COMMENT: Which “one of a kind” British aristocrat from history would you like us to feature next on this channel?
@richardchristie32038 ай бұрын
Lord Frederick Windsor, please
@carolharkness50238 ай бұрын
Katherine Duchess of Kent
@Colorbrush218 ай бұрын
Princess Alexandra of Kent.
@BayTampaBay8 ай бұрын
Natalia Phillips Grosvenor and her father's family.
@BayTampaBay8 ай бұрын
Janet Mercedes Bryce (born 29 September 1937), daughter of Major Francis (Frank) Bryce and Gladys Jean Mosley (whose paternal aunt, Mary Mercedes Bryce, married Colonel Joseph Harold John Phillips, the grandparents of Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn and Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster) on 17 November 1960 at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Frognal, London.
@SAMPACOMIFFY7 ай бұрын
I worked for a short period for Gerald Grosvenor and found him a very kind and caring person to all his staff. He was a little shy and very humble. He did so much for his charities and had lots of meetings with donations and help. Mrs Handy used to make him a flask of tea for when he drove himself from The London office to his Chester Home. He was fined for speeding on a couple of occasions, poor man. Everyone loved him. He was such a great man. 😭 May he R.I.P. 🙏❤️
@72Yonatan7 ай бұрын
He seems to have been a unique and likeable man. Handsome officer and a true gentleman.
@freepeach96317 ай бұрын
Hahaha so a true gentleman cheats on his wife with prozzies?!
@marcia59397 ай бұрын
Years ago I was a member of the Young Conservatives and the Duke came to one of our meetings in a room above a pub in Teddington, Middlesex. He was charming and self effacing, not at all haughty as one might expect from a fabulously wealthy Duke. I was sorry to learn of his death.
@harrydebastardeharris9876 ай бұрын
Another Gentleman who doesn’t pay enough TAX !
@davidrhodes76556 ай бұрын
Beautiful man yes I remember the Jaguar XJS
@KC-gy5xw7 ай бұрын
I worked for a surveyor who worked for The Grosvenor Estate and met him several times in the 80's, he was always charming, polite and very sweet. Lovely, lovely man.
@henryworthington82616 ай бұрын
The Duke of Westminster opened our family home in Cheshire as an Abbeyfield Home. We felt greatly honoured. Later I spent a little time in a flat off Oxford St., London, the whole building of dozens of flats was owned by him and their rents were refreshingly low. They were well-maintained. All spoke well of him.
@emilywyatt93405 ай бұрын
His son is expanding their social housing and helping disadvantaged tenants.
@mikep99136 ай бұрын
I had a long conversation with the Duke in the early 1990s. He was a wonderful character, happy to joke about himself, extraordinarily generous and down to earth.
@isabelledetaillefer27268 ай бұрын
I suspect Earl Spencer's book disclosed what ALL these young aristocratic boys endured when sent away to one of those horrible private schools to be bullied, beaten and molested. And their parents - at least the fathers - bloody well knew what hell they were sending their sons into. Their silence and complicity means it only got worse over the years. All the wealth and comfort in the world can not fix what was broken in their children during those years of torment: the depression, over-sexualization, shame, and sense of guilt and inadequacy for not being able to put those demons to bed. Clearly, Gerald remembered: "I feel an enormous responsibility. In my career, it's been the most difficult thing in the world to send young men and women off into the unknown...especially when I know what they were going to."
@oldmoneyluxury8 ай бұрын
😥
@robertbarrett24948 ай бұрын
Sometimes those places were particularly the devil one knew rather than another devil one did not know .
@leas78308 ай бұрын
Well said. I can't even comprehend what these boys went through. 😢
@robertbarrett24948 ай бұрын
@leas7830 I can . It was bad enough everywhere. Too many schools in both public & independent sectors were harsh enough . One wonders what the local authorities , charities & parents thought they were funding .
@leas78308 ай бұрын
@@robertbarrett2494 I can't understand parents, no way. They had all the resources to protect their offspring and connections to have the best lawyers. But no. They willingly send their children to be molested 🤢😖😤 Money or not, children are vulnerable and should be protected like the most expensive treasures.
@lucylocket4207 ай бұрын
It seems he learned how to make his children's lives happier and safer. Hugh seems like a charming young man and hope he continues to have a happier life than his poor Father x
@infour446 ай бұрын
I think I recall him reflecting how the country life ( in Eire/ N.Ireland?) gave him great joy and comfort. Anecdotally there’s never a bad words said about him around Chester.
@susanheywood41327 ай бұрын
I always thought the old duke was a very handsome man , he had a kindness about him .
@tassiegirl19917 ай бұрын
English Public Boarding Schools of the late Dukes era have a lot to answer for…..many men were deeply affected by the experience…..i found after visiting my husband old school why my own husband is the way he is, although a successful academic the personal impact the school had on his emotional characteristics.
@christinagiannaros98176 ай бұрын
Yes, same here, explained a lot about my ex husband, terrible places of cruelty and abuse by students and staff. Wealth and privilege and are not always protection.
@Edward24576 ай бұрын
The parents were responsible!?
@tassiegirl19915 ай бұрын
@@Edward2457 why for sending them……partly but the school system of that time was culpable for the abuse in their schools…..boarding schools
@annettekleynhans61277 ай бұрын
Is it only me that see such sadness in his eyes on all his pictures?
@patb.j.33587 ай бұрын
No, I saw the sadness and pure pain in his beautiful blue eyes. It is as if he had the entire world burdens on his shoulders. To die so young. 😢
@cindybogart60627 ай бұрын
I also see it, profoundly sad!
@Crewelperleology7 ай бұрын
Not only sadness, but beauty and gentility.
@AngelApprentice7 ай бұрын
I see sadness, thoughtfulness and introspection in his eyes.
@freedomunltd7 ай бұрын
@@patb.j.3358How could anyone not be permanently affected by being severed from the warmth of family and home in Ireland at the tender age of seven, then thrust into the heartless machine that is called the elite public school system whose ethos is designed to transform children into coldhearted arrogant human robots that are bred to regard the mass of humanity as disposable inferior objects, the core ot the so-called Establishment that infest the top echelons of UK Government which is why the UK political system is rotten to its very core. And also there is the possibility of abuse of a child in such a setting which was so prevalent in these environments which train these children to stay quiet, to keep the ‘stiff upper lip’, to suffer silently which causes irreparable harm throughout the entire life of such people, into adulthood.
@teachersusan37308 ай бұрын
How could a parent send their kid away at age 7????? That‘s so cruel …. 😢
@janetbarkwith7 ай бұрын
I disagree - it very much depends on the child. I always wanted to go away to school (which shocked and appalled my mother) but was not allowed to. I think it would have been marvellous to be away from suffocating parental care.
@rowanedwards2357 ай бұрын
Tradition. It was expected. Times have changed.
@Test-nj4fx7 ай бұрын
I also really tried to go away and was kept from it. I think it very much depends on the child.
@monk3yboy697 ай бұрын
Well, it would free you up to do more social engagements. It’s awfully wearing trying to fit it all in if there’s a needy child in the way. Bridge anyone?
@homodeus87137 ай бұрын
Not necessarily
@Diamondmine2128 ай бұрын
The late Duke was kind and well liked and respected. There is a Ten year gap between the present Duke ( who inherited the title at just 24 ) and his youngest elder sister ( whose married to the BBC History programme maker Dan Snow) because his wife had Breast Cancer and the worry and fear for her brought on his nervous breakdown . There is just about 15/27 months between Hugh and his youngest sister. The family ,mother ,three sisters and Hugh all work in the charities they set up and finance for the Homeless, Veterans, Drink and Drug rehabilitation, ex prisoners, and others. The family are still well liked by their tenants and estate workers, and the people of Chester. Hugh has know his wife since they met at school when they were 12. They parted for a while over their university years but then got back together, to both families delight.
@alllisonhomegardenoutandabout8 ай бұрын
How lovely 💙I think I remember a programme mentioning years ago how the present Duke went to ca normal infant/primary school
@babs59688 ай бұрын
That was a different girlfriend that he had known from school.
@saraswatkin92267 ай бұрын
Britain needs to become a Republic to progress beyond this century. Feudalism has no place in a progressive UK.
@AmberPanda7 ай бұрын
I used to travel to work with someone who worked for the late Duke and he said he was a very nice man.
@BlackStump1725 ай бұрын
So Gerald abused women by using pros ? Scumbag ! Dirty grub ! His poor wife and family .
@evakoi21047 ай бұрын
I like the narrator's voice it sounds so historical I actually thought it was old footage BBC reporters used to report that way in my childhood in the 70s we'd all crowd around the radio in Kenya 🇰🇪 I miss those good old days Congratulations Duke of Westminster
@jenniferdunn35607 ай бұрын
Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s done by AI, all sorts of names mispronounced.
@maureenfrost28727 ай бұрын
@@jenniferdunn3560I thought the same. Always a giveaway.
@dingdong8487 ай бұрын
I soooooo agree!!!!
@Johnmell1007 ай бұрын
@@jenniferdunn3560 I think the voice-over is most definitely AI generated, which I thoroughly dislike and I would normally not watch but this is such an interesting story.
@paulmcgee18677 ай бұрын
Sounds like ai to me
@yvonnemcloughlin28777 ай бұрын
It doesn't matter what he didn't achieve,The Duke was a very charitable man.
@HonestlyYours5167 ай бұрын
l have a feeling that Gerald Grosener would have happily given away some of his vast fortune in exchange for lasting happiness during his lifetime and freedom from anxiety and depression. Having lasting peace of mind is, in my opinion, more important than having a vast fortune.
@shillanassi7 ай бұрын
Depression and mental health issues aren’t scandalous-they happen to many people, rich or poor. Please join us, in the 21st century.
@stephenholmes10367 ай бұрын
The old duke Gerald was throughly decent man who treated people in the manner he wish to be treated. Thats how i found him. The new one isnt the same
@heatherstephens92957 ай бұрын
That’s a shame 😢
@rowanedwards2357 ай бұрын
I met Lord Westminster - Gerald Grosvenor along with Prince Andrew on Hamilton Island, in Australia . They were both good company.
@richardnieuwhof20288 ай бұрын
Natalia is not just descended from European nobility, but from the Romanovs of Russia, and the royal families of Sweden, Prussia, Luxembourg, Baden and Wurtemburg.
@shecandance95008 ай бұрын
Natalia is the great great great great granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia through the morganic marriage of his grandson Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich to Countess Sophie Merenberg. I think I have the number of greats right! 😮 Natalia does have an interesting family lineage.
@fredspengeman67077 ай бұрын
If Hugh is descended from Afro-Russian Gannibal, will he qualify to join BLM?🫥
@richardnieuwhof20287 ай бұрын
She shares an ancestor with Boris Johnson: Paul of Wurtemburg, who was himself a great great grandson of George II of Great Britain.
@richardnieuwhof20287 ай бұрын
Yes, he will have to pay reparations to himself.
@nisoshahabibzadeh7 ай бұрын
One of Hugh's names is Gannibal ....
@Liamoconnor12087 ай бұрын
Excellent summary of one of my family tree. A true gentleman and a man of the people
@gnostic2688 ай бұрын
Gerald Grosvenor dated Lady Sarah Spencer, eldest sister of Diana, who was dealing with an ED at the time. After they broke up, Lady Sarah dated Charles, then Prince of Wales. These aristocratic families are all more than a little enmeshed.
@oldmoneyluxury8 ай бұрын
🙈
@robertbarrett24948 ай бұрын
Did he really ? Of course aristocracy & gentry are often inter-related .
@lis8198 ай бұрын
What’s an ED?
@AliHussain-fz7pd8 ай бұрын
When you say ED, do you mean an eating disorder or erectile disfunction?
@ralphl76438 ай бұрын
@@lis819 Eating disorder. She had bulimia like Diana. Diana's brother married an anorexic the first time. All damaged by their parents' bad marriage.
@tess25387 ай бұрын
I worked in Browns of Chester . He’d often pop in. He was always chatty and polite. A very, nice man .
@alllisonhomegardenoutandabout8 ай бұрын
Gerald was supposed to be a really nice bloke very kind to military charities and a heart attack and flown to the NHS Royal Preston Hospital where he sadly passed #gonewaytosoon
@emilywyatt93405 ай бұрын
The smoking didn't help along with the stress.
@robinbeavan51526 ай бұрын
I once did a job on a tenant farm at abbystead in early 80s and the two brothers spoke very highly of their landlord. They said at least once a year he would pop round and ask them if everything was OK and would do his upmost to help.they always kept a bottle for such occasions. I expected the opposite of what I heard and felt.they had a strong affection for the duke. I never met him but always put people straight when ever I heard people calling him for being rich without knowing him.i was a little saddened when I heard he had died poor fellow.
@John-G8 ай бұрын
"Distinctions on his own merit" in the Army? Get real. He failed the Regular Commissions Board and joined the TA as a trooper / private in the Queen's Own Yeomanry. They put him up for a commission and he did two weeks (TWO WEEKS) at Sandhurst. He never passed any staff exams and never did any staff training, which are a standard minimum requirement for command for anyone else, but he was promoted to the absurd heights of Major General solely because of his money and title - nothing else.
@zenden65647 ай бұрын
In the tradition of Georgian England.
@jeanwood63927 ай бұрын
Lions led by Donkeys comes to mind.
@John-G7 ай бұрын
@@jeanwood6392 He didn't do much leading of lions, at least not in the Army, thank God.
@noelht16 ай бұрын
I met this guy a couple of times. He was a nice chap. One time we were stuck in a traffic jam on the A6 and he was stuck in the jam on the opposite direction. Saw me light a Cig in my car and bummed one from me out the window of his range Rover
@alexlozowski67268 ай бұрын
You are a treasure in this world! I haven't commented until now, but I have been a big fan of your channel for some time, and it has made my life better. Thank you! PS Although I don't know your background, I would say that you embody the best of the old world values that you describe on your channel, such as grace, refinement and elegance. Your turns of phrase are brilliant - "a dash of panache" " the face of modern philanthropy, that launched a thousand tax deductions"...Genius!
@Phyllida-r7n7 ай бұрын
AI.
@fionawalpole21227 ай бұрын
They actually have a trust so the Duke of the day can not piss all the money away/make bad mistakes.
@robertbarrett24947 ай бұрын
Good . Otherwise , wasting it would be sad . Would HM Treasuty gain ?
@robertbarrett24947 ай бұрын
Good . Others, it would be wasted . Charitable causes would not benefit . From which outcome would HM Trreasury gain more ?
@emilywyatt93405 ай бұрын
@@robertbarrett2494They get inheritance tax every 10 years plus annual income tax. They've built this up for a thousand years.
@taybak84468 ай бұрын
This was great. Very informative. Could we see something about Henry George Alan Percy, 9th Duke of Northumberland?
@julieaffinita89457 ай бұрын
What he’s gone thru highs and lows gave him the experience of being a human
@Jeffybonbon8 ай бұрын
Your 100% wrong the Duke was never a professional solider he was a part time soilder in the TA most TA officers have other jobs just like the Duke Most TA officers never go to staff collage and i dont think the Duke did staff collage he gained higher command because of who he was not his ability to be a great leader on the battlefield If my memorie serves me right he failed the entrence exam to be a regular professional office he like the rest of TA officers only went to sandhurst for two weeks unlike regular officers who go there for 44 weeks a huge difference QOY is full of officers from the upper class and the duke used his class to become a Lt Col in the QOY I take nothing away from his efforts I met the man more then once very nice guy he was too but your so wrong about his army part time life
@johnbell18598 ай бұрын
I kind of liked the guy. 🇬🇧
@Hannah-pk6iq7 ай бұрын
“I don't think people realise how the establishment became established. It simply stole the land and property off the poor, surrounded themselves with weak minded sycophants for protection, gave themselves titles and have been wielding power ever since.” ― Tony Benn
@harrietkinloch74517 ай бұрын
Tony Benn was a raging communist!
@gbentley81767 ай бұрын
Yes very apt coming from a Viscount...
@Challenger2A77 ай бұрын
Yes indeed, Viscount Stansgate.
@Hannah-pk6iq7 ай бұрын
@@Challenger2A7 Erm he gave the title up but his lick spittle son took over the title. Do keep up
@Lou-vg7nh6 ай бұрын
And? Fortune favours the bold...
@d.d.47037 ай бұрын
The traumas of his life became etched on the Duke's face, and no doubt contributed to his untimely death.
@oldmoneyluxury7 ай бұрын
😢
@WarlockofSF8 ай бұрын
Can you please do one on Charles Feeney and Robert Warren Miller, who started Duty Free Shoppers. Miller's daughters married nobility / royalty. Feeney gave away all of his billions.
@oldmoneyluxury8 ай бұрын
This is a GREAT choice for a video :) very much in line with our channel. Thanks Warlock! We’ll work on it
@WarlockofSF8 ай бұрын
@@oldmoneyluxury “A Tale of Two Billionaires”
@robertbarrett24948 ай бұрын
Thyssens did likewise .
@carolinejohnson227 ай бұрын
He always came across as a really nice man 😊
@babs59688 ай бұрын
All the nasty comments about him being “thick” doesn’t seem to have done any harm to the Grosvenor Group under his leadership.
@millyarscott86566 ай бұрын
I have never read any nasty comments about this lovely family. All the best to each of them.
@cassandratq93017 ай бұрын
This was wonderful.
@NikCan667 ай бұрын
Seems his early life in Ireland was harmonious versus then as a child trust into England's private schools educational system caused a schizophrenic mark that effected his life and lifestyle caued his early demise.
@joprocter45735 ай бұрын
He was very proud of being a ulsterman.his mother resided at Ely and is buried in simple style.i know as my dad Sister and grandmother buried close by.she was like a local woman wore headscarf just like the queen e11.she once shouted out hello to my mother in the town.last time I saw in person was at open day at Sandhurst.
@lorrainesawday49598 ай бұрын
Duke of Norfolk
@willmoore75826 ай бұрын
The burden of extreme wealth usually breaks a person with any degree of self doubt. Such a pity given that he was at heart a decent man. My heart goes out to him and his family.
@paulahasratian32638 ай бұрын
The PRINCESS Royal is fantastic.
@jspohl7 ай бұрын
Happiness is free for everyone no matter your income. It’s a choice I make when I wake up everyday. When you set an intention for happiness everything else follows. 💖✨
@carrie-joylloyd57857 ай бұрын
You obviously have no knowledge of clinical depression. Nobody would want that by choice believe me!
@consciousnessrenaissance78043 ай бұрын
But if you are molested as a child sexually, abused mentally and physically. That’s changes perspective
@katharinatrub13386 ай бұрын
Great voice-over and thank you for an Interesting Reportage!
@oldmoneyluxury6 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, Katharina, thanks!
@katharinatrub13386 ай бұрын
@@oldmoneyluxury I hope I will discover some more... ; )
@millyarscott86566 ай бұрын
I wish Princess Diana had married somebody like this gentleman. He would have loved her so much and would have made he r so happy. Unlike the one she married.
@emilywyatt93405 ай бұрын
Still not forgiven Charles and Camilla.
@pamdoherty7233 ай бұрын
Diana had her own demons. Two broken people do not equal a happy marriage
@sharonbennett33188 ай бұрын
Invictus started with him
@susancarter80257 ай бұрын
Thought it started with Prince Harry!
@traceyneeb92907 ай бұрын
Once stayed at Grosvenor House in London. It must have been part of the estate. Beautiful place.
@emilywyatt93405 ай бұрын
The Hotel was the site of their former London home. Even they got walloped with the bills for ww1 and 2.. Why they put it all in trusts which was a smart move. Could have saved many stately homes.
@gracesanity63147 ай бұрын
He always said he's time as a child growing up in Ireland were he's happiest.
@robertbarrett24948 ай бұрын
Robert Grosvenor was a neighbour of the Abercorns .
@shantishanti19498 ай бұрын
And ???
@goldenineke8 ай бұрын
I understand the Duke of Westminster has recently put the Irish property up for sale.
@joprocter45735 ай бұрын
Gerald was down to earth his mother violet very grounded.he was good to military and served in reserve.
@titizroyal86697 ай бұрын
Royal education is another. Thank you for your video.
@lozcb17 ай бұрын
If only Charles had the smallest amount of Gerald's integrity
@John-G8 ай бұрын
Oh come on - "this succession coupled with the emotional toll of bullying impacted his academic focus". Seriously? He was at Harrow just before I was there and he left with no 'A' levels and two 'O's, in Maths and English. He was notorious for being as thick as two very short planks. ... and what "Irish accent"? He went to Sunningdale when he was seven and had lost any trace of an Irish accent by the time he went to Harrow.
@williamevans94268 ай бұрын
Very interesting, as always! One question. Why is Earl Mountbatten of Burma in the Grosvenor's group wedding photograph? Many thanks!
@CarolStJohn-ev9ry8 ай бұрын
It also looked like one of Diana's sisters was on the far right.
@robertbarrett24948 ай бұрын
Gerald & Natalia wedding in Oct 1978 at Luton ?
@susanyates42338 ай бұрын
Mountbatten poked his nose into everything.
@williamevans94268 ай бұрын
@@susanyates4233 True!!😄
@ralphl76438 ай бұрын
@@susanyates4233 And other parts, apparently.
@michellez.55567 ай бұрын
I would like to see the documentary about the life of Karl XVI after high school and before he changed his name to become the king in 1973. Very brave and unusual personality among them all.
@janesmith90247 ай бұрын
An organist family member who worked at Chester Cathedral looked just like him (and also took the choir to sing at Christmas as Eaton Hall (which by the way is not a great looking house despite the improvements and was built in 1960 - the previous one looked nicer) and was sometimes confused for him at the Cathedral which was quite funny. The new Duke has had some very unfair criticism - he did not choose his life and he is married and has always done his duty. I wish him well.
@freepeach96317 ай бұрын
Oh was part of that duty to cheat on his wife numerous times
@johnleigh3496 ай бұрын
I met G.Grosvernor at Abbeystead many years ago on one his grouse beets we had the adjoining grouse moor a gentleman to the end
@paulknight37937 ай бұрын
Hey everyone has a hobby. And some people have unusual taste in leisure activities. Best wishes from sunny Devon
@neilrafferty20976 ай бұрын
I see sadness in his eyes.
@patriciaowen62434 ай бұрын
My friend was a traffic warden in Chester and she booked Gerald G
@allwrighty1006 ай бұрын
You could make ten documentaries a day about people with depression that don’t have the means, financial or social, to acquire the appropriate care. But that wouldn’t be interesting because they live on a council estate without the undeserved, inherited and eye-watering wealth that poor little rich boys have.
@deborahmeyer34938 ай бұрын
Charlotte Santa Domingo
@shahad_alsayed5 ай бұрын
Nice to see the christening picture of Duke of Westmister
@lopezjuan316jl8 ай бұрын
The press should chill, it is certainly wrong to cheat on your partner but a lot of people do that and that is not in the news. That should remain between partners, and should not be public domain
@marianoscotti88995 ай бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏Very interesting, and jolly nice English without an accent !😉 When I was young I looked after my uncle's ponies at Cowdray Park Polo Club, and everybody there spoke just like you !😀 Felicitaciones y muchos saludos, Mariano Scotti Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷🇬🇧🇦🇷🇬🇧🇦🇷🇬🇧🇦🇷
@etechjd82607 ай бұрын
Makes me sooooo sad,soooo much suffering
@simontaylor23197 ай бұрын
Who is more likely to get a table in a crowded restaurant - a Duke or a Beatle?
@IngeEvenwel7 ай бұрын
So he was the Vader of invictus?
@tomek42246 ай бұрын
Being a public figure is not an easy task. If you are deprived of your privacy, with the mob and media with paparazzis chasing you, this may be a nightmare. Especially for someone sensitive and feeling a lot. It seems that this gentleman led a decent life, doing a lot of good deeds.
@Richardsonprincess008 ай бұрын
How about the Spencer family?
@nleefry7 ай бұрын
I am not qualified to comment on the loss of status. When the rich share income,and the ability for all to rise the country will be okay
@jayfreechavez00008 ай бұрын
Prayers for the Aristocracy
@marirothbauer54077 ай бұрын
Now the Spencer familie would be a shocker love to read that hostory.
@oldmoneyluxury7 ай бұрын
“Old Money” To Royalty: Princess Diana & The Spencer-Churchill Family: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXOVmZeXrMidm8U
@AmanahAdam-f8e7 ай бұрын
God bless him.
@books-and-cats7 ай бұрын
And so he takes a few years off to be Andrew Rigleley in Wham.
@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm29387 ай бұрын
That’s what I think all of us look for…purpose…and what he wanted so much…proof that he was more than just a placeholder in some title…that HE Gerald mattered…not the 6th Duke…but the individual Gerald meant something…I can’t imagine how hard it must be feeling that everything you do and have accomplished is attributed to someone or something else…oh he did all that because he already had the money or the title or whatever…he’d never be able to accomplish anything on his own…that’s gotta be a really dark place to be in…essentially you’re worthless…quick road to depression…I am ozymandias, king of kings…. : - /
@carlafa36 ай бұрын
I think you really hit the nail on the head! Wonderful insight!
@BlackStump1725 ай бұрын
Wow , his speaking is exactly the same as Charles’s at that time .
@DeclanConway-q3c5 ай бұрын
A great person (RIP)
@jakecavendish34707 ай бұрын
A man of substantial eyebrows
@emilywyatt93405 ай бұрын
He really needed an eyebrow wax or a tweezer.
@helenwalker29867 ай бұрын
Id be depressed too if I was sitting on all that wealth while so much suffering was being ignored...
@angelapickering37807 ай бұрын
Really? So, tell us what YOU would have done differently 🤔
@helenwalker29867 ай бұрын
@@angelapickering3780 Using my brain and not licking elite backside is a good start... other than that I dont have time to entrain you into becoming a fully individualated adult.. sorry.. no can do... It would take way too long... you will have to lag behind but worry not because pretty soon YOU WILL ALL BE GROWN UP TOGETHER... One thing I CERTAINLY would not do.. its aquire so muchwelth and hoard it so as to cause the suffering of my fellow man... I wouldnt RIG the system so my perverted mates and incest born relatives can self enrich at the cost of the common man... I wouldnt moan that I am depressed because I would be doing what GOD intended me to do with my wealth... Idnot be remaining silent while the people Id stolen off to fill my coffers died inthe streets... those things I would not do.. Thats how we are differnt I guess... because you would elevate those very people... you suck up to the rich... but the rich are rich because they killed your neighbour... we are different.
@freepeach96317 ай бұрын
@@angelapickering3780most people with a sense of decency would use that vast and ridiculous wealth to alleviate suffering. The grosvenors donate what amounts to a drop in an ocean of their massive endless passive income in order to look philanthropic. But perhaps you are similar
@tegestherrmann40297 ай бұрын
Alexander Pushkin was an Ethiopian.
@donnasherwood2838 ай бұрын
neither he or his son project a manly affect. sonny still looks like a teenager at an age where it is not appealing. It is not clear he was particularly unhappy except for having his private life exposed. I fail to see why it is the business of the public that he used a discreet escort service in NYC. Is one to assume he is alone in such pursuits in his social circle. he is not the headmaster of some girl's school and did not stand accused of involvement with underaged boys or girls. By this standard one would have to conclude a majority of the men in aristocrat circles would be complicit If he had a break from the pressures of his obligations that is also something in a decent society it would not be reported upon. Who could handle such scrutiny ? this is all about satisfying the prurient interests of the degenerate pubic.
@Claire11elliott8 ай бұрын
I think the scandal was that an escort recorded him trying to get a discount when he was a billionaire.
@donnasherwood2838 ай бұрын
@@Claire11elliott well i think claire if no one had reported or posted such a video there would have been no "scandal" do u really image he is the only extremely wealthy man who haggles over prices ? May i suggest warren buffett. I fail to see why that is a "scandal" either it is mildly embarrassing or should be I think it is funny and it serves him right to be exposed as a cheapskate.
@nicolad88228 ай бұрын
Is English your first language?
@donnasherwood2838 ай бұрын
@@nicolad8822 what kind of question is this ?
@autumn15497 ай бұрын
❤
@dzadza77757 ай бұрын
How about a profile of Johnny Wodehouse ...Lord Kimberley?
@MayaLarsen-y3r7 ай бұрын
He was a propper gentalman.
@rodgerslape8 ай бұрын
G.A.G (George) Howard could b quite interesting. Baron Howard of Henderskelfe
@Valhalla888887 ай бұрын
Perhaps Lord Lovat, Fitzroy MacLean???
@eileencorcoran30907 ай бұрын
Ans paid NO taxes from 9 billion....! GREED KNOWS NO BOUNDS....
@emilywyatt93405 ай бұрын
They do actually. Research discretionary trusts and the 10 years inheritance tax.
@Rosiedelaroux7 ай бұрын
They have been shopping in the wrong stores
@Barbara-u5h7 ай бұрын
Is his relative the man who has an island in long island sound?
@tomek42246 ай бұрын
Being a public figure is not an easy task. Ifvyou are deprived if your privacy, with the mob and media with paparazzis surrounding you, this may be a nightmare. Especially for someone sensitive and feeling a lot. But in the summary, he led a decent life doing a lot of good, a good man indeed.
@marynadononeill6 ай бұрын
His whole life was marred by the deep hatred of the Irish that existed in those years. Can you imagine that? Incessant bullying for his accent when he could have bought and sold his tormentors?
@anthonywilson-ul8zv8 ай бұрын
Great Video its telling poor people they are better off staying poor lol
@shirleymclean58957 ай бұрын
Lol
@anthonywilson-ul8zv7 ай бұрын
@@shirleymclean5895 thanks lol
@lizvickers71568 ай бұрын
I live 15 miles from Chester.
@malcolm99947 ай бұрын
Bid deal ! I live 250 miles from Chester, so there.
@deborahharris80927 ай бұрын
Silly comment. @@malcolm9994
@Annie-ez4ol7 ай бұрын
I love 130 miles from Chester.
@TheLRider5 ай бұрын
Like the real Downton Abbey in the 20th century, being repeated in the 21st. Such inherited wealth and position the very antithesis of a meriricracy. Which is best I don't know.
@samuelbadiora71278 ай бұрын
Pls make a video about the illitch family
@ralphl76438 ай бұрын
I can't find any pictures online of the 1960s version of Eaton Hall, which looked hideous as I recall. The reskin is an improvement but still off-putting.
@gregprice1035 ай бұрын
so what, he liked a brass, whoopeee
@KarlRove-vk7gg8 ай бұрын
The great depression 2.0 has arrived. 2024 is the new 1929 and we are going to see the full extent of how powerful or durable old money is.
@KarlRove-vk7gg8 ай бұрын
@ZoongoZang I only invest in Silver and nothing else.
@KarlRove-vk7gg8 ай бұрын
@ZoongoZang It is more than just a choice, it is a survival strategy.
@oldmoneyluxury8 ай бұрын
😢
@KarlRove-vk7gg8 ай бұрын
@ZoongoZang "Diversification is for losers."-Dan Pena
@KarlRove-vk7gg8 ай бұрын
@@oldmoneyluxury Dan Pena is going to be Prime Minister of your country. He will use the new great depression to ride to power like a horseman of the apocalypse.