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[@alaskapuss]

Stephen saying very gently "No...because they're all fucking *German*" is so damn funny

[@colinbrown2097]

My wife is blind and made me look an idiot because she knew which way the queen faced because she had FELT the coins all her life!

[@medievalist]

That is brilliant :)

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

@@svmwasthesheet1971 "lol thats cool but... does your wife know you're ugly" Could leave it there haha

[@panda-wk8mv]

not quite the same but I used to play a game with myself when I was bored in class and try and count the amount of change I had in my pocket by touch, then I moved on to my bunch of keys to memorise by touch also, and it's surprising how fast the fingers can "see" things. I had 5 house keys (different doors and aunts house too) and I took a lot of pleasure taking out the right key without looking and having it fit straight in the lock

[@rawyld]

Awe your wife, that is so romantic.

[@xenolalia]

Jo was positively on fire during that Christmas episode

[@Luigiman-rc9fi]

Sorry Sandi, I'm not picking anything, I'm watching random QI videos on autoplay.

[@waynemarvin5661]

That'll show her.

[@alexanderarden6936]

😂

[@andreo.7633]

Hahahah Ok I'm not the only 1

[@darthozlord]

That first fact about Queen Victoria and how they had to make her re-do it is genuinely so British I love it. I mean it's horrible the bloke skipped the bit but still, put it in a sketch you'd get a good laugh

[@leumas75]

Here in the US Pres. Obama had to retake his oath of office (first term, 2009) because Chief Justice Roberts screwed up a line causing Obama to slightly miss the exact wording of the oath. It was redone the next day, just to make sure everything was proper and legal.

[@emilybarclay8831]

@@leumas75 imagine having one job and getting it wrong

[@lilymarinovic1644]

@@emilybarclay8831 both the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chief Justice of the US have lots more to do than crown the odd Queen or swear in the odd POTUS. So it is far from being their one job.

[@nathangathercole6888]

Seems very much something that Monty Python would have done tbh

[@SamuelBlack84]

One big Monty Python sketch

[@ThatOneNerdGirly]

I always thought Sandi was a great panelist, both funny and smart. When I heard she was taking over for Stephen I thought it was a great choice and she hasn't disappointed. Tak for det gode arbejde!

[@annother3350]

ive gone off her. if they tease her she has to have the last word

[@ThatOneNerdGirly]

@@annother3350 I'm sorry you see it that way, but I don't agree.

[@annother3350]

@@ThatOneNerdGirly It's subtle but once I noticed it aggravated me. She literally cannot stand to be mocked

[@BloodsplatterBE]

bless you

[@BuzzinsPetRock78]

My Finnish friend tells me that Dutch is similar to Swedish...but I can't understand any of it. Assuming you last word were Danish however, I think Dutch is more like Danish....as I can understand that :P

[@zbr76]

'Best of Quirky Queens' opens with flash-frames of Sue Perkins and Julian Clary... well played, QI channel. Well played.

[@CharlieQuartz]

Hmm well Sue isn’t a drag queen but she’s gay so close enough, right?

[@carrotcakecat]

@@CharlieQuartz and then after that you've got Stephen and Sandi.

[@GeoffreyBronson]

The motion graphics designer/editor for this channel is an unsung hero

[@bigblue6917]

@@carrotcakecat I find it fun when Stephen talked about heterosexual sex. There was a man well out of his depth.

[@ptroinks]

@@bigblue6917 And then he always ends up saying something like "it's not my area of expertise" :D.

[@MsDrientje]

Bill just casually wearing a Dragonball t shirt made my day. What a legend this man is.

[@blackbird5634]

what's dragon ball? no idea

[@Lonka12]

@@blackbird5634 An anime.

[@newflesh666]

he's also appeared on QI with a Naruto shirt, and one for the heavy metal band Mastodon. he has great taste

[@Fuzmonster59]

Gotta love the Dragonball t shirt!

[@yuki_eerhs4591]

I came Down to see if anyone else noticed it. 😂

[@lewissmith5759]

He has a naruto one too

[@rjaxxxas]

@@yuki_eerhs4591 Same.

[@BreakingUFC]

Just scrolled down to see if anyone else found this haha

[@MrsGamgee977]

I must have watched the Queen's Christmas bit a 100 times and I howl with laughter every single time.

[@theinternetshavecome1640]

This will sound weird, but I'll feel a lot more confident about whether I've bought something fancy enough for my family for Christmas knowing that the Queen was quite happy with a casserole dish and an apron.

[@zaibartdp]

2:20 Spot the Loki?

[@CucumberpatchAddict]

zaibartdp lmao i thought i was seeing things

[@starlightiris]

I was wondering if anyone else had seen that haha!

[@rosePetrichor]

Is Bill Bailey wearing a Dragon Ball shirt? I did not think the man could ascend further into legendary status

[@rob-c.]

Wait until your future self sees him dance to Rapper’s Delight

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

This will still immensely benefit from subtitles!

[@Arkuzian]

I think 6:19 is exactly the reason this video doesn't have subtitles.

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

@@Arkuzian Or not...

[@tommoex]

I've never noticed bill bailey wore a Dragonball shirt that one time, that's amazing

[@Tobio88]

He's worn a Naruto shirt as well. Might have been the same show that had David Tennant on as a guest.

[@cloudsparrow7729]

Sir you farted before Her Majesty!! I'm sorry, I didn't know it was her turn...... BOOM BOOM!

[@petersenior5432]

Glad to know Stephen shares my opinion about Tennis.

[@Patmanduu]

George VI, Edward VIII (not issued), and George V coins ALL face left. Edward broke the tradition because he thought his left was his best side. After the abdication his wish was ignored and it was treated as if his coin had followed tradition and faced right, despite the fact that the few coins that were minted actually faced left.

[@marcusreading3783]

I like Bill Bailys shirt in the one about the queen on the coin.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

He's worn a lot of anime shirts, but never talks about it, I wonder if he actually watches any.

[@shadowacadamy]

I was gonna say, I’m curious if he’s actually watched Dragonball

[@utbdoug]

I like that Giles Brandreth is featured in Quirky Queens a lot lol

[@fauxrowsdower7610]

“no, because they’re all fucking German” is maybe one of the best punchlines of all QI

[@australiagreg3179]

I think Stephen Fry's christmas tree deserves to be decorated by the queen

[@khymaaren]

Well, it is decorated by A queen...

[@theelangtube]

6:00 nice Dragonball t-shirt, Mr. Bailey!

[@gregnorris8279]

A coin with Charles’ head would give it handles 🙃

[@U2QuoZepplin]

Thank you Sandy. That's how I come to be watching this right now. I subscribed a while ago and it's why I watch Qi clips so regularly on youtube.

[@waynemarvin5661]

Thanks. We were all wondering why you watched Qi clips on KZbin.

[@millomweb]

I wonder why the queen decorates Stephen's Christmas tree instead of a fairy. (Other dishwashing detergent brands are available - and no, Jo is not one of them.)

[@onemercilessming1342]

I have read that Edward VIII, instead of facing the opposite way from his father, George V, chose to use the profile he personally preferred and THAT was thought to be a bad omen. I suppose it didn't help that, before he passed on, George V said that "the boy" would ruin himself in a year after he, George V, died. He was only off by a very few months.

[@almostfm]

That's correct, and the Royal Mint Museum has some of the pattern coins that were struck. When George VI became king, they just sort of pretended that Edward would have faced right, and so George VI faced left.

[@onemercilessming1342]

@@almostfm--Reading all those biographies and history books has paid off. Thank you for the kind words of support.

[@Aaaaaaaaaaaaa558]

Man Stephen and his outfits... wow

[@happynow66]

Anyone else notice that Sue Perkins is left handed but still drew the Queen facing left? By the theory she should have drawn her facing right

[@marycanary86]

heck you stephen for bringing up the danish queen! i was sat here thinking, desperately, which way she faced and i was SURE it was left. goddammit xD although, that stamp isnt really representative. the most well-known stamp with queen m has her facing left

[@giantnerd14]

One imagines that even when a Queen is told that they screwed it up and had to do it again, she'd be like "You can't be fucking serious".

[@waynemarvin5661]

That was before common childish profanity went mainstream, when people knew other words.

[@giantnerd14]

@@waynemarvin5661 What, pray tell, would she have said then smart guy?

[@catheriner999]

5:50 Just had to get up and find my wallet to look at my Canadian coinage because I could have swore it was facing left as well. Nope. Her maj faces right here as well. Weird.

[@dielaughing73]

Yep I thought the same, quite confidently, about Australian coins.

[@rickyheath7607]

US currency alternates

[@CharizardMaster69]

over here in US, everyone faces to the left on our coins unless you get one of those weird special nickels that has him facing outwards

[@Sorrow-loves-everyone]

With the Duke question did anyone else notice Loki’s silhouette in the picture frames?

[@mikulasalbrecht2823]

I am not alone, yay

[@Peter-ci1zw]

Fry mocking Giles for being a bit posh seems a bit rich

[@ThatDamnPandaKai]

I'll be honest. I'm slightly disappointed the first clip wasn't of Stephen just acting awkward.

[@marypridham3823]

The bit about the way we think the Queen faces on coins is perhaps due to so many being right-handed makes sense to me, as I really struggle to draw a face in profile unless it is facing to the left (I’m right handed)

[@willch.2259]

10:15 is the synopsis of the onsen episode of Medieval England

[@NewMessage]

I expected more cross dressing, honestly.

[@jeannel2515]

Lord Roll and a fart-induced seven year trip... outstanding! 😆

[@dolceanstar]

She should have said, "I'd leave it another 10 minutes if I were you"

[@Josh-ub1do]

Bill baily wearing a dragonball t shirt makes me a bigger fan than I was before

[@damnskillz2083]

With the thing about the Queen facing right - I am left-handed and got it right; so theory confirmed?🤣

[@BrendanDean99]

Its easier to draw facing left than right if your right handed

[@rhiannontalbot1]

I love sandi's shirt

[@Handz0r]

Sandi is great n all but i do miss Stephen Fry

[@starlinguk]

I'm left-handed and guessed correctly.

[@TheRedWabbit]

Hurray! The left-handed are superior in so many ways and yet the wrong handed can never seem to admit it. :)

[@jakelecroy5553]

From personal experience I prefer TWINING's Earl Grey and wont to drink unless it's authentic:)

[@Kara1351]

I love this video, but in the section about the lack of Royal Dukes, the profile picture used looks exactly like Loki from MCU. I can't not see it.

[@benblatz8558]

Check out the DragonBall shirt on Bill Bailey

[@b_uppy]

It's a process other than handedness, I think.

[@dcflake5645]

Anyone else can't here the title the bishop of Bath and Wells without thinking of Blackadder?

[@wratched]

"Bend over, Blackadder! It's POKER TIME!"

[@leanneblake4248]

The faces Right & I am from Australia.

[@pop8226]

i wish they'd equalise the audio from all the different clips

[@phosphoros60]

Today I learned poor King Eddie was come and gone so fast, he never even had coins minted of him.

[@P99AT]

There were actually a few pattern coins produced, but they were sealed up in a safe in the Royal Mint after the abdication for several decades out of embarrassment. They weren't found again until the '70s, I think.

[@almostfm]

@@P99AT That's correct. Had he stayed on the throne long enough for them to be issued, he would have broken the tradition of alternating the portrait direction because he preferred his left profile. When George VI assumed the throne, he faced left like his father, so they could say that had Edward had coins issued, he would have faced right to keep the tradition. There were, however, stamps issued with Edward VIII's portrait. With a few exceptions, the monarch has always faced left on the stamps.

[@qwertyTRiG]

Don't be too sorry for him: he was a Nazi sympathizer.

[@zetetick395]

@@qwertyTRiG There is a noticeable difference to being a Nazi sympathiser before 1937 and one after.

[@waynemarvin5661]

@@zetetick395 How about in 2022? It's back in vogue these days.

[@KatyaLeonie]

'They think it's something to do with right handedness' Me, a leftie: finally, an advantage for once!

[@Tephr1te]

i would have drawn the queen facing right, and im left handed, but i doubt it has anything to do with that since I just find it's pretty easy to visualise the coins

[@Septimus_ii]

Quirky Queens: shows Sue Perkins, Noel Fielding and Julian Clarey. Seems about right!

[@221b-Maker-Street]

Noel Fielding is not gay! 😆

[@rikkifurey5670]

Ye well the Christmas party hat would not fit over the crown haha haha lol.

[@robmarrin6720]

Ah you can see the history in the blackadder is true 😂👍❤️

[@Kiukaus]

I am pretty glad, that I knew which way the queen faces. And last time I used pounds was years ago. Yay me!

[@emjackson2289]

Wow! Thats so weird about the Queen facing right because being right handed and trying to draw her facing right is ODD

[@guitarmatricide4834]

American here. Anyone here know what Alan Davies says at 6:19 when Stephen Fry asks what The Queen does after Christmas lunch? I believe he says: “Has a-“ and then he’s bleeped. I’m guessing he says: “Has a wank.”?

[@xXxWARvetxXx]

Could be, I thought it was 'have a shit' but it could be anything really

[@samwebb5648]

It is has a wank.

[@guitarmatricide4834]

Thanks! Much appreciated.

[@ac87uk]

It's have a shit, a wank would be a step too far even for Alan...

[@funniebunnie4u]

@@xXxWARvetxXx Thank you!

[@yorickhunt3371]

The quirkiest queen: Elton John

[@ddublu]

bill bailey wearing a dragonball shirt. what a hero.

[@joshuamasonseight-bitbasta2451]

the queen in the apron with the t*ts made me laugh out loud.

[@davidsmith6661]

The ceiling in the White Drawing Room - also known as the large Drawing Room - is 14ft. 6in high. It would be impossible to have a 20ft. tree in there. They actually have one which just touches the ceiling in the window alcove on the West side nearest the Small Drawing Room. in addition there are another eleven trees scattered at various locations around the House. And Steven Fry has been there on a number of occasions as guest of the Prince of Wales - so he should know the height of the Large Drawing Room.

[@jwvandegronden]

Obviously... Not to mention other vital information like their shoe sizes and how it's hanging...

[@U2QuoZepplin]

I just visualised a coin and in my head and it's true. I imagined the Queen looking to the left on our UK coinage.

[@Twisties34]

She faces right on Australian coins too!

[@ihabkahnung]

As an Austrian, and basically a neighbour of one particularily nasty Battenbergs, i wholly agree. Christmas eve it has to be. Anything else sure is an abomination.

[@wernersgaminglounge5235]

Christkindl > Weihnachtsmann

[@AuntieWelly]

People assume the Queen faces left because it's the way right handed people draw

[@claironluron]

The Christmas bit, though hilarious, made me a bit emotional now that the Queen is gone... I'm not even British !

[@georgekirkham7989]

Don't think Stephen Fry quite caught the wigan pier joke.

[@CharizardMaster69]

for the queen coin thing, I’m right handed and I know that all of our coins here in the US have the guy facing the same way the queen does

[@waynemarvin5661]

Except Lincoln.

[@gaodargon]

BIll has a dragon ball shirt and all is right with the world

[@neilgerace355]

1:49 The Duke of Ellington! The Count of Basie! Bugs Bunny

[@kennyn1992]

When I saw this was a longer than normal clip and Gyles Brandreth was on at the start I feared for the worst . . .

[@telegraph2581]

Surely the way we think the queen faces is to do with drawing in profile. If you’re right handed you would tend to draw the face facing left as it’s much easier. As right handedness far outnumbers left handedness that would account for the figures.

[@d00mch1ld]

Almost make my family traditions normal.

[@theohaegele9011]

I thought Alan Carr would be in this!

[@jonathonclark-hansen9580]

I'm guessing Alan says, about what the Queen does after lunch, "Has a shit."? The only other thing that I can think that fits is "Has a walk.", but that seems unlikely.

[@BumMcFluff]

You're correct. It's "have a shit". It's the only answer that makes sense.

[@StrikaAmaru]

Any clue about what was censored at 6:00 ish?

[@Sevvik]

"She has a shit." :)

[@jackminton352]

Elizabeta Macovei ‘ Has a wank”

[@BumMcFluff]

@@Sevvik Has a shit after lunch is the only answer that actually makes sense.

[@mollyjones8184]

2:21 tell me that isn’t Tom Hiddleston as Loki in the silhouette in the frame

[@hugodogobob]

That isn't Tom Hiddleston as Loki in the silhouette in the frame

[@mollyjones8184]

hugodogobob smart

[@hugodogobob]

@@mollyjones8184 haha couldn't resist

[@johndeacon3239]

ME!

[@hannahaidastitcher8098]

The fact that 88% of people think the queen faces left on coins, and approx 12% of people are left handed doesn't feel like a coincidence!!

[@crazychips123]

Just noticed bills top at 4 mins

[@TotallyAwesomeMcknz]

Ok, but during the segment at 1:58 is that or is that not the Silhouette of Tom Hiddleston as Loki?

[@matthewheaton9700]

I thought there were 2 Sean Locks at 10:05

[@diddy1960]

Faces right on Australian coins..

[@IngoFlamingoo]

Why is Loki in the pictureframes at 2:20?

[@inotterwords6115]

Can someone explain the "is it Twinings" joke at 7:35 to this poor American?

[@jamesmcd4261]

Pretty sure Stephen did an advert for twinings around this time

[@nuclearsandwiches3064]

Twinings was brand of tea that Stephen had done a series of adverts for.

[@Brinta3]

Also, the brand has had the ‘royal warrant of approval’ since 1901.

[@swimasfastasyoucan]

Isn't it time Sir Stephen was a guest on the show?

[@beckdeae5026]

Can someone explain the twining's joke please?

[@TMPreRaff]

Alan "I'm loud so I must be funny" Davies

[@BumMcFluff]

Yep. Shouting "jokes" is his forte.

[@starlightiris]

Isn't that Tom Hiddleston's Loki at 1:35?

[@AndersPuschel]

It isn't the coronation that makes somebody the monarch. The person who is next in line to the throne becomes the monarch upon the death of the previous monarch. The present British monarch didn't have her coronation until the summer of 1953, more than a year after she became queen.

[@magmafang7187]

I'm right handed and think of profile going right

[@Jae93657]

I read in a book about the royals that she bathed twice. 9:59

[@angemaidment5640]

“Dukes of Hazzard” is technically right - because there were no dukes at the end of Elizabeth 1sts’ reign, and the Dukes of Hazzard are not dukes 🤣🤣🤣

[@LifesVoyager]

Fry, will you be putting the tree up yourself?

[@adamshepherd1302]

6:07 both George V & George VI are facing right 🤨 think Stephen got his facts wrong there

[@bendumbrell5548]

Edward VIII was king for a year between them

[@adamshepherd1302]

Ben Dumbrell yeah I know but I’m sure he said “not counting Edward VIII”