The Life & Times of Queen Elizabeth II

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To be honest for the last couple years I’ve been thinking to myself “You know, I should pre-make a video about Lizzie, just in case” but two things always stopped me. First, I thought for sure she’d be writing a letter to herself in 2026 in congratulations of her hundredth birthday. And second, it’s really difficult to talk about Queen Elizabeth II as a person, and that’s by design. This woman spent a lifetime perfecting the art of living in the press, being as likeable as possible while saying nothing.
So why make this video? I mean other than a belated attempt at getting views, of course. Well I’m not here to indulge in every tabloid headline of the last 96 years, that might be interesting, but it would also take months of reading and hours of video. I want to know: what it was like to live as the most prominent of the royals, what exactly did she do, and most of all, what changed in both the role of the British monarchy and Britain itself in the seven decades since she took the throne.
Music (in order of appearance):
Paul Burns - Sleep, Dearie, Sleep
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
Kevin Macleod - Fig Leaf Rag
God Save the Queen (instrumental)
Kevin Macleod - Rollin at 5
Kevin Macleod covering Pachelbel - Canon in D (8-bit)
Kevin Macleod - Fox Tale Part 1 (Instrumental)
Alan Sissons - Rule Britannia
Kevin Macleod - Wholesome
The Young Scrolls - Dagothwave

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[@JonMow]

Elizabeth II is a queen but she is also a mother. and i know there will be a lot of hate come to my way but at the current state of her country and her family.i say she failed at both of the jobs. FYI, i am from Vietnam and Elizabeth II supported the colonists french to return to Vietnam twice.so i am a little bias

[@brokenbridge6316]

This video was a lovely tribute to the late Queen. Great job Jack. I remember hearing when she passed. I was on my way to work when I heard it on the radio with my mom. My heart goes out to the late queen's family. I'm sure they're grieved a lot since her passing. Which is understandable. Can't wait till your next video Jack.

[@ladycharlottefitzroy5264]

Can you do a video about the Marquis de Sade?

[@TBDF12]

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[@cycillak4918]

If Charles came out and started singing Dagothwave I'd happily have him as supreme dictator for life

[@samukis272]

What a grand and intoxicating innocence! Nerevar can be the only one.

[@Jormundgandur]

welcome moon and star

[@denzelolesco4097]

Come to me through fire and war

[@princeapoopoo5787]

I swear to fuck Morrowind keeps following me everywhere I go

[@MrLFJ7]

@@denzelolesco4097 Oh oh oh

[@Zeruel3]

When the Saudi king came to visit Balmoral (after refusing to allow Saudi women to drive) he was invited for a drive with the Queen, at the time he thought she'd be a passenger like him. Then she climbed into the drivers seat and tore up and down the roads on the estate while he was trying to politely ask her to stop and let him out, apparently Abdullah forgot that she was a driver and mechanic in WW2

[@snanoopis6584]

That is just ONE of the badass things queen Liz has done

[@cdcdrr]

I approve of this mad flexing on uber-conversative Wahabbist absolute rulers.

[@lindsey7951]

Terrorist monarch scared by a Little old Queen Elizabeth

[@notusneo]

Based Liz

[@nate1066pollock]

If this incident isn't put into a future episode of The Crown, I will be very disappointed. It's one of my favorite stories about Queen Elizabeth

[@Ulquiorra4163]

"Charlie Chaplin and Cursed Mario invaded Poland and we've got World War 2." That line broke me for a solid 3 minutes, gold medal work!

[@nathanseper8738]

Yep. I laughed quite a bit at that.

[@garygartenzwerg9870]

He meant Hitler and Stalin.

[@SudrianGeneral2363]

It was so funny

[@SudrianGeneral2363]

@@garygartenzwerg9870nah nigga really (I’m black)

[@falconeshield]

Did he mean Wario?

[@TheFiresloth]

It's hilarious that there's so little to talk about, the life of the person who wrote a respectful tell-all book is more talked about than the one of the queen.

[@silenthunteruk]

Her death wasn't untimely. She was 96 years old and had been having "mobility issues" for a number of years, with public engagements increasingly limited. When the news broke she was under "medical supervision", a lot of us guessed her death was imminent and the media activated their protocols for it. It was sudden but not shocking.

[@JackRackam]

But in lizard-person years she was only 35!

[@grahamers3933]

@@JackRackam bit soon mate

[@johnstarks7759]

@@grahamers3933 not really. Not really at all.

[@johnstarks7759]

It's almost as if we're being sarcastic. Was is this? Humor AND History?

[@margaretkairu7418]

@@johnstarks7759 It is FAR TOO SOON!

[@ThatOneREDScout]

"Imagine France Having a British Head of State" It is remarkable how many times that has almost happened in history, from the Angevin Empire to the Franco-British Union.

[@vorynrosethorn903]

There is still time.

[@jtgd]

Heh. Their plan worked. People forgot the Windsors were German

[@switchplayer1016]

@@jtgd and Elizabeth's family tree started with a guy from france, William the Conqueror.

[@deamongimli]

@@switchplayer1016 Eh, technically she has older Scottish and English roots (though the older English roots come through the blood ties of her Scottish ancestors). It only starts with William from a very distinctly Norman/'English' perspective. William's second son literally married someone who's father was a Scottish king and who's mother was a descendant of no less than six "English" monarchs, the oldest of which was Alfred the Great. Oh and just to be clear, William's second son is the one from whom Elizabeth is descended.

[@jebbus132]

@@switchplayer1016 Nah fam, Elizabeth's family was The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, later renamed The House of Windsor. There is not a line from William The conqueror to The Windsor family. The line cuts in 1154 when the last descendant of William the conqueror lost a civil war and The House of Plantagenet took over.

[@nathanseper8738]

She was born when radio was new and lived long enough to send a tweet.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

All the while Juan Ponce Enrile of the Philippines, born in 1924, still is politically active to this day as presidential legal counsel to the President of the Philippines, who happens to be the son of his first boss...

[@nathanseper8738]

@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 Cool!

[@heyitsmich.22]

@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 JPE - 1 Queen Liz - 0 He is still going strong 🤣🤣

[@nathanseper8738]

@@heyitsmich.22 Cool.

[@possiblymad8226]

I kinda hoped she would outlive Charles.

[@AirQuotes]

So did a lot of people

[@jman5949]

Perhaps she did too.

[@jcarter6213]

Same.

[@GhostBear3067]

For a while it was looking like the next King was going to be George.

[@anonymouscausewhynot]

Tbh, I’m glad she didn’t have to go through losing her son. No one deserves that pain.

[@DaRoachDoggJR.]

2:52 the reason he couldn't marry her and stay king wasn't just because she was divorced, it was specifically that the previous husband was still alive. Second marriages after divorce were fine, as long as the first spouse was dead.

[@marcelcummings7418]

Thanks DaRoachDogg's son

[@larskerkhoff3919]

Well, Catherine of Aragon was alive for Henry VIII second and third marriage, but at least he had Anne Boleyn beheaded the day before his third wedding, so I guess he gets points for never having had more than one former wife alive at the same time. But that's not really the point, they can make up whatever rules they like, it's just ridiculus to justify it by appealing to a church that was SPECIFICALLY founded so a king could divorce his wife and remarry.

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

@@larskerkhoff3919 See? Edward could have simply beheaded the previous husband XD

[@wstevenbrown]

@@larskerkhoff3919, that wasn’t simply a divorce. He had sought an annulment on the grounds that it was unlawful for him to marry his brother’s widow. The Pope wouldn’t declare that marriage null because he (or his predecessor, can’t remember at the moment) had given Henry and Catherine a dispensation to marry in spite of that same issue. After severing the English church from Rome, that case was heard in an ecclesiastical court that ultimately answered to Henry VIII, which declared the marriage null like he wanted.

[@larskerkhoff3919]

@@wstevenbrown And do you think Henry was suddenly very sincerely concerned with the biblical legality of levirate marriage or was that merely a pathetic excuse for his real motivation? Three of his divorces were claimed to be anulments by him, with Catherine Howard he didn't even bother to do that. If the law is whatever the king says, technicalities like that don't really matter, only what he does and why he does it.

[@nowhereman6019]

Also on why Edward VIII had to abdicate: he was a bit to chummy with "Charlie Chaplin" and his German fanclub.

[@agonzalez7095]

that wasn't the main reason but yhhh, he was more political than Parliament would have liked e.g. made a statement saying the somebody had to better tackle poverty when visiting a mining village and yes he was chummy with "charlie chaplin" originally just a sympathiser before becoming a full on "charlie chaplin" supporter, after abdicating he even went on a tour of Germany with Wallis Simpson. Also interesting fact, the Prime Minister at the time of the abdication crisis tried persuading him to keep Wallis as a mistress which was more socially acceptable at the time than marrying her

[@Nundevwizer]

And “Chaplin” had full plans to possibly put Eddy back on the throne if he and his fan club successfully conquered Britain like in France

[@agonzalez7095]

@@Nundevwizer yhhh

[@vorynrosethorn903]

Most of that came after the fact (indeed few of the elite at the time took Germany to be the main thteat), but rather that he seemed to have an active interest in politics and a dangerous among of support among the public to back it up, it was a moral issue for a good few churchmen but for the politicians it was a matter of nipping any confrontation over their increasing seizure of power from the Crown and Lords and undermining of the traditional rights and liberties extended to the population of the country (as well as for various malicious activities against potential alternative power blocks).

[@AirQuotes]

Nah it was just about Wallace. If they'd broken up he would've been king.

[@UsefulCharts]

Well done!

[@JackRackam]

Guess where I learned a thing or two about talking about royal families 😄

[@Usonan-Foderation2016]

Ye

[@jmace2424]

Imagine any other 96 year old’s passing away being described as “untimely” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GhostBear3067]

"Or they pick a new family by lottery" *uncomfortable HRE noises*

[@cdcdrr]

If the queen felt any sadness at the ebbing popularity of the monarchy among the British public, she can take some solace from the fact that the last prime minister she appointed would overshadow any negative sentiment towards the royals by forever becoming associated with Elisabeth's death, and an economic crash so bad, she could be considered to have killed both queen AND country. As creepy as the coffin camera during her funeral procession was, at least it was muted. Otherwise we would have been treated to the corpse's uncontrolled laughter at Truss' suffering. Never doubt someone who claims that if you strike them down, they will become more powerful than you imagine.

[@falconeshield]

Hello I'm from the future. Not only the lettuce doesn't shy away from the public after indirectly killing the Queen, she now formed a new right wing party that screams Russia funded facisit party. In England. After making the country lose billions in weeks. Huh. Shame does not come natural to some.

[@jonathanwebster7091]

Nah, the popularity of the monarchy is fine. It's weathered much worse than what it is like at the moment.

[@Pillzpop]

Out of all the pieces of clothing you wear for this video, you wear a Union Jack bowtie. Classy.

[@JackRackam]

I'm also wearing a black necktie in mourning, you just can't see it

[@Pillzpop]

@@JackRackam Oh, crap! I missed that one!

[@Thx1138sober]

The Best King Charles III can hope for is to be like one of the dudes that was between Brezhnev and Gorbachev.

[@concept5631]

Ouch

[@briantarigan7685]

Ah yes, the KGB guy

[@occam7382]

So basically just keel over after only a year? I mean, realistically, it's quite possible.

[@isaiahvaldez3330]

Which one? Andropov or Chernenko

[@isaiahvaldez3330]

Which one? Andropov or Chernenko

[@jennymartin547]

This feels actually how the queen will be remembered

[@lkenken8717]

She will be rememberd as that one bich that tryed to take our freedom and our land but the Soviet union scared her off

[@Replicaate]

Arguably, we never knew Elizabeth the person, and maybe that's what was always intended. She was always The Queen, yknow?

[@Starfloofle]

It's pretty tragic when you think about it that way, but that's how it always tends to be with celebrity sorts, especially those who hold even a fraction of influence over policy. Fame and wealth aside, I can only imagine it's rather lonely, living like that, knowing that almost all the people who know of you only know the image put out for them and that having real personal connections with people will always be impeded by your image that has to come first over your feelings. Humans were really not designed to live like that.

[@Replicaate]

​@@Starfloofle Exactly - I'm not really a monarchist, but the psychology of kingship is a fascinating one for all those reasons. Kings can't really have friends the way most normal people do - you wonder how crushingly lonely Louis XIV or Peter the Great must've felt some nights.

[@jamaigar]

You could say that's a way to subtly preserve her right to privacy

[@occam7382]

@@Replicaate, I mean, Louis XlV and Pyotr l were also murderous assholes who plunged their countries into war, famine, and economic chaos to sate their own egos, so how much sympathy should we really be feeling for them?

[@marcusestube]

"Cursed Mario!" You have just made my day.

[@prestonjones1653]

3:08 Technically it wasn't the divorce that the issue, it was the fact that her husbands were all still alive. If she had divorced and then her husbands died it would be ok by Church laws.

[@larskerkhoff3919]

Tell that to Catherine of Aragon.

[@rakdos36]

Which still silly considering that henry the eigth the guy who created this church divorced and remarried as he pleased. His first wife died after the second and the fourth outlived the sixth.

[@larskerkhoff3919]

@@rakdos36 He also had his second wife executed just the day before his third marriage.

[@prestonjones1653]

@@larskerkhoff3919 Annulment and divorce, though similar in result, are not the same thing. Annulment is used for marriages that should not have happened whether by religious or secular law, i.e. a couple in Brazil were both adopted children, come to find out they were actually siblings who the parents had given up at birth (which has happened a few times actually), the marriage would be terminated via annulment, not divorce. Legally and religiously, it is considered to have never happened. Divorce means that the law and church recognize the marriage once existed as there was nothing to make it illegal. Catherine of Aragon was Arthur's widow, and was technically not supposed to have been allowed to marry Henry at all.

[@prestonjones1653]

@@larskerkhoff3919 And the third one died two years before he married his fourth, whom he never had sex with thus making the marriage unfulfilled and easy to annul, then he killed the fifth, and the sixth outlived him.

[@jackukridge5381]

Tribute poem It is very sad that the monarch is dead But even sadder death didn't take Andrew instead

[@Sky-pg8jm]

well we can always change that last part! (for legal reasons this is a joke)

[@Tacom4ster]

Sadder the royal family is still a thing, abolish the monarch

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

​@@Tacom4ster well then don't complain if the president doesn't do well on his/her job

[@joshuaevans6295]

Really wild that Edward VIII was forced to abdicate for reasons totally unrelated to his affection for German Charlie Chaplin

[@SchwartzerAdler]

The world's grandma... That actually kinda hits deep.

[@whimsio]

You know it's going to be a good Saturday when Jack Rackam posts a video.

[@Z33N_THE_HEDGEHOG]

(Pre-Premire)Jack DEFINITELY had this video on the back burner for a while it'd usually take up to most of a month to make a video like this on the regular. But with the video dropping so soon it leads me to believe he had it ready or at least 90% done by the time all this stuff happened (During Primere) I KNEW IT

[@orgluzman561Peace_IL_PS]

oh my GOD jack kill the queen so he can make a video about her!

[@aAlyssN]

"Cursed Mario" 😂😂😂

[@tereziamarkova2822]

All objective arguments against the monarchy aside, I am pretty sure people aren't fans of Charles specifically. Like you know that thing about Elizabeth, where she was careful not to express any opinion that might be considered controversial, becoming a kind of non-controversial, bipartisan figurehead? Yeah, Charles can't really do that.

[@Awesoman66]

You made me realize that I really want Britain to move to a lottery monarchy.

[@jamestown8398]

Historically there were countries with Elective Monarchies. The Holy Roman Empire comes to mind.

[@occam7382]

@@jamestown8398, and did it work out for the HRE?

[@thelinedrive]

France and Britain history of international relations is like two Tsudere’s flirting with each other.

[@MrPromethee]

There's absolutely no relation between a country having the queen as a head of state and a country being or not in the Commonwealth. That line about France having a british head of state makes no sense.

[@Sivrn-Val]

You do realise that seven countries of the Commonwealth have the Queen(and now the King) as head of state? Do a bit of research before opening your mouth buddy.

[@knightshade2654]

@@Sivrn-Val Many countries, mostly former colonies, are still part of the Commonwealth despite having broken away from having the British monarchy as a head of state.

[@bobfg3130]

@@Sivrn-Val You first. Shut up!

[@The_Alt_Vault]

he was referring to the Franco-British Union where the French government had excepted having the Queen as head of state if the UK was willing to go through with the Union but then the Americans stepped in and put the squeeze on the money. We dipped out of the Suez crisis then so did France leaving Israel holding the bag on that one. And thats how we got the EU since that pissed off the French enough that they started to play nice with the Germans.

[@bobfg3130]

@@The_Alt_Vault The French wouldn't have had the Queen as the head of state. You can be certain about that.

[@terrynewsome6698]

I don't think that they will disappear any time soon. Much like the kings of Belgium, Norway, and spain they will fade into irrelevance but still be there.

[@Tacom4ster]

Bring out the guillotines for the other monarchs

[@terrynewsome6698]

@@Tacom4ster what for, it will not change a thing

[@larskerkhoff3919]

@@terrynewsome6698 I'm sure there will be plenty of people that could use some of the royal money this winter.

[@terrynewsome6698]

@@larskerkhoff3919 and killing the monarchs will improve the situation how? Do you expect to sell the crown jewels of Sweden at auction, or rent the royal residence of the Spanish crown as a bed and breakfast? Europe has killed kings before in times of hardship, but it has only see times grow harder. I many not agree with a monarchy, but I rather not see a break down of Europe in another orgie of blood.

[@Tacom4ster]

@@terrynewsome6698 the jewelry will be return to the colonized countries, the rest to charity and museums. This time no more monarchs, but Anarcho communist communes, no bigger than 10,000 each, and direct democracy instead of cheating representatives

[@thoughtsfromnobody1845]

I just looked up the 2006 person of the year... I needed that today.

[@joaojonito3764]

"They could just select a new family by lottery every time the monarch dies" LET HIM COOK, LET HIM COOK NOW, I SAID, LET, HIM, COOK!

[@theakramson3585]

Its insane that this is the only jack Rackham character that I actually lived during its Time 😂😂 RIP queen Elizabeth ☠️☠️☠️

[@Jay_Johnson]

unless you are younger than 14 you also lived in the lifetime of Leo Major

[@prettypic444]

just wait till we have the Jack Rackham Cinematic Universe

[@theakramson3585]

@@Jay_Johnson yeah I forget about him thank you 😅😅

[@depressednapoleon9745]

Best ad transition ever.

[@phastinemoon]

1:05 - HEY! You’re stepping on OSP Blue’s line!

[@giladpellaeon1691]

Another great vid Jack! Hoping to see one about Roger Williams and/or the weirdness of Rhode Island (maybe a Lovecraft vid for Halloween?)

[@gerardjagroo]

What a seamless transition to the advertisement! You did well.

[@sirwelch9991]

God Save the Queen. Rest in Peace.

[@Tacom4ster]

Fuck the queen, may she rot in hell with Thatcher Abolish the monarch, stop simping

[@vorynrosethorn903]

The Queen is dead, Long Live the King.

[@Tacom4ster]

@@vorynrosethorn903 get the guillotine out for Charles

[@nicholasyoung3786]

Cursed Mario AND King Charles with Dagothwave?! LMAO

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

That ad plug was amazingly seamless. Kudos are due.

[@davidayos6702]

3:23 got me good Edit: It's a Stalin time, Level 1-1, invading eastern Poland

[@liamnevard1591]

Thank you for this great tribute!

[@Tacom4ster]

Stop simping colonizers

[@liamnevard1591]

@@Tacom4ster She was the one who DEcolonized a quarter of the world…

[@socksome]

@@Tacom4ster Stop simping losers.

[@MegaKnight2012]

Really hope her corgis and horse are being cared for

[@Awesomewithaz]

They put them down so they wouldn't have to find out the queen is dead. They did a summary execution for them all.

[@silenthunteruk]

Andrew has the corgis.

[@prestonjones1653]

@@silenthunteruk Makes sense, he did give them to her right after she said she didn't want any more dogs because she didn't want to leave them behind.

[@ginkiba3]

Elizabeth is probably the best controversial historical figure in living memory. On one hand, she was (and always will be) synonymous with the late British Empire and then the Commonwealth, neither of which are without their issues that still impacts geopolitics to this very day. Yet at the same time, there's really no one else that embodies best what people like about the UK, or that so much about her personality and actual opinions died with her. Her death is going to mark a turning point in British history and government, as well as how they're perceived on the international stage.

[@BCSoHappy]

jack be nimble jack be quick jack made a video of a entire life of some one after 16 days after her death

[@jtgd]

Literally never expected this video

[@Valkorion9872]

The monarchy is a business, an institution. Most business are family businesses. Which are inherited hereditarily. So… people who believe the position shouldn’t be hereditary, maybe all the family owned businesses should also be shut down.

[@lewisbaitup6352]

I am down to end both capitalism and the monarchy, both rely on exploitation after all its just with the monarchy it acts as the face of it all.

[@yes.9051]

Beautiful transition into the sponsor. I knew it was coming, but it still made me laugh either way

[@CARL_093]

she is a driver medic and mechanic in ww2 a living legend her self

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

Given how much could be said about the Queen and the monarchy, this video was the perfect length 👍

[@phiszabo2]

Rackam....well done sir. When we least expect it.

[@canadadelendaest8687]

That Masterworks segway was masterful and slick!

[@ryanmarshall-gorski1216]

Wooooowww the ad work in was so flawless. Bravo 👏 such a good ad read too

[@quintusantell2912]

I was hoping to hear a mention of when she did directly involve herself in politics-- like attempting to avoid paying that income tax with some "serious discussions" amongst high-placed politicians about the matter.

[@leeds200282]

I was wondering how long until you did this great video RIP Queen Elizabeth 2ed

[@n543576]

8:58-9:24, thank you. Im glad someone said it.

[@margaretkairu7418]

Thank you!She deserves a video of her own!😃😊

[@Tacom4ster]

@Milošević in hell why should I care and be sympathetic to a colonist bitch, listen to the victims she exploited, stuff that won't be heard on the BBC Stop simping for monarchs, they hate you commoner, become a comrade instead

[@larskerkhoff3919]

@Milošević in hell Because she got very old and wore many expensive hats, of course. Seriously, I have yet to see a single "achievement" of her that doesn't boil down to platitudes like that.

[@margaretkairu7418]

@Milošević in hell And all the corgis to😄

[@MarcMagma]

Personally, I see the Royal Family as a relic from a bygone era. And much like a relic in a museum, people pay to goggle at it thus generating revenue for those either running the "museum" (in this case the government) or making merchandise of it. While I would certainly not shed a tear if britain were to decide to get rid of their royal figure heads (I'd most likely just shrug and move on with my life), right now, I see no good reason to remove it, either. To me as a non-Englishman, it sounds like it would be more beneficial for Britain to keep 'em around then to sack 'em.

[@Tacom4ster]

Ransack the stolen jewels from the castle, give them back to the colonized people

[@prestonjones1653]

As someone living in a failing republic I sincerely hope the British don't make the same mistake we did.

[@prestonjones1653]

@@Tacom4ster You do realize 90% of that stuff was sold at what the previous owners considered a fair price right? If I sell a house and two years later oil is discovered there, do I have the right to demand my land back at no cost?

[@Tacom4ster]

@@prestonjones1653 as anarchist I don't care what colonial deals were made, abolish the monarch, anarchy now

[@Tacom4ster]

@@prestonjones1653 screw Republics, anarchism now, smash the state

[@karsentube13yt]

Here before it blows up

[@miketacos9034]

That was a smooth ad transition, not gonna lie.

[@Arcfire21]

11:47 YOOOOOO DAGOTHWAVE!

[@pre-debutera6941]

1:51 Actually despite the fact that the king did not veto *British* laws, he vetoed *SEVERAL* laws in the colonies.

[@NakedOwl501]

It is insane to think that Elizabeth both had meetings with Winston fucking Churchill and also used twitter.

[@charlesransom4546]

The one thing I absolutely love about this vid is the use of Dagothwave

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

Respect the hell out of that intro

[@davidayos6702]

well timed

[@boopdino8053]

9:40 All past french kings would be rolling in the grave knowing that

[@Alusnovalotus]

3:24 you could’ve used Wario. I believe Stalin was the inspiration for him in the first place.

[@aasante3437]

Doing a video on someone who recently passed,bold move cotton let’s see if it works out.

[@QMAN4000Films]

Ngl I’m really liking Jacks monarchy lottery idea

[@notthefbi7932]

For the algorithm 😉 And another awesome entertaining video about the death of others

[@HyperFlame64V1]

"Strap in. Let's Do Some History" **OSP Blue would like some Royalty for that Catchphrase**

[@marcinkrz3140]

11:44 I did not expected to hear that music in a history video (at least not of our world)

[@thetechguychannel]

"The trouble is caused by unthinking people who carelessly throw away ageless ideals as if they were old and outworn machinery. They would have religion thrown aside, morality in personal and public life made meaningless, honesty counted as foolishness and self-interest set up in place of self-restraint. Today we need a special kind of courage, not the kind needed in battle but a kind which makes us stand up for everything that we know is right, everything that is true and honest. We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics so that we can show the world that we are not afraid of the future." - Queen Elizabeth II Personally, what made her significant, to me, is that she was one of the last public people in any position of power in the West to think this way. And she died... So did my grandpa -- a man who used the last of his wealth to try to keep his little part of Managua fed while the communists were starving her. And Mr. Ifshin -- a sort of adoptive grandpa to me -- a Jewish man with a great sense of humor who flew several B-25 Mitchell missions over Sicily during the war to be shot down on his 60th and was held as a PoW. And then there was Dennis (only knew him as that), a former airplane mechanic who served all the way up to the Korean war, who told me about his brother's great bravery and lamented he wasn't in the sky with him. Years passed and he still kicked himself in the shins because he felt guilty for the man's death, until he found a community in church that helped him process his loss correctly. These people aren't around anymore. And I'm probably part of the last generation (millennial) to be exposed to them in the West. It shows..... My move to Romania from the US in 2008 was made in this context. In anticipation that with the departure of everyone understanding truths we have long been blind to, we'd transform into the society we are today. Now I live in the sphere of influence of Poland and Ukraine, two countries that will continue to assert their sovereignty with millions upon millions of people whose fervor can be felt in the moment that they say "Bring it on" to sanctions and war against them. This is why since the war broke out I've been doing everything in my power to help, mobilizing business owners I am good friends with here to deliver supplies and rations where they are most needed from our little safe haven in Romania. I wish we didn't have to be alone in being normal societies. But it is so, and all we can do is fight our fights here while hoping some of the West gets their **** together and ends their own period of decadence while we focus on holding back Russia's. Queen Elizabeth's death, in my opinion, represents the passing of what is left of the legacy of the West's greatness, but I think the best years are ahead.... Just give it a century or two ;) Intre timp rămân unde omenirea nu s-a putrezit.

[@Hadlad90]

Young people have always been indifferent to the monarchy (they don’t hate it) until the grow up. If you do serious research into constitutional monarchy it’s easy to see why it’s the best form of government (read Bagehot)

[@TransSappho]

11:34 “If” is doing a lot of work here

[@gabrielrussell5531]

If we're doing the life and times of mascots I can't wait to see the videos for Mr. Met and Gritty.

[@neimenovani7256]

Good time for this Vid

[@brendanmuller7301]

I'm going to sack rome

[@JKR9488]

I like the monarchy as an institution in terms of the link to our history, even though some of the individual members are questionable in their morality

[@isaacschmitt4803]

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of Liberty, of thee I sing. Only Queen I know sings Bohemian Rhapsody.

[@jonathanwebster7091]

The irony being, "the Star Spangled Banner" has the exact same tune...as 'God Save the King' 😂

[@Daffa137]

Hey Jack did something happen to the algorithm? I haven't seen your videos in my feed since the Wilhelm Kaiser video, and now I have a lot of catch up to do.

[@steelglade1401]

in say between 30 and 50 years looking back on this could be a very odd experience. so if i remember ill see about watching this video again then.

[@splitfries69]

A GREAT LADY

[@easttowest7839]

11:44 is that Dagothwave you absolute madman

[@JackRackam]

What in the world could be more charming than Dagothwave?

[@easttowest7839]

@@JackRackam What a grand and intoxicating reference

[@missingmochigumanofficial]

Had to look up who Time's 2006 Person of the Year was lmao

[@christopherjustice6411]

An unpopular guy named Charles is crowned King. Cromwell awakens for round 2.

[@prestonjones1653]

Then the Brits remember what happened last time they tried to be a republic and execute Cromwell.

[@Tacom4ster]

Breakout the guillotines, abolish the monarch

[@vorynrosethorn903]

Most unlikely considering trends of public support and the loyalties of the military, if he is going to live up to his namesakes then dissolving parliament would be the most likely event, especially given the political turmoil we are likely to see this decade and the ever low public support for the government. Though as the problems the country have are a good deal deeper and many lay with unelected institutions such as the civil service so I somewhat doubt what it would achieve.

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

​@@Tacom4ster more like Not for britain

[@jonathanwebster7091]

​@@vorynrosethorn903yeah...no. No monarch is going to dissolve Parliament on their own initiative in 2024. That would have been impossible in 1924 and 1824, never mind the present day.

[@loganwebb9559]

It started

[@louthegiantcookie]

Charles is going to screw up the whole damn thing, isn't he?

[@DogseatDogs]

Gotta love the many correcting comments for this video. Shows that this channel is the same as Extra Credit. Still point for those who fix inaccuracies.

[@kraevorn7483]

Hard to believe its been 7 months since her passing.

[@JesseGolo]

A new family member by lottery? Yes! The new King should be the world's crazy uncle.

[@yakcm123]

oh my fucking god I was not expecting a dagothwave joke

[@gobokinje9183]

Lottery of the potential candidates. Compromise :D

[@fanonfrenzy3809]

i saw the master works promo coming cause i watch zip trader and he's alway shill that sight. Its weird that was the only thing in this where i'm like "yep i know about that."

[@user-ms9ks7wh5s]

“Can you imagine if France had a British head of state?!” William the conquer grinning

[@LukeSky2207]

Hey, what a way to hook us on Poland for the next one. Jan II Sobieski had an interesting life

[@mistmanjones3555]

After this can you do an episode on the Life of Diana? Her life is so tragic and interesting and yet so many people know little about her

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

More like what we know we're all exaggerated by the media and her sainthood

[@AeneasGemini]

Are you serious? So much of her life is portrayed all the time, the only reason people don't really know much is because the truth is so glamourised and she herself was turned into a far better person than she actually was

[@grimcreeper5830]

1:19 Jack Rackham is a membership of the Spanish Inquisition. Nobody expects them