The Queen Mother and Prince Philip's Secret Feud | Behind Palace Doors | Absolute History

The Coronation in 1953 appeared to be a glittering triumph for the House of Windsor. But behind the scenes there was a three-cornered story of jealousy and rivalry at the highest level.
On one side Prince Philip was at odds with the Queen Mother over his desire to modernise the monarchy. On the other the old Queen was jealous of her daughter's sudden rise to power. The Coronation was a critical year for the young Queen Elizabeth. She was preparing to undergo the most ancient and important royal ritual, but the two people closest to her, the Queen Mother and Prince Philip had very different ideas about how it should be handled. Philip, the dashing but dangerously modern consort, was anxious that the Coronation should not be simply a stuffy replay of previous reigns. He wanted 'some features relevant to the world today'. But he was fiercely resisted by the Queen Mother and by Princess Mary, who referred to Philip as 'the Hun'.
The new Queen was caught in the middle. In Coronation Coup, we learn that Mountbatten, who had engineered the marriage between Philip and Elizabeth wanted the family name changed to Windsor-Mountbatten after her accession. Also, while the new Queen largely sided with her mother over arrangements for the Coronation, she backed Philip over perhaps the most important decision to televise the ceremony inside Westminster Abbey. In doing so she set a precedent for television to be given access to the most intimate rituals.
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[@kathleenwarner7886]

The Queen Mother wasn't as "sweet" a person as she was made out to be and she could and did hold a grudge like no one else. She never forgave Edward VIII and Wallace Simpson but LOVED being the Queen. She loved it so much they had a time getting her out of Buckingham Palace. She thought she could control the monarchy through her daughter. Much to the Queen Mothers' displeasure that didn't happen. She referred to Phillip as "the hun". I guess she forgot that her husband the King and her mother and father-in-law were all German. The only person she disliked more than Philip and also completely distrusted was his Uncle, "Dickie" Mountbatten. He's also the reason that she pushed the idea of Charles marrying Diana because Dickie wanted Charles to marry his grandaughter Amanda Knatchbull. The Queen Mother was having none of that. She was supposed to help get Diana acclimated and ready for all the protocol before the wedding while Diana was in Clarence House but, she didn't. Diana said, "she ignored me." She also drank A LOT and Queen Elizabeth was always having to cover her mother's overdrafts at Coutts, the Royals' Bank.

[@danaelanum9774]

Finally, someone who actually knows and sees the true face of The Queen Mother as she was. With just a little bit of research people could easily learn this about her, but they never do. Thank you for sharing. 😊

[@hollyardis4524]

Yes, that was a great summary of her. I have watched her, on TV when they would show the royal family. She constantly tried to walk ahead of, or at least beside, Queen Elizabeth. It made me so angry when they showed them on the balcony. She always had that fake gracious look on her face, and to me, she really thought she was above Elizabeth. I think she was very bitter to have to step back. She always tried to outdo Elizabeth, in the way she dressed and her jewels. And yes, I agree about her treatment of Diana. They had Diana live with her, to be guided. She did ignore her, or was terribly rude to her. I truly could not stand watching the way she always tried to out do Elizabeth.

[@tansuanyang9119]

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[@ecm958]

Yes, the Queen Mother was a greedy hog, selfish and controlling. I wonder if she was a narcissist. Too bad she lived so long to plague Prince Phillip almost his entire life.

[@desstanbridge8283]

She spent a lot of money and if she liked something in your house..she took it. Maybe she was a spoilt dumpy not so pretty woman....

[@eleanordefreitas3755]

The Queen mother was so kindly welcomed into the royal family but didn't extend that kindness to both Prince Philip and Princess Diana..

[@uptoncriddington6939]

Diana was never Princess Diana. She was Lady Diana Spencer before her marriage, then HRH Diana, Princess of Wales, and after her divorce, Diana, Princess of Wales with no royal style. She was never a Princess in her own right so never Princess Diana. Prince Philip was a Prince of Greece and Denmark until just prior to his 1947 wedding. King George VI made him Duke of Edinburgh just prior to his wedding whereas he would have otherwise been Lt Philip Mountbatten, R.N. Only in 1957, did HM The Queen, his wife, make him a Prince again, as a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Of course, according to the former King of Greece (King of The Hellenes), there was no house law of Prince Philip's birth dynasty (Oldenburg, otherwise Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksbürg) for Prince Philip to renounce his royal title and style, so, by that account, Prince Philip never renounced his birthright effectively. This is a moot point, especially since the Greeks abolished their Throne and effectively deposed (and outlawed) their Royal House in 1974.

[@cjosborne9430]

@@uptoncriddington6939 Much applause! You have described the situation expertly. (There is a world of difference between the wasted emotion of "happy lies" and the stoically neutral accuracy of truth.) There is a quote I love (apologies if I've said it before). Marilyn vos Savant was asked, "What is the most important concept and what makes it so?" She answered, "Truth; because there isn't a darn thing you can do about it." That is why facts are comforting in the long run. Lies can be manipulated, so they offer no real assurances of anything, but can be stretched in all directions. No one could ever misinterpret your words.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

@@cjosborne9430 Thank you kindly. I have not read the quote before, and it is one I shall endeavour to remember. Milles remerciements.

[@tiffprendergast]

Meghan too

[@tiffprendergast]

@@uptoncriddington6939 yup

[@piustwelfth]

The nun shown behind the Queen Mother during the coronation ceremony is Prince Philip's mother. She became a Greek Orthodox nun later in her life.

[@lane524]

I believe She was her son GREATEST Prayer Warrior ☝️☝️🎖👊

[@leinam4164]

Philip mother walk away from the royal family she want to see JESUS so she become a nun

[@piustwelfth]

@@leinam4164 I think it's actually harder to see Jesus with those things they wear over their heads.

[@pcarebear1]

His mother's life is SO interesting. Honestly, I think those old bland Oxbridge boys were hating on him for having a cool background and the royal pedigree. The ladies always go for the "exotic" attractive guys LOL

[@piustwelfth]

@Love the Beach No, she was congenitally deaf -- not blind.

[@bluewrenreilly129]

Philip was a wonderful consort for Elizabeth tall handsome and a Royal himself.I can see she was very well pleased to have him beside her all those years.

[@JM-gu3tx]

Wonderful? Are you serious? He cheated on her. This is well documented.

[@Alina-kp1fs]

He wasn't that tall. That's how it looks in the photos

[@jo-annandrews1904]

Yes, I must say a man who stands beside a wife and a wife who stands beside a husband is a cherished gift to the family. And an example that married life is possible.

[@dianneys4887]

Yes, it wasn't always easy for either of them. It was so sad when he fooled around on her, but they did truly love and support each other. They stayed together for life, through it all.

[@jaycuzman625]

Yes.

[@luannfarris8481]

@@dianneys4887 on in

[@semiticakacaka2319]

@@jaycuzman625 h

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

@@dianneys4887 evidence that he fooled around?

[@SR-iy4gg]

"A continuation of her own [reign]?" "her own dynasty?" Seriously? The Queen Mother was not the monarch. She didn't reign, and it wasn't HER dynasty.

[@larrygrimaldi1400]

She probably thought of it as hers, maybe she earned it from her part of saving the nation from Wally Simpson becoming Queen.

[@S730SD]

@@larrygrimaldi1400 For that alone, I'd let her faults be pardoned. Nobody is perfect, after all.

[@karistone1297]

S R Elizabeth was the power behind the throne. She was much more strong willed, clever and charming than her husband...a dynamo!

[@piushalg8175]

Since 1688 english or british kings and queens do not reign. They are subject to the power of the parliament and its chosen rulers. They are puppets of the ruling class..

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

You give power to the "small people" and it went straight to their heads.

[@lafoaliu-wright762]

RIP HRH Prince Phillips. He deserved to have his life legacy televised on all BBC channels. He brought so many changes to the royal family. Transitioning from royal traditions to the 20th century modern life. Especially allowing the media BBC to record the Queens coronation. UK and all Commonwealth Nations will surely miss him😢❤.

[@cherylrichards8951]

As an American, I think televising the Coronation actually brought Queen Elisabeth closer to her ordinary, everyday people throughout the Commonwealth. Her citizens could put an actual face and voice to her name, not just a portrait on currency, stamp, and coin. The Queen and Prince Philip represented the new post-WWII world where the different social classes would mix, and not be separated as they were pre-WWII. This would be a major shift in thinking and acting and reacting with each other, and it was a shift the Old Guard didn't want to make.

[@maryellengrayberg9146]

The queen mother had a very false concept of her actual importance. By marriage and hence by birth she certainly had a place in the royal family but, as Elizabeth ascended the throne she really should have stepped back. I feel for Phillip.

[@heathermayapayne]

I think Philip was nearly always by the side of the Queen on her public appearances e.g. when opening Parliament each year. He was a great support to the Queen behind the scenes and in the family

[@heathermayapayne]

The Queen Mother was also a huge support to the Queen. They spoke frequently

[@rachelclark7782]

They speak of Prince Phillip like he comes from a family of pig farmers. He and the Queen are 3rd cousins.

[@taylorlibby7642]

The family of pig farmers probably has more genetic diversity going for it.

[@cathyl2338]

Taylor Libby 🤣🤣

[@curlybda]

Rachel Clark thank you! They didn’t cover it ! They shared a great great grandmother! Very common in royal families

[@cecy2]

He descended from Queen Victoria and King Christian IX both of the most important royals of Europe.

[@michelleelmore5533]

Yes it’s almost insulting how they talk about him . His mother was born in the very palace they live in. They should really do a movie on his mother . She went through so much due to her mother.

[@cristinajuan3866]

Prince Philip I appreciate your undying support to the Queen and the Monarchy as well . May you have eternal rest with your creator Amen

[@marykingdomchanger3136]

Aluta continua

[@KB4QAA]

11:11 Philips' navy career was well established well before he married Elizabeth. He commanded two war ships during WWII. A significant milestone for a young naval officer.

[@realmsabovetheclouds3619]

Wow 🤔

[@ritariviere2704]

@@realmsabovetheclouds3619 see

[@madisun9094]

Yeah for Germany

[@Celestialyeontan]

@@madisun9094 actually for the uk

[@welshman8954]

He didn't command them he served on board as a first leftenant I don't know any 20 something year old navy captain or commander

[@maryjoycecrisol4854]

Prince philip so handsome...that not even one of his sons inherited his gorgeous face...

[@9-c45alfeenarahim3]

true

[@granny686]

agree

[@StacyL.]

Right?? I think Prince William looks a little like his grandfather, barring all of the features he inherited from Diana.

[@norascott2565]

Harry looks a bit like him

[@lisbeththomsen3019]

@@9-c45alfeenarahim3 å

[@jameskiely8703]

That brash 'young' naval officer is now the oldest living member of the Royal Family and the third oldest ever.

[@larrygrimaldi1400]

HMMM Was the oldest his former nemesis?

[@uptoncriddington6939]

@@larrygrimaldi1400 I hardly think she was his nemesis. That's putting it too strongly.

[@vilmatorres615]

AN IDIOT

[@jameskiely8703]

@@larrygrimaldi1400 No😂. Actually Prince Philip has no desire to live to 100. Neither did Princess Alice the longest lived member of the British Royal Family

[@pbohearn]

James Kiely Princess Alice, Phillips mother? Check out my story on her and Freud on Medium. Remarkable woman! :link.medium.com/JY6qVS8349

[@kjs2077]

She wasn't a princess at the coronation, She was Queen when her father died. The coronation is when she was crowned

[@maesapolu1832]

Same as Queen Victoria she became Queen Victoria when King William IV died in 1837. Political Marriage in 1840 to her German first cousin.

[@anyezvanrozenburg3383]

She was a princess by birth. She was born as a member of the the Royal family and besides her family was decended of the House of Hanover whose memebers are princes and princesses.

[@dorothygordon1127]

Keith Sellons 8

[@mastercommander4535]

She became Queen immediately on the death of her father. The Coronation is a religious confirmation of that event. Many people make this mistake. That is why we had a king Edward VIII. ...it’s just he was never crowned . He became King Edward immediately his father died. My father was his ADC so I speak with a little knowledge on this. !!

[@tambrosia]

so correct the moment the king died she became the Queen. Now for Obama he asked could he be king of Prince William and William said no but you can be a queen any day!

[@prinzdodo]

His charm never frays until the final days of his life. A truly gorgeous prince. Rest-In-Peace, Your Royal Highness.

[@liponce3684]

Rest in peace Prince Philip

[@avelinacaril8535]

King Philip was a very handsom e guy. I like him

[@maily8388]

Royal family members are not good looking but they married extraordinarily handsome and beautiful people into their family.

[@Sadani123fernando]

Money talks man

[@marielcalder103]

41:58 The lady behind The Queen Mother, to the left, is Princess Alice, the mother of Prince Philip. Look up the story of her life and I think you'll find it very interesting.

[@susanmetz9892]

I thought she was institutionalized for mental illness. Right?

[@ingriddubbel8468]

@Geria Wright God does not set people free from a mental institution a mental health specialist does that. Also she looked completely insane at her son's wedding.

[@katherinecross8059]

@Geria Wright Forgive me. I had read your first comment and was confirming it with the info on her life, and that of her relation, Saint Elizabeth. The Russian Royal family also shed their blood for Christ, not becoming Communists. May they pray for us, and God: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit help us.

[@bertisuesymons8784]

@@katherinecross8059 I admire her for living as her true self,doing what others looked down on and doing it on her own terms

[@laraegodwin6008]

Oh , yes , i love Princess Alice , Prince Philip 's mother and i think that she was wonderful.

[@robertmartinjr8910]

Sadly the Queen’s mother didn’t know how to fade into the background like she should have. For someone who was such a traditionalist she sure didn’t practice what she preached.

[@neesargon3497]

Robert Martin Jr ....Absolutely right. I don't know why so many people gush over her. She was a spendthrift who was very fond of the bottle.

[@rodmcdonald4707]

The Queen Mother was the first commoner to be consort to the monarch in modern times. She was Nouveau Royal.

[@neesargon3497]

Frank Snapp .....Yes. At other people's expense.

[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

She also connived, manipulated, and conspired to have Edward VIII dethroned. She was jealous, and wanted power for herself. She was always an absolutely horrific, conniving, and cold woman.

[@hwren9845]

@@justanotherhappyhumanist8832 she sounds great tbh.

[@032319581]

I have always liked Philip more than anyone else in the monarchy. The Queen Mother didn't want to give up her role and took it out on Philip.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

@Theresa Nardino So she became a double queen! not bad;)

[@bwoww_163]

What a joke

[@maryrowell1122]

Prince Philip had more Royal blood than the Queen mother

[@tualamisa2886]

Maybe she didn't ready to give it up, but she should be happy for her daughter ❤️❤️

[@margaretcastell9429]

And Queen Mary also refused to leave Buckingham Palace after the death of King George V! Edward VIII had her underfoot while his relationship with Wallis Simpson was going nowhere and advice from Queen Mary all the time. She finally agreed to go back to Marlborough House where she and George lived before he became King. Queen Alexandra had refused to move from the Palace also when Edward VII died. It seemed to be an ongoing problem getting the widow to vacate Buckingham Palace.

[@alixvhessen]

What do those people mean by "who was that Prince namend Philip"?! They clearly knew who he was: a Prince of Greece and Denmark, descending from Tsars and Kings on his fathers side, a direct descendant of Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia and a great-great grandchild of Queen Victoria on his mother's who was herself born in the Queen's very presence at Windsor Castle. He is more royal than the Queen I should think!

[@ukmary1968]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@michelleelmore5533]

His mother was born in buckingham palace... did they really forget who he is?

[@jrdraper]

I believe it was actually Windsor Castle where Princess Alice of Battenberg was born. But still I agree!

[@r.22r]

His family was all displaced, he had no status or money. So they looked down upon him .not to mention, his nazi part of the family. Only reason he got to where he did, was thanks to mountbatten and his ambition.

[@lucycarlos4923]

The story of his mum is unbelievable, she deserves a movie, about her life,.....

[@jrdraper]

Here is a short documentary on her if anyone is interested. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKisoauEfbt7ps0

[@suzanneturquette8949]

Michelle Elmore, It was also forgotten that PP's grandmother was QV.. if they had done their homework they would have found that PP should not have had to give up his " Prince of Denmark and Greece". he is in some ways more royal than the Windsor's, who are mostly German

[@sharonlefebvre7292]

The queen mother was shady! Prince Phillip was a real prince by blood the queen mother married into it.

[@samadams2575]

The queen mother had royal blood in her from the old kings of Scotland

[@gumby641]

The old bag was crafty n manipulative

[@karlacoria4370]

RIP Prince Phillip. Since his death I’ve been reading more in depth about him. Truly amazing.

[@gumby641]

There's lots the public doesn't know..a lot of these people have earned a lot of merit, but people don't know the facts

[@karinberryman2009]

@Aleksandra Branco it’s much better being a communist, right???

[@nininavarra8105]

@Aleksandra Branco Really now!! Stop this ridiculous nonsense immediately! Have some respect! U have just delivered the utmost insult to one who had fought the nazis honorably during WWII!!

[@kathleenwarner7886]

@Aleksandra Branco His father was and all of his sisters married Nazi's but Philip lived in England and wasn't Nazi.

[@karlacoria4370]

@Aleksandra Branco I’ve lived under Islamofacism, Latin American socialism, capitalism and my family and I escaped two dictators! One of them Saddam Hussein! Twice we escaped that racist facist Sob. I think I can tell who’s a facist.

[@suzintex2002]

I love the illustrative language of the storytellers in this. Obviously the love and commitment that Prince Phillip and Queen Elizabeth had for each other was greater than any obstacle they faced. This speaks for how devoted they were to each other and their offspring.

[@comfortibrahim3445]

Just like Harry and Meghan.

[@suzintex2002]

@@comfortibrahim3445 time will tell. You cannot compare a few years to over seven decades of marriage.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

He was clearly the love of the Queen's life; she fell in love the moment she met him and never looked at another man after that.

[@HALee-]

@@jenniferbrewer5370yes! And at the age of 13! ❤

[@sandragoss48]

Except the Queen would not let her husband bestow his family name on his four children.

[@gerryleddy5412]

Elizabeth did not become Queen in June 1953, she became queen on the 6th February 1952, It was her coronation that took place in June 1953 . but she was queen before that

[@chinhantsai8174]

Who care what year she took the reptile throne of lies

[@pedanticradiator1491]

@@chinhantsai8174 do.you have any proof that she is a reptile or do you just believe every crackpot theory the Internet throws up

[@TheBohemianStyle]

What is the purpose of the coronation?

[@pedanticradiator1491]

@@TheBohemianStyle the coronation is kinda like a formal confirmation of the monarchs authority before God

[@TheBohemianStyle]

Carl the Adopted Yorkshireman Why was it delayed a year later? Is that part of the rules?

[@kevinlove4356]

Wow! Two major errors in the first two minutes: 1. Princess Elizabeth became Queen immediately upon the death of her father, NOT at the coronation. "The King is dead, long live the Queen!" 2. The Queen Mother never, ever had a "reign."

[@JimmyOgilvie52]

Thank you for pointing this out. When I first heard those two errors, I said: "Say wha??" LOL

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

well though this is true , its just semantics , the queen was not officially queen till after the coronation and as for queen mother well , a person that marries the king becomes queen and there for does reign , even though they have no power and officially her husband reigns , by law it is a joint reign , but yup you are right

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

guessing with the name Love you know coz it was drummed in hey ? guessing you are a distant cousin too

[@irenedezwaan4592]

@@jitaamesuluma9730 No, neither of those things are true. The monarch's reign does not depend on a coronation; Edward VIII never had a coronation, and many other monarchies in Europe have dispensed with them, but that does not invalidate their reigns. And no, there is no such thing as "joint reign" between sovereign and consort.

[@danieleduchene-alessandrin6959]

Kevin Love correct and correct.

[@mchapman132]

Prince Philip was higher born than Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Philips family probably would have looked down on her. He was born into royalty.....she married it. Poor Philip not only had to spend his life walking behind his wife, he had to deal with that old bag too.

[@elizabethhannah4704]

The Late Prince Phillip was the Late Queen's "Rock and Stay". The BRF were so fortunate to have him serve so dutifully his whole life. That's a wonderful video. The world was changing rapidly at that time and I think it was inevitable that the BRF would be required to "embrace" it.

[@ukmary1968]

I believe her majesty said strength and stay

[@aureadelacruz814]

😢😢​@@ukmary1968

[@r.c.miller6161]

Nobody “elbowed” the Queen Mother aside. The King died. She was NOT the successor. Her daughter was. Phillip was a stroke of luck for Elizabeth . And vice versa. He was perfect for her.

[@alvaroayalakunze5727]

Yes, we all know that he would never have noticed her if it weren't for her position as the heir to the throne. Not even with all the money in the world she could look beautiful and instead he looked like a Hollywood actor.

[@laylas7429]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder- I found her to be beautiful..... and when I’ve seen the way he looked at her, I believe he did too... and they always looked at each other like they were very much in love. You can’t fake over 70 years of THAT.... They were Soulmates.

[@dianitall76]

@@laylas7429 The reason they were together for that long besides love was that she couldn’t and wouldn’t divorce.....the Queen had to look the other way as she knew of his infidelities. Just saying....

[@nicholewojtanowski43]

@@alvaroayalakunze5727 how can you not see her beauty? They were both very good looking in their prime.

[@silverwings9185]

@@alvaroayalakunze5727 Rubbish. He loved and adored her and was devoted to her and she him Anybody with two eyes can see that. He gave up his career, his titles and even his family name to be with her. Former staff talk of lots of love and laughter through all their years of marriage.

[@sharonharris9782]

I have the utmost respect for Prince Philip. He knew exactly what he was getting into when he married Elizabeth. He knew he would be spending the rest of his life walking two steps behind the Queen.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

And you nicely continue to show that respect by spelling his name right unlike many on here.

[@joywebster2678]

I don't think he expected it to happen so early in his life. Perhaps it made a nice retirement idea for him to be a royal consort after a life at sea.

[@kristelpi652]

Do you also have the ‘utmost respect’ for billions of women who are normally expected to do that ?

[@scottlabossiere1866]

@@kristelpi652 shut up dumb feminazi

[@kristelpi652]

@@scottlabossiere1866 dumb? Then explain it to me 😂 loser

[@angelaferrante7234]

It seems that anyone who marries into the family can never be quite good enough. Very sad.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

If it seems that way then you are sadly labouring under a misapprehension.

[@samadams2575]

I mean the queen mother was good enough and she married in

[@britjj5126]

@@samadams2575 It’s because she married in at the time not expecting to be Queen consort. Remember her husband was never supposed to be King. It was her brother in law who had the spotlight on who he would marry and no doubt regardless of whom he chose they would have never been good enough.

[@samadams2575]

@@britjj5126 oh good point... I definitely don’t think Camilla is good enough to be queen lol. But that’s my opinion

[@samadams2575]

@@britjj5126 but most people though Kate was good enough I believe

[@alvaroayalakunze5727]

Phillip's family tree is much more impressive than the Queen Mother one. Who did she think she was?

[@micca903]

He wasn't proposing marriage to the queen mum. He had to be right for Elizabeth.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

Depends on what impresses you. Continental royalty or Scottish and English peerage and gentry. Both have their charms. Then there are the odd tales of a monstrous heir hidden at Glamis and the plumber who came to relead the roof and left his daughter behind. In Philip's lineage there is the morganatic marriage to the daughter of a Polish minister of war. All grist for the genealogist's and historian's mill.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

She was the Queen, then the Queen Mum. Why? Who do you think she was? Oh, and until 1947 she was Empress of India too.

[@micca903]

@@uptoncriddington6939 Well it only matters whether they were impressed and they clearly weren't at all. They were royals in name only. I happen to think it was the best they could ever hope for because which other prince would have been content playing mister queen?

[@kellyanneree3252]

@@uptoncriddington6939 Queen mum in her own mind. Nobody is royal!

[@fedos]

The Queen Mother was a traditionalist until it came to the issue of her stepping aside.

[@-MaryPoppins-]

She wouldn’t have traditionally stepped aside from anything lol

[@fedos]

@@-MaryPoppins- Ah, your personal opinion trumps what the experts in this video said.

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

Isn't that the truth and Queen Mary was kleptomaniac and a snob. She was originally supposed to marry the heir to the throne and he died and then Prince Albert married her. I don't know why but maybe they ended up liking each other after all or who knows because I don't think she was a very kind person. All of their children were raised Like they were in boot camp. The oldest, David & former King Edward the 8th, had the better deal with anyone in the family. Albert married Mary when he took the throne from his father King Edward the 7th & he went by George V. he Reign for quite a long time. Prince Albert took the name King George VI and that right there shows how two spares became the heir. That was very very common in centuries prior to the 20th century because of the lack of antibiotics and vaccines. Queen Mother Elizabeth became quite snobby being born a commoner and it would seem that she would be modest but yet be able to get a royal image at the same time. Some people don't handle duplicity well. Elizabeth II has always been in the middle of something going on and I feel bad for her sometimes because she's been Queen for 70 years almost and she's always have to be right in the middle of something because she's the monarch. Prince Philip is a trooper and I love his sense of humor and when he was younger everything he did just cracks me up and he was so honest and blunt to the point of just being funny and he wasn't trying to be. now that Queen Elizabeth is 94 I don't know what she does except probably some conversing and maybe let her riding but Charles is doing his work and most of her work. he's probably thinking now in his seventies like why couldn't I have had to do this 20 years ago when I was younger and had the stamina? that's a lot of work for somebody that probably around 72 or so.

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

I agree because I would have been far more upset about losing my husband then trying to keep this huge Palace that really was not hers because she was only a consort.

[@chiccabay9911]

@@-MaryPoppins- She was clever enough to make sure her new title had the word Queen in it twice.

[@ethanweeter2732]

The Queen Mother deserved to become less important as she was never going to rule. I think Phillip is more of a Royal than most others honestly.

[@Varoon1]

The Queen mother doesn’t seem to like most people lmao..

[@risksikrikak903]

well the feelings mutual on my part anyway.down w the crown!

[@alexajessop5590]

It's so strange to know this b/s. I don't understand why the British people and us want to keep this drivel alive.

[@takohamoolsen2432]

I'm surprised Queen Mary actually liked her. Then again, Mary was a commoner herself.

[@lynlyn5011]

or she doesen't like anyone at all even her queen daughter especially when her daughter became a queen lol

[@stenbak88]

She wasn’t a royal she just married into so she was an asshole to everyone

[@jaidendirecto5080]

He modernized the monarchy, became a wonderful husband to Queen Elizabeth II, and an amazing father, grandfather and great-grandfather. May Prince Philip rest in peace

[@flamingo2603]

Well, he really wasn’t that great of a father..

[@donnaarcher5137]

Reading history does make sense. Hope one day Peace will register 🙏 upon the mind of Humanity..I do have admiration for Prince Phillip..

[@Ami_Hime]

The Queen mother said that house was too small 😳 My studio flat is so small my fridge has to be in my bedroom 😒 Humble yourself.

[@maryanng6841]

@Ami- lee - lest ye be humbled.

[@meghanelaraby277]

😅

[@suzyschwarz7023]

Ami- lee at least you have a fridge, so not too bad!

[@littlelambs7044]

They don't live reality.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

@@suzyschwarz7023 Handy for a snack in bed.

[@joshuax5930]

Philips Mother was a Princess, not like that Bowes Lyon...Princess Alice was a good Person, saveing Jews..a good Soul

[@karimlemarquis1920]

Absolutely Princess Alice was definitely a unique royalty by blood and actions especially after having a tough life not like queen Elizabeth who used to live in indulgence and luxurious life such a great difference that's why she deliberately marginalised her.

[@mikefay5698]

Strange for a Nazi?

[@micheler950]

Joshua X read the book written by Lady Colin Campbell about the Queen Mother.In there the QM is claimed to be the daughter of the house cook .Thats why the Duke and Duchess of Windsor mockingly called her Cookie

[@alwellus]

@@micheler950 I've not heard that. I was told that the term came from the fact that she had pudgy , fat hands like a cook.

[@WyattRyeSway]

Mike Fay ....Alice herself was not a Nazi.

[@bachelorzbuffet1307]

He has been an excellent consort - the complete package. The Queen is lucky to have him as her husband

[@trixie042168]

Prince Philip was so HOT when he was young!!

[@kkittycatkat1990]

A handsome man indeed. I'm not sure I would say hot. Well, I think we basically mean the same thing, lol.

[@festivelady826]

@Tracey Sparacio - He certainly was! Don't you know that HMTQ was very happy when nighttime arrived? He is STILL an extremely handsome man. Hard to believe he will be 100 years old in June, isn't it?

[@unaninanine3743]

He's still hot!

[@festivelady826]

@@unaninanine3743 - Amen, sister!

[@nacht98]

he is very old now, but still there's something to him.....

[@melissalove2463]

Looks wise I can see what the Queen saw in Phillip he was quite a stunning looking man in his day!

[@enamaas-vanderpluijm4781]

I wonder if she knew he had as much 'royal' blood in his vanes as she : nothing at all!

[@charlottesmith4850]

And Princes Charles and William are a picture of him.

[@ladybhive1210]

And to think her husband was just an attendant Lord at her coronation.

[@tamikapoythress9747]

Wtf it's her damn cousin

[@jamiemohan2049]

He is alright. He is no Alain Delon. Depends on your tastes.

[@bubblechaz]

Damn. Now I know why Prince William once said Prince Philip was such a legend.

[@FavolesLegacy]

i love prince philip!♥ i would not move in with my mother voluntarily and i would also want to change such a terribly old lifestyle if i had to live there until the end of my life. he was so down to earth. how a disney princess brings the fresh wind in when the prince brings her into the castle.

[@issyroylance5900]

How ungrateful too small for her!! She's only one person. Who would want to live with their mother in law like that?

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

The sweet old ‘Queen Mum’ - what a piece of work she was...as for Queen Mary...

[@user-hp2sv3dn4p]

О

[@kathleenwarner7886]

You mean Queen Mary the "kleptomaniac", Her friends learned to hide anything they really didn't want her to take.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Kathleen Warner - The one and only May of Teck herself.

[@marrie5820]

Philip is just what every women needs, a Strong Handsome Man that stays beside a Woman to serve and love her for the rest of his life, and thats exactly what he did. RIP Prince Philip! What a life you had!

[@yuliafrik2474]

Right!!!!!!!!

[@meantares]

Men have their own lives and it’s not to serve their wives or other women. It’s time women learnt to serve their husbands.

[@poppycakes6805]

Great to see the old films of the Queen and Philip falling in love, married with children - thank you! Great job @Absolutehistory !

[@VampireKnight1972]

Gotta admire his persistence, if allowed back then, he could have done so much if he hadn’t met with road blocks.. very admirable of him, to stick with his wife til his passing. Going through what he did, many marriages would have ended in divorce, it goes to show how truly strong he was and why he was the Queen’s main anchor, my hearts goes out to her. She has lost the better half of herself with his passing, may she still stand fast and strong as if he’s never left her side.

[@emilyreyes8922]

O89o

[@VampireKnight1972]

@@emilyreyes8922 ???

[@christineyetman640]

if everyone in the royal family could have married who they really loved they wouldnt have such troubles...i mean queen eliizabeth herself wouldnt let her own sister marry the man she loved...the found someone more to their liking...please

[@tgelite4629]

They had a good marriage, tho they had their up & downs as any marriages do. He did like to party with his friends for a long time until he finally had to give it up. I had read he ran the household behind the scenes. It made her life easier. I think they loved each other very much.

[@sassytbc7923]

I believe that two people who have had a love story as Elizabeth and Philip had, are connected forever, even after one passes.

[@shirleypena4133]

I swear the older that Queen Elizabeth II gets, the more she looks like her grandmother Queen Mary! :-o

[@ingriddubbel8468]

I don't see that at all.

[@thomasgrady4311]

That is a shame

[@anneheimburger3186]

i think Princess Anne looks more like Mary.

[@mikefay5698]

Suppose all humans look that way if covid 19 doesn't get them!

[@mikefay5698]

@@anneheimburger3186 Whatever happened to the Duchess of Pork!

[@gabe-po9yi]

Elizabeth chose a strong, independent-minded man, who probably thought a lot of the customs were a bit ridiculous and extravagant. He finally did succeed in getting his children to bear his name. I’ve wondered if Andrew came about for that reason. Enough time had passed when Philip had first challenged it with Charles and Anne, so really the only way to bring it back into discussion was to have a new baby.

[@jessiemacgregor1357]

His uncle was the pressure to have Mountbatten added to their names. From what I have read Churchill was dead against it.His uncle pushed hard to have his grand daughter marry PC, but she refused and bugger me if grandmothers from both sides of PC & Diana's families put there heads together and suggested they get married it just proves a point not all Grannies know what's best IMO.offcourse 😢😢

[@stay_low_key]

Yes she chose her cousin.

[@deborahcooney9326]

Queen Elizabeth was totally smitten with Philip. And from I can see he was totally in love with her.

[@67daltonknox]

The Queen Mother was a commoner. She was only allowed to marry the stuttering George because he was the second son. After Edward's abdication, she suddenly became Queen and developed into the most fearful snob. Her presence led to many problems, not just with Phillip: Margaret not being allowed to marry Townsend and then becoming an embarrassment; Charles not being allowed to marry Camilla resulting in the disaster with Diana.

[@iTube22100]

She was a commoner, her father was a count. She was not royal but she was not a commoner. But I don't like her either

[@annejeppesen160]

Margaret not marrying Townsend and stay a princess was opposed by parliament

[@uptoncriddington6939]

@@iTube22100 A count? What country are you referring to? There are no Scottish counts.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

Evidence for these assertions please.

[@SuperTweezy5]

Wrong, Dalton. The Queen Mother didn't want to marry him at first. She rejected Bertie's first two marriage proposals, being "afraid never, never again to be free to think, speak and act as I feel I really ought to."

[@ekquinn7059]

I feel bad for Elizabeth. She hadn't been married long and then she was thrust into being the monarch....at 25 years old. I remember being that age and I didn't know myself. So she had a lot to deal with and was expected to do it all correctly. Sure, she was royalty and didn't have to deal with the daily stuff we all do but still, a marriage, her father's death and all that was involved with being the monarch.....whoa.

[@TsukabuNosoratori2]

Yeah. While I may be fascinated by the British Royal Family and it's history, I wouldn't want that on very many people. I know I'd have probably crumbled under all that pressure and expectation.

[@alexlewis8143]

The royals know who they are at birth. William knows he will take the throne one day Harry knows he's the spare.

[@shellbythesea12]

If Phillip truly didn't realize even before he married Elizabeth that he would eventually have to take a step back behind her,then he must of been pretty thick

[@keptinkaos6384]

going on his later life behaviour he might just be thick as a plank

[@TheOtherBill]

I'm not defending him, but he must have expected a much longer time as just the "husband of the princess". The king died fairly young.

[@royfr8136]

'must 'have' been pretty thick' - 'have' not 'of' been thick.

[@jandrews6254]

It’s a common theme when some prince marries a female heir to a throne. Albert was ticked off he wasn’t made king, recently so was the husband of the danish queen, Margarethe, he was so mightily pissed off he wasn’t made king he refused to be buried beside her. So Phillip follows the misogynistic tradition;s. It would really be so much simpler and sensible if lineage was traced matrilinearly

[@unamed2516]

J Andrews Queen Magarethe’s husband was the exact same person I was thinking when bringing up Philip’s role beside Queen Elizabeth.

[@thorawilson1466]

The queen also denied refuge for Alex and Nicholas. She despised Alex, they were related and didn't get along from childhood. This effectively hung them out to dry

[@thorawilson1466]

@************************************ all offspring of Victoria, grandchildren, nieces, nephews. Alex used the make fun of the future queen mother's stubby fingers. She never forgot it

[@uptoncriddington6939]

They sought refuge in 1917. She didn't marry the Duke of York until 1923. She didn't become the queen consort until 1936. The Bolsheviks murdered the Romanovs in 1917. Do please check things first before making unwarranted assertions which amount to slandering the dead.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

@@thorawilson1466 The Queen Mother was a Bowes Lyon and on her mother's side a Cavendish-Bentinck, Burnaby, etc. She did not descend from Queen Victoria.

[@abutterfly7975]

I wonder why they let the King and Queen mother sit together for his Coronation, but Prince Phillip wasn’t allowed to sit beside Queen Elizabeth for her Coronation?

[@diankreczmer6595]

I was fourteen and remember watching the coronation on television So glad this was allowed as it was recorded history

[@uptoncriddington6939]

@Cali Girl Sadly it probably won't be as magical or impressive.

[@louisceglia1823]

Upton Criddington o

[@stephaniemurria5534]

Any husband that doesn't say anything about his wife's choice of hats is a good husband.

[@mikefay5698]

Hat's are for bald men. Trumpy Pumpie likes blond wigs, since he doesn't like being called bald Eagle!

[@Hudson1910]

@@mikefay5698 LOL

[@cjosborne9430]

@@Hudson1910 Have you ANY Idea of the LONG list of accomplishments that President Trump has caused to have happened in his first 3.5 years? (more than ANY other president since Abraham Lincoln). Or for blacks? Or for Hispanics? Or for Jews? Or for prisoners? Or for women? Have you any idea what President Trump has done for the world? IF he wins by a landslide will you READ his list of accomplishments? Or, are you such a committed Leftist that you hate Trump more than you love America? American can ONLY help the rest of the world if we are strong. America has NEVER hoarded wealth; we share it. THE exception to that tradition are the VILE LEFTISTS like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Jeff Zucker, and George Soros, and ALL THE GREEDIES who refuse to share their enormous income.

[@Fucoc]

@@cjosborne9430 Calm down, we were talking about hats here :/

[@cjosborne9430]

@@Fucoc You are not even worth responding to, since you do not read for content or context. Bye, Felicia!

[@mary-janechambers3596]

I don’t know how Phillip put up with his mother in law. I guess he got his frustrations out through the “Thursday Club”.

[@serenacalls]

👏🏼👍👏🏼

[@kimbennett2369]

I dunno either. I can't understand my mother-in-law at all

[@comfortibrahim3445]

William is like the Queens mother

[@ladyramen7655]

Since PP is such a good looking fellow, why are the kids didn’t take after him?🤨

[@tutipayan]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@jamieyoho2310]

Skipped a generation

[@gumby641]

Great point! None of them, except Andrew for awhile, not anymore

[@cheekypiper512]

Andrew was quite handsome in his youth . Charlie should have had those ears pinned.

[@janbohme]

Anne actually does to quite an extent, but his looks don't suit a woman as well as a man.

[@rosettalouisseus3588]

If they said that Queen Elizabeth the second (27 at the time of her coronation) was premature, what was queen Victoria who was 18 at the time of her coronation?

[@kellymcvey4494]

Rosetta Louisseus Queen Elizabeth was 25 the same age as the original queen Elizabeth

[@wilmafistfit4788]

The days of Victoria children had to grow up much faster than even when Elizabeth was born

[@daniel_sc1024]

@@wilmafistfit4788 Not Queen Victoria. As a princess, she led a very sheltered life. She wasn't allowed to walk up or down stairs without holding the hand of her governess. There were a lot of people who were afraid she wouldn't be able to rule, given her youth and her gender.

[@WyattRyeSway]

Wasn’t Edward VI only 9 when he was crowned?

[@anneheimburger3186]

@@daniel_sc1024 and Queen Victoria's mother.

[@kaleahcollins4567]

Queen Victoria wouldve loved him because he was somewhat like Albert. The queen mother and Elisabeth both didnt like Princess Alice his mother

[@danieleallen648]

Kaleah Collins actually the Queen engendered a reconciliation between mother and son

[@allymayful]

How do you know that?

[@shreeray6410]

We lost Prince Philip today. RIP. 💔

[@Shahdae2001]

I actually like Prince Philip. I admit he said some off the wall things in the past yet; I respect that he like to think outside the box.

[@jenniferparedez8584]

Prince philip was the most decent & down to earth of them all.May He R.I.P. & rise in eternal glory.

[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

I never liked the Queen Mother. She pretended to be meek and holier-than-thou, when in actuality she was conniving, arrogant, manipulative and cold.

[@lsmith9249]

@Griffith Williams she'd be disappointed in harry and would have hated having an actress in the family she wasn't actually all bad and she was loved in my country

[@neilabaqui9449]

Foi muito ruim com a Princesa Diana.

[@toinanwachuku1869]

Just Another Happy Humanist don't forget racist.

[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

Toina Nwachuku And xenophobic. She despised poor people. She looked down on pretty much everyone. Awful woman.

[@lsmith9249]

@@justanotherhappyhumanist8832 she didn't look down on everyone,

[@stephanieritter4771]

Prince Phillip was an amazing father but to have a son like Charles must of been a disappointment..but his grandson takes after his grandfather... William will be an amazing king.... Phillip lost a part of himself as the queen mother stopped all his dreams... He could of done some remarkable things if he was allowed to... And to still have the grace and dignity to always follow behind the queen speaks volumes of his grace....and 800 service and charities was outstanding.... The USA salutes you for your service to God country and family....

[@9-c45alfeenarahim3]

Agreed

[@lindabilly5471]

Agreed

[@StacyL.]

Yeah, but we'll see see William become king? Charles is first in line, unfortunately. I think Charles should abdicate. He's already 72 years old, but then again, seeing the royal life expectancy, if he took the throne at 74, which I believe will be the case, we have 25 years or so before William will be next. Not too hot on the idea of Kate being Queen Consort...

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

King Charles III will be wonderful. Long Live the King!

[@bellezaeraofficial8355]

Agreed

[@despinaxenoulis5904]

He was the handsomest Prince in the World !!! ♥👑💙👑♥👑💙

[@jamieyoho2310]

Ikr! He was soooo handsome and brave and devoted to Elizabeth.

[@winnieskees9622]

I always thought so too!

[@mariakhan6090]

Why was Queen Mother doubtful about Prince Philip, wasn't he like the third cousin and belonged to the same family?

[@probablynot1368]

The Queen Mother was doubtful because Elizabeth’s father George VI had initially objected to the match, despite liking Philip. The prince had an excellent war record but he wasn’t British and didn’t belong to the Church of England. He didn’t even have a surname and ‘foreign’ marriages were viewed with caution, particularly in the wake of the 1936 Abdication Crisis. Philip formally asked George for permission to marry Elizabeth and the king agreed on the proviso that he wait for an official engagement until Elizabeth turned 21 in April 1947. On 9 July of that year the couple’s engagement was announced. Philip threw himself into becoming a British subject: he renounced his Greek and Danish titles, converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Anglicanism and took his mother’s maiden name, Mountbatten.

[@nanovahidy5172]

He was also Prince of Greece.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

a Prince of Greece and Denmark, to be exact.

[@nanovahidy5172]

I stand corrected.

[@margaretdevries8090]

No he wasn’t ! Look up Princess Alice, his mother, Germany took over their little country! He was Prince of nowhere !!

[@AviationAddict69]

Margaret deVries The Duke of Edinburgh was born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. The duke is a grandson of the “first” King of the Hellenes, George I of Greece. His mother, on the other hand, was born Princess Alice of Battenberg, Battenberg being a cadet branch of the Hessian grand ducal family into which her mother, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (and as well as Victoria’s youngest sister Empress Alexandra Feodorovna), belonged. The duke’s impeccable lineage is far better than the Queen Mother’s medieval past.

[@probablynot1368]

Philip’s father, Prince Andrew, was absent at his birth as he was away fighting in the Greek army during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-22). During this conflict Andrew was the commander of the Greek Second Army Corps, but he proved to be an ineffectual general. At the pivotal Battle of Sakarya on 19 September 1921, he refused to obey the orders of his superior officer and tried to work to his own battle plan. Unfortunately this lack of co-ordination and communication contributed to a battlefield stalemate, and subsequently the war was lost. Andrew was relieved of his command and a year later he was arrested as part of the 11 September 1922 Revolution. This was a revolt of the Greek armed forces against the government, who they held responsible for the Turkish victory. It led to the downfall of the Greek monarchy and the abdication of King Constantine. As the brother of Constantine and a disgraced army commander, Andrew was in deep trouble. He was accused of treason and initially sentenced to death. General Pangalos, the Greek Minister of War, asked him, “How many children have you?” When Andrew replied Pangalos reportedly said: “Poor things, what a pity they will soon be orphans.” When Princess Alice heard of Andrew’s plight she travelled to Athens to plead for his life but she was not permitted to see her husband, so she turned to her British relatives for help. King George V, who was possibly haunted by not allowing his cousin Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family to seek asylum in Britain during World War I, urged for a British intervention to evacuate the family. A Greek court banished Andrew from Greece for life and he was released in December 1922. He was lucky: six other senior members of the government were tried and executed. Soon afterwards a Royal Navy gunboat, HMS Calypso, evacuated the family from Corfu. Prince Philip, who was still a baby, was reputedly carried out to the ship in a makeshift cot made out of an orange box. For the infant child it was the start of decades of stateless wandering. From the moment Philip left Corfu on 3 December 1922 until he moved into Clarence House as Princess Elizabeth’s husband in the late 1940s, he had no permanent residence. There is much more information about Prince Phillip’s sad childhood. The above information came directly from www.historyanswers.co.uk/kings-queens/the-tragedy-of-young-prince-philip-the-nazis-the-navy-and-the-broken-home/

[@cynthiaa.9169]

Prince Phillip was so handsome.

[@chorusfrog2548]

GAG....gag me....he completely creeps me out

[@mikefay5698]

He was small due to inbreeding close slightly cock eyes and an Eagle sized hooter. He told the British Workers to "Pull their fingers out"!. As only Woyalty can do. The Gall of the Arch Parasite who hadn't even produced a match stick. But boy could he suck!

[@gbohol]

I agree. QE is total smitten

[@suzyschwarz7023]

Cynthia Pratt . That generation had more than it’s share of handsome we’ll put together Gentlemen .

[@032319581]

She is a commoner and he was Royalty. In your face Dowager Queen ! That man had to put up with his mother in law most of his life! He deserves a crown for that!

[@pokegem8733]

Yeah, but that cant happen.

[@samadams2575]

You should all show more respect for her. The queen mother was an amazing lady

[@randyross5630]

The Queen Mother was not a Commoner! Her Father was "Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne", and was a direct descendant of Scottish Kings, who were the Direct Descendants of the old Celtic/Scoti going back 130 Kings as seen in the declaration of Arbroath my direct ancestor an Earl of Ross (& Chief of Ross) was 4th to sign, and the King at that time, a Bruce is who that her Father draws Direct Kinship too, and that King was related to the 130 before, like I am! The Constant Assult on Scottish History is out of line! How can you call someone a Commoner when her Father is "Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne". This is the most trash Video ever!!! And I wouldn't believe a Word!

[@HhEeAaDd]

They’re really acting like we don’t know that they’re related ...

[@janineharrison5186]

I've always liked Prince Phillip. He is my favorite royal!

[@MandyJMaddison]

I love the way at 44:42 Elizabeth starts to smile. And by 44:51 she is really smiling. It is such a contrast to the seriousness with which she had walked up the nave of the Abbey to her Coronation.

[@randommusicenthusiast2758]

at 44:42, I saw Princess Anne's resemblance to her mother, the former queen.

[@annettewalter2273]

The Queen Mother never thought of herself as a commoner and always looked rather haughty when surrounded by them. I think Prince Phillip sized her up pretty quickly. He was more royal than she was.

[@shemene647]

I'm from Brownsville Brooklyn..And I love royal history..The Comments are fascinating

[@SandyRiverBlue]

46 minutes on why a woman doesn't like her son in law, Absolute Tripe.

[@wrmacdonald9383]

Twelve minutes in, I don't have the time or patience.

[@songbirdy]

Prince Philip is the great great grandson of Czar Nicholas I. He was also the great nephew of Alexandra, wife of last Czar Nicholas II of Russia. Alexandra was also the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. So I would say Prince Philip definitely had some royal in him.

[@ottonieoswald9184]

Absolutely!!!@

[@ottonieoswald9184]

Sorry about the @

[@iudhd7659]

+first cousin once removed of nicholas Ii

[@ukmary1968]

Completely more royal than any others

[@tamaramagdalene1000]

Why are they shocked about Philips "mysterious" ethnicity? Aren't they cousins lol

[@sandrawest2213]

It wasn't the family that was unsure of Phillip's background-they knew it. It was the courtiers surrounding the royal family that questioned it--Alan Laselles being the primary one. I loved the story of one of them escorting Prince Phillip around Buckingham Palace arrogantly tell him to not worry, he'd soon learn his way around to which Prince Philip responded, "I know. I was born here."

[@ABC1701A]

King George vi and Queen Elizabeth knew his history and family. It's only the Crown, total drama, that can't gets its facts right. Lies sound better than the truth.

[@alwellus]

His family lost the Greek Throne and then regained it - with stable monarchies, that is a BIG RED FLAG as far as marriage and such goes. Also, while they came from older royal families, the Greek Crown was new. They were carpetbagger royals - less than a century old. (carpetbagger royals were younger members of olde royal families chosen to be come monarchs of the newly created states in Europe - all of them in SE Europe - in the Balkans; the last one was Albania in 1914) Compared to the lineage of the British Family ( and there are SEVERAL of us going into extended and distant ranks) they don't have what we have - Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror, Henry VIII (alright, I confess he was a stinker), the blood of the Stuarts; the only commonality was Charlemagne with these "noveau monarchies". Philip's bloodline included that, even though the Greek Throne was held by the Danish House of Glucksburg, thus the "of Denmark and Greece" title. Even among royalty, there was a VAST pecking order of this or that highness and then kingly rank and finally, imperial rank.

[@airspun9801]

True. He is blood related to his wife, the queen. Why does this documentary making such a fuss and lying to their viewers 😠? I stopped watching this so called doc half way.

[@anneheimburger3186]

@@airspun9801 i believe they were 3rd cousins.

[@piustwelfth]

The woman standing to the left of the Queen Mother during the coronation ceremony is the Princess Royal -- the sister of the deceased king. She was QEII's aunt.

[@dixie4470]

You can see Prince Harry's face in the photos of Prince Philip looking angry.

[@suzieanderton4239]

Likely Harry was disturbed because he knew he was growing up to look like gramps.

[@bwoww_163]

Um no

[@TTVAN]

Dixie, I've often thought that Harry looked more like Prince Philip than he did any of the Spencers. William, however, looked like the Spencers, like his mother Prince Diana.

[@TheSouthpaw725]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who could see Harry's resemblance to his gramps, Too bad he didn't listen to his advice of dating Meghan but don't marry her.

[@yamomma6479]

@@TheSouthpaw725 I am glad he didn't listen to the old fart

[@jenethawarner1374]

It was not a mistake. Generations to come will view in awe as we do now at the magnificent Coronation. God bless the Queen.

[@nd2997]

Queen Mary was delighted that her half royal grand-daughter married equally to a Prince of blood.These people make it sound as if Prince Philip was some random commoner. He is 2nd cousin to Elizbeth II

[@jimmcdiarmid7308]

Third cousin

[@ethelnewberry151]

ND: They are third (3rd) cousins.

[@krishnavyas313]

@@jimmcdiarmid7308 they are also second cousin once removed through King Christian IX of Denmark Queen Alexandra George I of greece George V prince Andrew George VI prince philip Elizabeth ii Queen Elizabeth's father George vi and prince philip were second cousin. George Vi and prince Philip's mother princess Alice were also second cousins through Queen victoria.

[@nancylongworth9617]

Phillip was prince of Denmark and Greece, and was 2d in line for the Greek throne when that monarchy was abolished.

[@helanna9843]

That's funny because until Kate Middleton added more English blood to the royal line, their heritage was primarily German.

[@comfortibrahim3445]

And they dared to criticise Meghan because of her color that's hypocritical.

[@joy3203]

@@comfortibrahim3445 nobody criticised meegain’s skin color. She lied about it.

[@kathleenwarner7886]

@@joy3203 No, she didn't. The remarks were made to Harry and he told Meghan while she was pregnant with Archie. Not the best idea.

[@kathleenwarner7886]

@@joy3203 If you're going to call her a liar you should at least be able to spell her name.

[@minagica]

IKR 😂

[@felicityjim5349]

I think he was way forward than his age at that time. He modernized everything. A man at that time would never leave his job for his wife ( I know it's the queen we r talking abt, but that time esp 50s were age of biased people). But he was indeed a great monarch.

[@Sacheen81]

I bet Philip quite got along with Diana.... both were for changing the face of the monarchy.

[@nbenefiel]

Sacheen Lake none of the royal family got along with Diana.

[@Sacheen81]

@@nbenefiel That's just sad. I was hoping that at least Phillip would have gotten along with her. Although, he probably wouldn't have been allowed to by the women folk.

[@YvonneWilson312]

@@Sacheen81 But he did get along with her and there are letters to prove it!

[@stephaniemurria5534]

Diana was a real royal. She married beneath her.

[@capcompass9298]

@@nbenefiel Vice versa methinks.

[@daniel_sc1024]

Funny how history repeats itself. Prince Phillip's experience when he moved into Buckingham Palace are mirrored by that of another well-known prince consort - Prince Albert.

[@chrisfield3258]

Dan Cooter Hopefully Philip won’t get a piercing named after him though..

[@1710justine]

@@chrisfield3258 why did no one like this? Lmaoooooo

[@lray1948]

One big difference in the Albert and Phillip situations was that in Albert's case Victoria's mother was considered a no-account foreigner and not highly regarded at court. Victoria herself didn't really get along with her.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

@@chrisfield3258 No but have you heard what the surgeon reads on the form when he has to perform a hip replacement?;)

[@brindade2004]

Prince Albert was dominated only by Queen Victoria and Lehzen, her childhood governess not the Duchess of Kent, her mother.

[@treasure2behold282]

The Queen mother was a commoner before she married the King. There's a story going around that she was the maid's daughter adopted by the Bowes-Lyon

[@ethelnewberry151]

Treasure2Behold: I read that story in one of the Rag Mags at least 45/50 years ago, long before there was internet. So, there probably could be truth in that old story. Many common people have a fortune of money, but that doesn't make them Royal.

[@patriciaferrell9418]

Very handsome man no wonder the queen married him

[@heronimousbrapson863]

It could be said that no nationality comes from anywhere. The modern English are a mish-mash of Normans, Saxons, Celts, Danes and others.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

Don't tell that to the Japanese or the Native Peoples who all believe in their special creation.

[@ziggywigs]

So all Germanic then as are the Royal family.

[@tahenare8746]

@@uptoncriddington6939 That's because they have an innate knowledge of DNA which is spiritually anointed to be deliberately constructed by God for his divine purposes

[@uptoncriddington6939]

@@tahenare8746 Oh I see. That explains their view perfectly...

[@tahenare8746]

@@uptoncriddington6939 your reply doesn't take me back to the full discussion. I wish I could pick up the context. I suspect the more expert tribes were regarding genealogical lines, the more reason they had to diversify their matches. I am descended from both English and Polynesian ancestors. The English ancestor, tho notable, wasnt highly regarded by his Polynesian inlaws. I am keen to obtain access to Windsor Castle Library, to research him, as he was equerry to Geo 4th, and his wife lady in waiting to Queen Charlotte.

[@bjarkiaxelsson1449]

4:26 .. that tie is cartoonishly big

[@ingriddubbel8468]

Thank you! The color doesn't help making it look cartoonish.

[@a.jlondon9039]

If you look at the background it is drab. The tie gives the scene some focal interest. It is Art.

[@AshesAshes44]

I noticed the.. interesting... ties on most of the male commentators. Thank goodness the fad has mostly gone.

[@cricket8438]

Phillip’s life must have been the definition of, being caught between a rock and a hard place! Poor man!!!

[@laurenmay2098]

His uncle Mountbatten was the one pushing for marriage, he was very influential at that time in the royal circles. Prince Phillip accepted, but he wasn’t that in love or even princess Elisabeth. She knew her duty and just accepted as well. But none of them thought she was going to be Queen so early, her father was 54 if I am not mistaken, too young to die.

[@jodiwanderfull6562]

REST IN PEACE PRINCE PHILIP

[@taylorlibby7642]

I can only imagine how many and what kind of negotiations must have been involved in every single step of that marriage.

[@hazeluzzell]

As someone who lived through all this (yes, I am that old) and there is a lot of rubbish in this.

[@sarah3796]

hazeluzzell whats the rubbish?

[@APHRODITEEEEEE]

Like whaaaat? :D

[@hazeluzzell]

I’m thinking more of the sensationalising language. It wasn’t as though Elizabeth didn’t,t expect to become Queen, she’d been trained for it all her life.There was no ‘premature catapulting’ The abdication came as pretty much a relief...not so much a shaky monarchy. There were more important things, like a war to fight.so the Queen Mum was jealous of her daughter? I doubt it. The ‘Family’ knew exactly who Philip was. If the Family wanted rid of him, he’d have been gone, like Margaret and Peter Townsend. I wouldn’t particularly trust the ‘talking heads’ they’ve shipped in either. Opinion and conjecture

[@royfr8136]

It's more helpful if you actually stated what is 'rubbish'.

[@kezkn]

@@hazeluzzell you got to make a yt video then.... do try please

[@girlcheck]

Lovingly done. Thank you

[@RoyalDuggars]

Philip's mother was born at Windsor Castle for God's sake! He's a descendant of Victoria & Albert & Christian/Louise of Denmark. They are related both ways. He was hardly a commoner. Poor for a royal, yes. And the Queen Mother was the daughter of one of the wealthiest peers of the realm!

[@arunseigell7361]

Butvthe Queen mother WAS. NOT A ROYAL BY ANY STANDARD.She had lots of loonies in her family!

[@ennykraft]

Prince Phillip belongs to the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg which is the house of the royal families of Denmark, Norway and Greece. He is the grandson of a king. He chose the name Mountbatten because his maternal uncle looked after him when no one else did. Even though all his sisters married German princes, he is no more German than the rest of the Royal Family (meaning quite a bit). The Queen Mother had absolutely no reason to look down on his pedigree, considering she was the daughter of some obscure Scottish earl and her mother was a commoner. When Prince Albert married Queen Victoria, the name of the royal house was changed to his House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and if they had followed those traditions they were all about, it should have been the same for Prince Phillip. I don't get why people think the Queen Mother was so wonderful. She drank like a fish and spent like there was no tomorrow. Each year she would spend 8 times the amount she got through the Civil List and her daughter and grandson had to bail her out. When she died, she left behind more then £7 million in debt.

[@accc9090]

The Queen Mother had been Queen to what was a major power and still influential country. Philip came from a line in Greece who's founding ancestor had been a former general of common birth of Napoleon's and succesively married into relatively minor monarchs of continental Europe. And was unwanted by Greece by the time Philip's father died. And was dirt poor. And who's mother was known to be, at best, eccentric, at worst, crazy as a loon. And had no influence or friends anywhere except his unce in England, Mountbatten. His one gift was his looks, his one advantage was having a bloodline good enough for the Almanach de Gotha. The Queen Mother was terrible. But she had been a Queen consort. Of Britain. During the last height of their power, influence and, grandeur. Phillip was a minor Prince of a country he could never rule and didn't want him, with nothing but a handsome face.

[@allangibson8494]

Prince Philip's mother's maiden name was Battenberg - that was anglicized to Mountbatten by his uncle - Louis Montbatten.

[@dizzytheday5586]

@@accc9090 Are you describing the house of Bernadette of Sweden.... That's not Phillips House....

[@foxycinnamon7307]

@@accc9090 At least he had a career in the Navy - not just a eurotrashy climber.

[@Ladeliciadelinda]

I don’t know the royals personally so I’m not one to judge. But from everything I have read, if it is true...I agree the Queen Mother was not the best royal. I love Queen Elizabeth for her charm and steadfast nature. Prince Philip is absolutely witty and amusing. I like Princess Anne for being a cool princess (how many people can hold off a kidnapping). I admire King George for stepping in and sticking it through to be king when his brother abdicated. But the Queen Mother As noted racked up a debt that obviously tax payers probably had to pay for. She apparently had a whole house meant as clothing storage and worst yet I heard she encouraged Charles to have an affair with Camilla as an attack on Princess Diana. The only nice thing I heard about the Queen Mother is that she completely supported her husband. This adds a lot of weight as King George really needed that emotional support when nobody else believed in him. So I give the Queen Mother credit for that.

[@gailhandschuh1138]

It’s very shameful that the elites of Britain refused to allow Elizabeth a voice in her coronation. The beauty and majesty of the coronation should be visible to the public Afterall , the people paid millions for this one very important day in her life. And the lives of the nation.

[@suzyschwarz7023]

It was a beautiful coronation which I had the pleasure of watching on television in Paris.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

It wasn't shameful. It was a reluctance born of reverence. Also, had the Queen insisted on anything she would have been listened to and would likely have carried the day if there weren't an excellent and convincing countering argument. In the end, it was broadcast. Ruat coeli.

[@gailhandschuh1138]

The Ueen Mother wanted to have and had total control of the Queen for decades. QE II needed to grow a backbone and send her mother to another palace to live where QE II could still be close , but her mother was not the center of government. It took many years before E II grew up enough to take control , but to this day QE II still rules the country with the old fashion attitudes of her mother. She demands total control of her children’s lives and the lives of all the grandchildren. The attitude of QE II is at the center of many of the s candles and divorces of the children. QE II never gave Philip the respect that any husband deserved. QE II was the Queen but, had zero input into the monarchy. The DEEP STATE OF BRITAIN WAS THE QUEENS OWN MOTHER. QE II has no input into the monarchy or her personal family.

[@uptoncriddington6939]

gail handschuh Your assertions as to total control are demonstrably false.

[@joanrychliski5711]

@@uptoncriddington6939 8t(=

[@artn2950]

The white outfits in Paris were spectacular for sure!!!

[@angellybeanz]

Rest In Peace HRH the Duke of Edinburgh.

[@michaelvalentine4129]

RIP