sorry your highness, but this isnt a person, its dead”
@jedidiahwayne97862 жыл бұрын
I read "Nirse" as "Nurse" but in an Irish accent and I don't want to be the only person with this information.
@kindadumb9162 жыл бұрын
@@jedidiahwayne9786 thanks for sharing
@preetibishnoi62384 жыл бұрын
Instructions unclear: Got executed by some bloke named cromwell.
@drakkon2zshadowsz909 Жыл бұрын
Very fitting to get this recommended right now
@Lord_Skeptic Жыл бұрын
3:12 they have to be a descendant of Sophia of Hannover
@razzaclarke72788 жыл бұрын
So does this mean that because im catholic my dreams of one day starting a revolution and becoming king of england are over?
@thickman90028 жыл бұрын
No change the rules with the revolt
@kai-ht3qs8 жыл бұрын
Razza Clarke No such thing as a King, or Queen of England for over 300 years. So, yes.
@unappropadope8 жыл бұрын
kwh278 false.
@kai-ht3qs8 жыл бұрын
unappropadope In what way?
@unappropadope8 жыл бұрын
kwh278 a technical one of course
@KufLMAO3 жыл бұрын
2:42 I’ll assume that thought bubble was meant to say ‘girl’
@purplepizza21593 жыл бұрын
or better not be a boy
@GoRedd3 жыл бұрын
Nah it meant to be boy. Imagine having to be queen, people would wanna assinate you
@eremshud8373 жыл бұрын
@@GoRedd assinate lmaooooooooo. They guna get assinated.
@SatoshiAR Жыл бұрын
Here before everything blows up
@yoyo-kr7er Жыл бұрын
nice moment for KZbin to recommend me this
@admiralspire88677 жыл бұрын
What if I had a big army and annexed the UK? Would I be considered a king?
@declannewton25567 жыл бұрын
Only if this 'annexation' is just a civil war and if once you defeat Parliament and the current monarch (or if you really want to be a king) you would sign into order the former constitution as your own and you can then declare yourself king.
@palpo57 жыл бұрын
You'd be whatever you would have wanted to be, as anyone refusing to call you with your title of choice (i.e. king) you'd kill them.
@thatweirdgirl84666 жыл бұрын
Yes if you could defeat the British army, kill/I space the heirs of the current crown, and get enough people to love/fear you to not challenge your usurping. Then you’d be able to make your own rules and call yourself/have your subjects call you whatever you wanted. You could call yourself “The Grand Emperor of Celestial Potatoes” and nobody would object (out loud).
@papagary77236 жыл бұрын
Lord Inquisiteur Willhelm Von Steiner ok
@tobythedog74786 жыл бұрын
The Monarch would go to Canada or Australia depnding and would retain the royal heritage intill forever
@mdcaruan4 жыл бұрын
0:44 THERE IS A CREEPER ON ONE OF THE BOATS!
@aryansingh21994 жыл бұрын
for anyone that can't find it: the creeper is on the middle boat, front left of the boat from the viewers' persepective
@commenterjosh24283 жыл бұрын
@@aryansingh2199 It's so small I almost couldn't see it.
@vaynervayner3873 жыл бұрын
Wow. You have a good eye.
@ryanwangpiano3 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment... how could you have found it.
@anunayy3 жыл бұрын
How???
@DavidDZhang Жыл бұрын
KZbin recommending this aged well
@YUNGNJAY Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this tutorial! It helped a lot 😊
@akaking74998 жыл бұрын
what if i found the Excalibur?
@bigvoiceguy8 жыл бұрын
Strange ladies distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
@akaking74998 жыл бұрын
Is it?
@zeromailss8 жыл бұрын
then go summon saber and fight for the holy grail,after that wish to be the king,the end
@rhyanbennett26298 жыл бұрын
You cant go around claiming supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!
@clyran55078 жыл бұрын
Kill everyone and your king.
@MrJethroha8 жыл бұрын
CGP Grey should do a video on the house of Lords and how that has historically worked in Parliament, since it seems quite odd to an American like myself.
@iaincampbell54538 жыл бұрын
+KaiGonGinn It is a bit odd. Basically the peers were historically the Lords appointed by the Crown and hereditary titles, along with the Bihops of the Church of England. Now, however, the title of Lord is non-heriditary, but you still hold the possition for life and can attend the House of Lords for life as a peer (they do have to declare if inactive though and only get paid if they turn up a lot). The unfortunate thing is that bishops can still sit (even new ones) and the old hereditary titles are still in effect. As of 1999 most of these lines are no longer hereditary peerages and their heirs will not attend parliament, but will still keep the name. However 92 of them still are hereditary peerages and upon the deth of the peer, their heir becomes a peer (some of these even still use male primogenetur). This whole system is rediculus as it is the Queen, on the recomendation of the prime minister, who apoints the peers. The most ause of this power in the history of the United Kingdom has come form David Cameron, who for political gain is trying to flood the Lords with his party donars and old friends. THE LORDS NEEDS REFORM!!!!
@StoneOfMoon8 жыл бұрын
+KaiGonGinn I know nothing about the Parliament and that's a really great video idea!
@Serfdomftw7 жыл бұрын
Historically it was the equal to the commons and represented the other side of the people. MP's were merchants and other aristocrats, Lords were nobles. Now however since the 1919 and 1949 parliament acts it functions as a mere review chamber with a delaying power of a year. Although members may still propose legislation. Most lords are appointed for the excellency in their fields, making it a highly professional body. It also has a sufficient portion of non-party affiliated members to create a balance. Party politics is rarely argued in the lords and debate is much more mannered. The lords itself is regarded as one of the most highly respected bodies in the world, and its committee papers are some of the best produced. :P
@PsychoBensTV7 жыл бұрын
Except in this day and age of career politicians the House of Lords looks less like a hereditary position than the commons, with people from other walks of life actually having a say in government such as successful businessmen, scientists, religious figures, actors, judges, police officers, members of the armed forces and charity workers. Leftists of your caliber seem to forget that the only time you will see people from normal walks of life play a role in law making is in the House of Lords, is the name the problem? Should we rename it to the "House without career politicians"?.
@lurkingharris7 жыл бұрын
You're incorrect on what happens when a sitting hereditary peer dies. Essentially, whenever there is a "vacancy" for a hereditary peer any hereditary lord can put their name forward to be elected by the others (unsure if all hereditary lords vote or just the peers), so even if you're a hereditary lord and your father was elected into the house by the other hereditary lords, you won't necessarily become a peer yourself.
@prestonak Жыл бұрын
KZbin recommendations gotta chill 😂
@dannym1882 Жыл бұрын
The order of succession for the crown was a bit different before William the Conqueror invaded, who breaks the 1701 rules because he was illegitimate therefore sometimes referred to as "William the Bastard." Before 1066 monarchs weren't given the crown for being the next of kin, they had to be nominated by the monarch's council known as the Witan. An interesting fact is that William the Conqueror technically wasn't the next king after Harold Godwinson but was Edgar Ætheling, nominated as king by the Witan shortly before William claimed the throne.
@alaskaball1884 жыл бұрын
Me: Watching a video on a British Monarchy in the UK Bernie Sanders add: I'm gonna stop you right there
@timothycrystal26234 жыл бұрын
I think that the rule about the guy with the biggest army technically still applies. It’s just no longer worth the hassle.
@BritishRepublicsn Жыл бұрын
Yeah, who's going to argue with an army?
@TinyDeskEngineer Жыл бұрын
I'm loving this series on how to collect fancy hats
@KvaGram Жыл бұрын
And now, the crown has been relocated once again. Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain