Wealthy English aristocrats insisting on their relevance in modern society | 60 Minutes Australia

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In 2009, the Brits finally had enough of being lorded over by aristocracy. The government gave the hereditary peerage the chop, evicting them from those hallowed halls - The House of Lords. Add to that the high cost of living in a stately home, and your lord and ladyship days were numbered. But as history has shown us, you can't keep a true, blue blood down. The landed gentry were ready for one last battle to remain relevant.
This story contains scenes of upper class privilege and moments of sublime eccentricity.
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[@traciebolton1951]

You can't punish people for being born into any situation. You can however raise them to do good things.. being an arrogant, unintelligent buffoon isn't something one should strive for.

[@TrinaWater]

The father and son are both rude and self centred

[@truetech4158]

Meanwhile, there's authoritarians locking up atheists for publicly mentioning that the saudi 9/11 hijackers never went to a happyland in the sky of mythology. Atheism treats like a swear word not to be heard in public in saudiland, and did you not notice yet, you don't hear any journalists or politicians or teachers in public or catholic conversion schools mentioning it. Other, they $ay. Hushmoney makes its own sound, crickets.

[@jamestait12]

Well said. This guy's ancestors clearly did what they had to in order to be financially secure, but I wonder how many generations ago that work ethic disappeared. Lots of old money that has compounded their wealth, these guys are just spending it and don't know how to actually make any money.

[@caitlintalan2243]

And such arrogance

[@Maya_Pinion]

Excellent,absolutely perfectly expressed. ✌️

[@charliej766]

Son yells at his mother to “shut up!” while his father sits and does nothing. They are the perfect example of style and grace.

[@mattharcla]

Sounds like most homes in the UK these days.

[@alicequayle4625]

And pushes his sister off the bike.

[@mikehtims]

The mums also ripping darts in the kitchen. Good scene

[@wotanmituns33]

they are decadent old money

[@outoftheforest7652]

@@alicequayle4625 I thought that was his mother!

[@Blue1Sapphire]

Telling your mother to shutup while the father says nothing, says it all about this family.

[@ADAPTATION7]

Looks more like the Addams Family if you ask me,

[@amurleopard1457]

I was furious watching that!

[@gerrycastlemanwarde5933]

S-H-I-T-S!

[@user-oe1mb9hu9i]

The father's language is no better and he looks seriously ill with his colour of skin. Looks like the liver isn't working properly. I would hope that the twins would have agreed between them to hang on to the property TOGETHER and are just playing with the journalist.

[@isabelbecerra9258]

Neanderthals

[@gulmerton2758]

As a French (who loves English people) I laughed at « we’re genetically bred to hate the French »! These people are so funny,still living in the past with the same mentality. Move on! We’re not so bad!😂 I was also flabbergasted by the arrogance of the young boy who seems to be a good for nothing and proud of it.😂

[@ariesaraya1822]

They are scared of the French influencing their ppl because we all know what the French did with their pompous aristocrats. ❤

[@violetlight8138]

I love the French but I'm an American

[@midorimashintaro2092]

You shd love the English but hate the English aristocracy.

[@josevilas4927]

Mais moi, Je suis génétiquement élevé pour aimer les Français🗼🗼🗼🗼🗼🗼🗼🗼🗼🗼🗼VIVE LA FRANCE🗼🗼🗼🗼🗼🗼🗼🗼😃😄🙂😍😉😊😋😛

[@qy-exotic7717]

hi

[@BombshElle_7]

I love how the son is so pompous about inheriting a mansion that his parents can't afford. 😂

[@Chip_Doubledip]

As someone who does a lot of contracting work, that place is in serious need of repair and basic maintenance. Just the cost to heat, maintain the lawn, etc is going to be a huge fortune. It's likely unfixed small problems will lead to much bigger ones.

[@Maerahn]

Yeah, that smug little tyke is in for a hell of a wake-up call when he comes of an age to inherit!

[@aa134368]

What are y’all on about, he’s selling that shit asap.

[@dirkjustdirk1706]

I am not an expert but the inheritance tax in the UK is very high so I guess he has to sell it to pay the tax off. But yes he can be very proud of being "old money" lol. The place was in an episode of "The Country House Rescue" and the whole family is just out of mind

[@roland9423]

@@Maerahn Toffs!

[@mhtbfecsq1]

The presenter exuded more class and grace than any of the aristocrats she interviewed.

[@stringofpearls4551]

Additionally, she did not speak as if she were gargling sausages, nor did she wear her breeches down below her bum. Besides the presenter, I liked the dogs, lama, and camel.

[@davidbaker2859]

By a country mile.

[@KMJCAN1313]

Well said re our Liz Hayes.

[@KMJCAN1313]

@edwardkornuszko4083 Liz had to work with some creepy, classless in behaviour, self important...ummm.. don't know what to call SOME of them. It is about time we, the people, take control of our own destiny, to love and care for each other and not be divided by some of these types.

[@johnvienta7622]

@@edwardkornuszko4083 .. Correct.... I have to wonder how long they trawled the country and how many decent families were seen before they got the footage they wanted. I am Australian but worked in England for local Councils in waste management and through that job I met many people who Liz Hayes would consider to be aristocrats and none of them were unpleasant to me, in fact the opposite was true........... Funny how Hayes does not bring up her own entitled position in Australia.

[@janedoe5229]

I just read about Lord Fulford on Wikipedia. He failed at everything he ever did, so he decided to go into politics. Apparently, they didn't want him there either.

[@strangelylookingperson]

More like Lord Fulfart then.

[@piusx8317]

@@strangelylookingperson He's not a Lord

[@jayneweaver8695]

The "aristocrats" seem like they'd fit in a trailer park near you, no matter WHERE that might be.

[@sheilafae]

I respectfully disagree. Trailer parks wouldn’t allow these people in, their standards are higher than that.

[@jayneweaver8695]

@@sheilafae BEST comment!

[@safirahudgins4895]

Definitely trailer park vibes, purely entertaining.

[@jeremynkelley]

Hahaha. Spot on 😂

[@lfd4967]

Right!!

[@dougmackenzie5976]

Eccentric behavior is only "eccentric" if you have wealth. If you behave eccentrically and are poor; you're considered to be insane.

[@randibass7558]

Ì wouldn't call a lady with a llama "insane"!!

[@dlmsarge8329]

Well said!!

[@planes3333]

Thats a good point, well said!

[@BicycleFunk]

@@randibass7558 imagine she is living in an apartment with a pet rat. People would call her insane and she would probably be evicted.

[@kristiblack4789]

Baphomet Bingo Baby's! 👶😍😘😎

[@cross75man75]

I love him saying old money is better than new money, when he has no money.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@frankfranklin5790]

And no idea how to utilise the 3000 acres to generate an income. I suppose evidence that the generational inbreeding has reached a slippery slope.

[@cross75man75]

@@frankfranklin5790 That's the craziest part.

[@tiffanyschools845]

@@frankfranklin5790 Do these people not have internet...KZbin gurus alone would help them out...Is their IQ down in the dirt? You have other people who are fixing up Chateaux and old mansions that they turn into some form of business opportunity.

[@frusia123]

😂😂😂

[@ISpitHotFiyaa]

At the end he says he'll inherit 30 million (presumably pounds). It may all be tied up in the house but that's not "no money".

[@sunna8476]

I'm shocked that this is real and not a sketch

[@verseau8360]

The best thing that could happen to that young and creepy future heir would be that his family lost everything and he was forced to get a job as a stockboy at a Sainburys. Only hope for his personally and soul.

[@lm9991]

Really? His soul? I have never met a teenage boy who didn't suffer from arrogance. In my view, this "journalist" played dirty pool by exploiting a child.

[@adriannespring8598]

Bwahahahhh!!! Ssssoooo true!! 🤣 Janitor.

[@safirahudgins4895]

@@lm9991 You've never met a teenage boy who wasn't arrogant? Lol, not saying he'd have to be perfect but I've met plenty of teenage boys with an ounce of respect for their parents and for the world around them. Raise your children responsibly and they'll turn out to be fine young adults.

[@MomeGnome]

​@safirahudgins4895 those boys you met are just playing the game because they have to. That kid doesn't. He can be honest, most ppl cannot. Especially not children.

[@ivanvarykino8202]

The sense of entitlement and lack of regret at the thought of throwing his sister out of her childhood home convinces me that it will not end well for the young chap. Nor should it.

[@Chris_L034]

surely she could do better out on her own.

[@nomdeplume2213]

Well, look it up, this aired in 2009.....

[@daily9930]

Dianas own brother did not allow her to come back. His own daughters don’t speak to him.

[@leahbeenz2537]

I foresee her twin brother ending up on Dateline’s mysterious unsolved death😳

[@ivanvarykino8202]

@@leahbeenz2537 Uncanny! I had similar thought. Hopefully not that bad an outcome.

[@PeterHonig.]

it is ironic how these folks have a such a strong self-bestowed sense of importance in society, when the rest of us see them for what they really are; excess baggage.

[@amadisdee6054]

Amen!

[@marih3286]

Well said!

[@DANINREDDY]

They are not even excess baggage, they are nothing but a cyst...

[@boobopish]

Exactly! They are a total embarrassment.

[@claritadeluna6609]

Their sense of importance is unbearable.

[@brambam]

You can tell they'd never have the intellect to get out of a council estate if they didn't inherit everything they owned

[@juliegoldstein8357]

What pompous assholes. I love the son talking about "old money" vs "new money". They don't have any money! They don't work. I love how they talk about the estate and it's conservation as the house crumbles around them.

[@fredk6992]

That’s what’s strange about England. Class has little to do with money, and many people would rather be upper class than rich.

[@Watchamacallit000]

The ignorance of a teenager. "Oh, you just got money. We've had it for ages." Completely oblivious that his father can't afford the upkeep and confessed that the finances have been on a slippery slope downwards for centuries.

[@sharongillesp]

It’s not aristocracy … It’s unfounded white privileged.

[@MarjorieWong-ym3ft]

Descendants of brutal slave Owners .A cursed Britain how do you all feel.

[@gggfff685]

His father is as useful as tree bark

[@rebekahdavis5935]

@@gggfff685 lol

[@mbwyatt1978]

The kid will sell up and turn his back on his family. He probably couldn't start a fire let alone run the place. The father's Wikipedia entry makes him sound as useful as a broken tea cup. The poor kids never stood a chance. Unless they play it up for the TV shows they do. The outside world is going to be a shock sadly.

[@hannaboba7965]

This is pure comedy gold. I can just imagine this whole thing being turned into a series.

[@George-hs2zm]

When I saw that house with the black and white chequered floor all I could think of was Delboy and the chandelier scene😂

[@nick636]

Harry Enfield as Francis Fulford the 23rd. Someone please make this happen.

[@patmann9363]

It was...about 20 years ago.

[@LexElSuculentoLuthor]

they at least have floor, its gonna sound cliche but some families doesn¨t have floor.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

I don't see the humor. All I see is grotesque arrogance. How is that funny?

[@animaljustice7774]

You can be British but it doesn’t mean you have class

[@zeniehudson7098]

Their ancestors has worked and paid for these mansion/ castles but the people who inherited cannot afford to maintain it. And they are falling to pieces.

[@adamdaniel5119]

When you say worked and paid for do you mean inherited their land, property and titles from people who took it by force.

[@SDW3-6-9]

They can easily turn it into an AirBNB

[@adriannamurillo8980]

The boy yelling at his mother to shut up and the brother physically assaulting his sister by knocking her off her bike speaks volumes about the way these particular males view the women in their family. They get it from their father. It’s horrifying.

[@archlab007]

The Kid is just a symptom of deplorable parents

[@williamanderson8932]

😮😮😮

[@pigpentaboo]

I agree, but I think the pushing off bike thing was just them playing around

[@justadummy8076]

Their mother is equally responsible

[@KMJCAN1313]

I agree, plus that horrible smug look on that brutal child. Dreadful; perhaps, inbred family.

[@DavidinSLO]

if you thought the wealthy in the US could be obnoxious, this family takes it to any entirely new level

[@boblouden6663]

Also good they keep breeding within the family.

[@mharley3791]

It’s pretty gauche to talk about wealth like this in America

[@maralkilidjian3224]

@@mharley3791 Gauche caviar

[@seanmcmahon6510]

The wealth of american politics is an oligarchy, which they proclaim to hate...21st century aristocricy is moving out without even touching politics,

[@2011blueman]

@@mharley3791 It's fairly normal if you're around "old money" in NYC, Greenwich Ct, the Hamptons, Beverly Hills, Palm Beach, etc.

[@Gurkha73able]

The thing I love about the British aristocracy is that they look down on all of us equally, regardless of race or class

[@pontifixmax]

The thing is, I look down on them for living in a dilapidated old house that looks gross and probably has mould everywhere.

[@Ro_-hk4yz]

lmao

[@xuan3236]

@@pontifixmax sounds like you're jealous.

[@thehoneydeev]

@@pontifixmaxyou’ve missed the point of this comment though 😅😊

[@jamesmacdonald5881]

What’s crazy is the house is dilapidated, yet he has so many assets and so much land, he could easily generate a massive income selling things off and renting space. Lady Chichester is a nice bit of crumpet as well.

[@BryanAllenSmith]

I'm flabbergasted that anyone would confess publicly to thinking and behaving like these people

[@Soundpj]

They think they are invincible.....the word humility....is an F word....when you think how hard alot people work in this country just to survive....then you look at these entitled plebs....

[@trvst5938]

The kid. 😂 Bragging about being old money.

[@cathynewyork7918]

@@trvst5938 Yes, bragging about being old money, and not even offering his sister a lifelong home in that house when he inherits it, even though she clearly wants it. What an arrogant little creep he is.

[@TeaParty1776]

Its really a Monty Python comedy.

[@cathynewyork7918]

@@TeaParty1776 Yes, good one.

[@ZBM-jj1xr]

I grew up in a poor family of a low socio-economic class, but I can tell you any one of my family members would look at that first family with disbelief. Swearing, looking down on others, displayed arrogance, leaving your own home in shambles, talking about money, yelling at your elders, pushing your sibling, wearing your trousers around your knees. And all in mixed company AND a camera crew to capture this for all to see. Unbelievable.

[@joanyow7952]

wonder why they agreed to be filmed?

[@ZBM-jj1xr]

@@joanyow7952 The dad probably agreed to that without consulting his wife. He doesn't seem to have any self awareness and it annoys the hell out of her.

[@jcangie5667]

​@@joanyow7952😂$$$$$ he is paid for the filming.

[@onyxlily2230]

They weren't even taught to behave in front of visitors.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@onyxlily2230Well as you can see with the „don care“ Dad who was raised the same way he is raising his children. If you can call it that. They can do what they want, let them raise themselves. Worst thing to do. That why this lazy fck his letting his mansion become a dump

[@sheridanjay]

I remember a TV series about these idiots a few years ago. Then, there was a public footpath across their land and Fulford brandished a shotgun at some people who were there legally and threatened to shoot them. I so wished it had been me because I would have totally called his bluff. And it’s absolutely ridiculous to suggest that they’re poor- it’s just tax avoidance in plain sight.

[@francisnicolas1819]

"We don't have a staff so we're not privileged." Amazing. These people's sense of entitlement prevented them from thinking for one moment that this interview could actually be quite damming for their entire class.

[@buskingkarma2503]

I'm British,but this still felt like a mocumentary style comedy sketch!😂❤🇬🇧

[@Marmots4reFun]

Surely, a Christopher Guest production.

[@asmodiusjones9563]

They could not have intentionally written more satirical characters than these jokers.

[@frankhage1734]

The irony of British aristocrat brats trying to look like American prisoners is golden. Saggy pants fashion came from prisons removing the cord in the waistbands of their uniforms because they were used as garrotes.

[@JanLindenMusic]

Yes I agree. Reminds me of a sketch with fry and laurie

[@peztopher7297]

Yes, they are typical Monty Python twits.

[@scottyscotty5862]

The House of Lords is the most expensive day care centre in the country

[@buenavistaproductions]

Ha!

[@truetech4158]

It's a blood diamond type money laundromat that promotes locking up nonviolent people in cage matches with giant hulking delusional violent culty cross wearing range runners. They evade debates, snooty sociopathic entitlement whatchagonnadoaboutit type garbage human type manipulative enabled creepers. Stockholm syndrome encapsulation comes to mind.

[@claritadeluna6609]

@scottyscotty5862 -- The House of Lords these days resemble a day care centre for the elderly. My husband resents people that have never been elected making laws; In-depth consideration of public policy; Holding government to account? Really? Where have they been all these years. Look where the country is. What a shame!

[@JustinMcNabbIreland]

Hahaha, good spot for a noon snooze

[@fay-amieaspen6046]

They get £300 a day each just for lunch alone

[@richardmccaughey5928]

This could be a Monty Python sketch!

[@richardmccaughey5928]

This was hilarious. 60 Minutes Australia is what our show should be!

[@janetrains83]

They may have a wealth of real estate and titles, but they are poverty-stricken in spirit and depth of character.

[@moniqueabundance]

👌

[@claytonbouldin9381]

Chauvs living on a run down estate.

[@planes3333]

exactly and they can barely speak

[@craigdrury4756]

Rich people howl for your misery

[@Gigi19563]

Very nice point

[@kitandsons173]

Classless! My grandmother came to the USA from a thatched roof in Ireland at age 14. She was the most proper, classiest, tidy, fashionable woman I ever met.

[@andrewrai5752]

No she wasn' t she was just poor lol!

[@paigeawin]

@@andrewrai5752 not poorer than you my dear! You're SO poor, all you have is money. lol!!

[@Hephasto]

Who gives a damn about your granny, tidy cleany, what that supposed to prove?😅

[@MrLONGJOHN11]

@@andrewrai5752Russian bot

[@ClannCholmain]

@@andrewrai5752😂 Is that you English Bob?

[@CourtneyPielok]

I like Francis' savage sense of humour tbh.

[@chetisanhart3457]

As an American I have never seen her work before. She is a wonderful interviewer.

[@Stormsteed]

For a couple of minutes, I felt like I was watching a clever SNL skit satirizing the nobility in England and the ‘forced’ compliance (complicity?) of the media to reinforce their nobility and all of the entitlements that bestows. Well done! 👍😉

[@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult]

Indeed, this is stranger than fiction.

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

"A clever SNL skit" is an oxymoron.

[@user-xm3qu3mp4p]

Move brown Muslims into all those big houses.

[@quitequiet5281]

That would have made a brilliant Monty Python skit... Unfortunately they couldn’t see anything wrong with it.

[@alextrevelian]

I thought the same, particularly with the low quality opening chroma key graphics.

[@vickyabramowitz2885]

13:57. What a well bred aristocratic boy knocking his sister off her bike as she struggles to ride it on the lawn. Someday he'll inherit that albatross of an estate and he'll see that life is not so easy when you're living among the ruins as the owner of a money pit. I'm sorry I won't be able to see that smug expression wiped off his face when he has his first encounter with the taxman. In the meantime, his sister will be living her best life, freed from the burden of being land rich and cash poor. I wish her the best.

[@lightfight8r]

HE'S ALREADY a prick from what I saw: a walking advertisement on why the whole aristocracy thing should be torched.

[@jamestait12]

He will be selling that house and land the second it passes to him, I'd be anything on that.

[@forestcottage7321]

@@jamestait12 yes probably. And he should then share the money with his siblings

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

@@forestcottage7321 he'll spend it on cocaine, dominatrices, and cryptocurrency. I'm pleased to know the world us laugh- barfing at this mush- mouthed cretin with his ass out on TV.

[@joeblow5087]

​@@forestcottage7321 He won't share anything. Entitlement.

[@keriboyjs]

The Fulfords aren’t aristocratic or titled, they live on an estate that’s falling apart with minimal income to fix it.

[@blakexd4826]

THIS INTRO IS SO HILARIOUS 😂 She did not hold back on calling them useless nepo-babies.

[@phoenix5384]

As an American, despite knowing the issues of our government and founders, there's nothing that makes me more thankful for our revolution than learning about English aristocracy

[@brownie43212]

Mate, the USA is a dumpster fire of a "1st world" country. Id take being a Brit anyday of the week over an American, and that's coming from an Australian. At least they have a functioning healthcare system

[@alexa.davronov1537]

Yes.

[@tjs200]

For real, I know we have some serious problems, but f*** the old world politics and nobility. The idea that even vestiges of them remain today in England is absolutely baffling to me.

[@johnmunro4952]

The USA has it's own aristocracy. It's just not as old as ours.

[@tjs200]

@@johnmunro4952 not exactly the same thing. the US has an elite class, which is much more fluid, families/people come and go all the time.

[@anto687]

It's incredible how a man that can barely speak manages to consider himself so much "more" than anyone else. Relics of a bygone era, they should consider reforming their public image by supporting their local communities.

[@sharongillesp]

Wall paper is one of the easiest repairs besides paint. They’re just too lazy and could care less. Squalor comes to mind. There are so many repair shows on KZbin that they could make some effort. The husband doesn’t have a red nose for nothing.

[@peztopher7297]

Traditionally, that's what they're supposed to do.

[@clouddog2393]

They should be kicked out and their money and property put back into helping the ordinary people , The Royal family would be a good place to start working down till the swamp of inherited privilege and wealth is drained .

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

​@@clouddog2393that's not a slippery slope there Pol Pot.

[@jmsure1]

In all praise, this guy is barely legible

[@grey-spark]

The stairwell is immaculate! That palace is wasted on them.

[@thaidang4526]

There actually is a Wikipedia page about ''Sir'' Benjamin Slade! It is hilarious to read, including the details that his wife (in this video) ran off with a handy man. 🤣

[@JoBlo321]

*The kid's pompous response to the question "old money vs. new money" was egregious!* They basically live is squalor and don't have money enough to even take care of their home, which has fallen into disrepair, let alone keeping what they do have *clean!* The kid is talking about money? *What money?* Clearly NO education either. The father is a huge delusional goober and if it can be believed...his sons are worse! Unreal!

[@uberhaxonova]

they are dumb but he was right about old money being better than new money. It depends. Education is of utmost importance when dealing with vast sums of wealth.

[@Wolfsherz]

@@uberhaxonova ..........Nonnnnnnne of these people are actually educated. I mean look at this video.

[@uberhaxonova]

@@Wolfsherz some of them are except the fulfords. if they were educated they wouldn't be asset rich income poor.

[@sirsillybilly]

You do realise it would take about £1m per annum to maintain an estate like this.

[@uberhaxonova]

@@sirsillybilly no thats an overexaggeration. the estate would be making them money if used for weddings and sporting events etc. they also rent the land to farmers.

[@paulreed3716]

Well done to sixty minutes for interviewing the bottom of the rung in British aristocracy.

[@tenwaystowearit]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@cheryl5994]

TOTALLY AGREE. 😆

[@pgarciaAP]

I thought they were all bottom rung.

[@cheechalker8430]

Harry and Meghan?

[@sararichardson737]

I was thinking the same

[@praisegod3768]

i LOVE it that the aristocracy is "alive and well in Britain"!!! Seeing the manors, and the folks who are in the long lines of landed wealth and tradition is AH-mazing, and I wish them the best!

[@lfd4967]

Really? They are all insufferable people and disrespectful to the mother.

[@janedoe5229]

The mother is correcting the boy, the boy is sassing, and the father sits there eating his toast and reading his paper. That father is going to have big problems with that boy in few years.

[@juanelbonito1]

The son will kill the father to hold the power and wealth

[@Querencia7779]

It’s not a first-world problem; it’s much more fundamental: very much a bad-parenting/enabling problem.

[@petesmitt]

Income and wealth don't infer or confer decency; character can be developed for free.

[@averayugen7802]

@@petesmitt why is this such taboo knowledge though??

[@averayugen7802]

@@petesmitt as long as anything can be bought and work is anything anyone will pay for...theres NO "decency"

[@firesideshats]

You mean the same attitude the British blood blues have always had being arrogant wank jobs.

[@maywalker997]

These families are being poisoned by their own wealth; why should the children work hard at anything when there is no sense of ever really failing because they'll always have their trust funds to fall back on?

[@dusty4047]

Their children will learn to hate one another due to the fact one will get everything and the other nothing...well done parents well done

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

Not to mention the one pushes the other off her bike. And out of her home.

[@matthartman7062]

It’s been that way for almost a thousand years in that family, and many others. Nothing new.

[@amadisdee6054]

I hate parents who are so stupid. I see it happening with so many parents. Stupid parents.

[@Joomlahacks]

You do realize in the modern world... like in planet Earth... children has leave their parents house and make it on their own. I'm pretty sure that girl will be fine.

[@maxwilliam5240]

In my culture first born inherited everything nothing new here

[@dazzlingurbanite9268]

OMG I love this family so much. They need a reality show. 🤣

[@No-ky3kb]

"i know them and theyre good, hardworking people" the reporters face was gold

[@tomgatch2]

One of the most striking aspects of this piece is that it reveals even the most aristocratic Brits are likely to end up with bad teeth. (The late Freddie Mercury once told a reporter who asked him why, with all of his money, he didn't have his teeth fixed. He replied, "Because I'm British, and I don't want to stand out".) 😂

[@Thepateisgreat]

I know this is a joke but the real reason Freddie didn’t get his teeth fixed; (he was born with 4 extra teeth in the back of his mouth) was bc he was worried getting them fixed would effect his singing voice haha. Fun fact

[@spenndoolie]

the big book of british smiles

[@user-vu7rv1xf1l]

As a Brit, I can confirm I find no teeth more ugly than the big fake white house teeth so many Yanks (& sadly now here too) like to have implanted. Replacing a missing tooth with someone real looking I have no problem with, but those moulded lookeling completely straight bright white too big teeth make my stomach turn.

[@waimeagrl5142]

It’s true, Brits have horrible teeth, except Prince William. I’m sure he got his pearly whites from his Mother.

[@pendorran]

No fluoride in the water until recently. Makes all the difference.

[@xbulsara]

I used to think the famous joke “The Aristocrats” was rather fantastically unkind to aristocrats, but I now believe that the joke is soundly rooted in reality.

[@angelathompson9337]

Agreed!

[@donaldduck830]

Both the joke and this are propaganda.

[@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769]

Eric Cartman introduce me to that little gag .

[@krustyclown2152]

True. While I am no fan of aristocracy, I also keep in mind that the media are always looking for a narrative, a click bait they can sell, stories that revolt people. I wonder how many aristocrats they interviewed, and how many hours of footage they recorded before they selectively choosing bits and pieces to cover, while we never get to see more normal aristocrats speak who don't embarrass themselves. The media don't just do this for people. They do this to entire countries and cultures.

[@doroparker1702]

He young guy looks so ugly. He has a really ugly character as well. He will never be of use for anything good.

[@DonCE0]

The guys jokes are hilariously. Haha love this

[@NYLAPINKYBACK998]

That’s mean I think you all are just a lovely cup of tea don’t let what foul hearted people say abrupt your goodness and kindness idk if your racism but your etiquette is quite refreshing

[@gertieriemer7548]

Who would want to be a part of any of that? Money but no class or decency

[@josephinenilsson1541]

That is my experience of all people from old money. Absolutely garbage people.

[@noelgenoway9360]

total trash!

[@cheryl5994]

VERY WELL SAID.

[@amadisdee6054]

You can pass material things but you can't pass class nor elegance.

[@amiedavis5257]

The lad sagging his pants absolutely screams "class"..🙄

[@EM2theBee]

I've never heard such arrogance, entitlement, and lack of humility in one family, parents to children, in all of my life, even in fiction, movies, or television depictions. I wouldn't trade my world for theirs any day.

[@clit_niblr0375]

But then you would be as arrogant, entitled, and lacking in humility as them. Is that really something to aspire to...?

[@EM2theBee]

@@clit_niblr0375 I said I wouldn't trade my world.

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

This is a hit piece and you're a gullible fool for being taken in by it

[@paigeawin]

@@clit_niblr0375 Nice try but your "logic" is....how do you say....stupid?

[@nephilimslayer73]

I am a direct descendent of a Knighted Aristocrat. My ancestors were Cambridge farmers and dry land agricultural experts. They migrated to Australia in the 1870’s. My grandfather was a dairy farmer, and my maternal grandfather had agistment property. I was raised with a farming background and they were very resourceful and frugal. I know exactly where my food comes from. Does my pedigree matter today? No. I don’t care much about titles. My ancestors were intelligent and hardworking free settlers that made a huge difference. Today, I choose, willingly, to love below the poverty line because of my faith. I don’t follow money. I pay my taxes and my civic duties. As a Christian, I would rather be poor and free rather than shackled to an estate and “old money”, and my parents thought the same way. As for false titles and man made estates, let them return to the people. Australians grew weary of the “aristocracy” long ago. We no longer live in a society divided by “castes”. So what if the former “nobles” cannot afford their luxuries??? Their original status was built upon hard work and leadership. The current ones know NOTHING about sacrifice.

[@RingsOfSolace]

Bro the Llama lady was the most sane one. I gaurantee you they all watched this after and simply couldn't understand the criticism. "But I said we killed the French? The average bloke isn't constantly concerned about killing the French? I have the WORST PR llama. 😢"

[@judithlarkin600]

These children should be put to work cleaning and fixing up their home. Shame on the parents! Obnoxious! And the children aren’t any better.

[@ocean_kp]

Yeah I love how they're moaning about it falling down and yet do nothing to fix it up. Couldn't possibly lift a finger! Absolutely no inclination to do anything about it but then moan that no one else will. Living on another planet these people!

[@froggreen2067]

😅

[@singenstattatmen5096]

Gotta love how the mum can literally make a pig sit on command and shake paws, yet can not put any manners into her children whatsoever.

[@globalwarming382]

Reminds me of the movie jupiter ascending.

[@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult]

​@@singenstattatmen5096Isn't that a different lady?

[@alanedwards1179]

Utterly ghastly people. I have met many of them and their entitlement makes me want to vomit. Thanks for shining a light on their preposterous lives.

[@amadisdee6054]

I felt equally sick to my stomach.

[@BB-vo8bv]

Well said.

[@williammohan9784]

@@amadisdee6054 Oh dear, bless, i suppose you will have PTSD after a strong bowel movement

[@magsj6474]

The only people I've heard say the word "ghastly" were also pompous twats.

[@MoniLein-yy2ue]

@william, I think they’ll be fine but someone making fun of ptsd is much like the bully who can’t pull up his trousers and knocks his sister off the bike for fun. Enjoy your peeling wall paper.

[@leticiaameliamonteslascari148]

Oh my my, that makes me feel tremendously happy for being maybe poor in the eyes of them, but absolutely privileged for having a more real sense of Life, more meaningful 🎉

[@JohnnyWeissmuller-iw4pl]

Its like something straight out of a Harry Enfield sketch, especially the Dad. 😂

[@First_Stop_the_Bleed]

I would like to take this opportunity to say Thank You to France for assisting my American forefathers during our Revolution. I've never appreciated the good people of France more than after watching this video. Vive la France.

[@tarantellalarouge7632]

merci beaucoup, on apprécie ..... et merci à La Fayette !

[@ILoveTheAllCreator]

Yeah, let forget about the 100 million plus Native Nations that were wiped out 🤡 Not to mention, the USA government is build off the Iroquois Confederacy Government created by Native Nations

[@debv3244]

Yeah, and these so called aristocrats hate the French - but they only have what they have because their ancestors fought the French.

[@shodson314]

I agree!

[@aheat3036]

😂 Yeah well, just imagine if someone, especially white someone, said that they hated the Indians or the Chinese or the Nigerians or the Mexicans!… The mainstream media outlets would raise so much hell, that the world would come to an end!

[@djones7492]

The oldest boy is just too entitled. And if he knew what that meant, he would have pulled his pants up. Instead of rudely showing his underwear.

[@annieholbis2430]

Oh leave him alone he's just rebelling ! 🙄

[@prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010]

I don’t see anything wrong with his pants. You however should fix your own problems. 🙄😐🫤

[@sithlordhibiscus9936]

No that was hilarious! 😂 whitest boy ever to do that. Lol

[@randolphpinkle4482]

What that boy needs is a good George Costanza wedgie. Then he can wear his underwear over his shoulders.

[@kazzhulse]

@@sithlordhibiscus9936 most red boy ever haha

[@pendorran]

"It's a start!". I LOLed.

[@Perspectiveon]

These people just proved why it's a splendid idea to strip them of their privileges.

[@LF-du4uc]

Every time I think the US is messed up the UK steps up and says “hold my beer”.

[@ThaSchwab]

Say what you want about America but at least we don’t have an aristocracy…

[@bluesstinger1975]

Yea nah America is still the worst

[@CanisLupusSteparium]

@@ThaSchwabBut you do have celebrities, which are exponentially more decadent and still revered by the peasants obsessed with their private lives. Which is worse?

[@justadummy8076]

@@CanisLupusSteparium playing Devil’s advocate, you could say that at least those celebrities had to do *something* to acquire fame & money, these people were born into it

[@maureen4856]

Peel my grapes!

[@Blashmack]

The father is like a character in a satire. I can't believe his accent, the snorts and the comments. Comments when knows he is being FILMED. Filty rich and filthy entertaining! 😂

[@Radaos]

I immediately thought of Harry Enfield (British comedian for those who don't know). The father is just like one of his characters, is he for real?

[@janedoe5229]

I was horrified. He is so proud of what a slob he his and what a bunch of lazy loafers his litter of pups are.

[@darbiefucks]

Didn’t you listen? They’re broke. They have no money.

[@avapineda8813]

Love English history love all the old buildings and the castles

[@lunaholiday8585]

That teen is taking his fashion cues from the lower classes. But he thought he was cool.

[@ivogianfranco1633]

I've met several German, Bohemian/Czech, Austrian and Italian aristocrats through some cultural co-operation projects, but I've not even once seen this kind of arrogance, ignorance and stupidity. Brits are obviously culturally different than continental Europe, but this is a truly "another level", almost like a mockery.

[@jena.mw48]

The label 'white trash' comes to mind but i reckon that would insult those born poor and have to struggle for survival to know any better. These lumps of bones & sticks simply come off as too brain dead that they are simply cartoonish. And i find them endlessly amusing. 😆😆

[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

Just so you’re aware, this video is from 2009 - before we had a Tory government. The Tories would never have done something like this. They are in the same clubs, groups, and families as the aristocracy. And this ruling is also why the House of Lords is now more diverse than it used to be.

[@DemonaLlama]

Believe me, we all think they're as ludicrous as you!

[@juniper617]

I’m listening to this first guy complain about “dumbing down” and the irony is killing me. He’s an idiot and so are his children.

[@moltderenou]

@@DemonaLlamaDon’t we don’t.

[@blackelton7127]

The big problem is that they don’t serve the same purpose as they used to. This guy’s ancestors fought for the country and were rewarded with land and titles. When was the last time this family served on the front line?

[@crazydinosaur8945]

front lines. the nobles have not fought on the front line, since the late Renaissance. and haven't been any kind of use to the army since the Cardwell Reforms in 1870

[@blackelton7127]

@@crazydinosaur8945 Yes I agree, these were some of the families fighting before that time. They've been redundant ever since.

[@ddempsey9642]

​@@crazydinosaur8945Don't even serve on the factory line.

[@francisdec1615]

In Sweden we had a count, who actually fought as late as in WWI, on the side of the Central Powers. Ironically he's only remembered today because he was a pipe smoker and had a pipe tobacco mixture named after him that still exists.

[@sutty85]

His family were french norman. They are not anglo Saxons. We were him before him.

[@nightrider12soul]

Poor lord is struggling.They could sell some antiques or rent the rooms to exiled a French aristocrats.

[@BecxyBoo]

imagine boasting about how your relative killed a bunch of French people and how that somehow makes you wealthy meanwhile, you cannot even afford to get a wall fixed 💀There is no way his oldest son Arthur is going to work a day in his life either so he'll sell the house as soon as he inherits it and will probably squander the money away.

[@jessiejoseph1093]

Knocking his grown sister to the ground. Money does not buy or breed a good brother.

[@luzoo3540]

People don’t even realize how hilarious they are. It’s like watching a real life cartoon.

[@starventure]

Thurston Howell in real life, but slightly more rer0.

[@leefrancis007]

I love them, brilliant

[@LOLO-lm7pr]

Loopy Lords. HA, love it. The Dressage Camel, excellent. The humour of the British never fails. LOL

[@Diamondmine212]

You have of course chosen the totally mad cap family to interview. They pop up on british TV every now and then becoming stranger with every appearance. 🤣

[@uppityupshaw]

I love how the wife tried to reframe what pompous mess her husband was saying in order to make us feel sorry for them. Claiming they aren't really privileged because they don't have staff.

[@irishkazolotse]

And I truly think they actually could find some ppl to serve the "nobility" for very cheap 😂

[@janedoe5229]

And if their idiot son had "staff", he would be even worse.

[@highonsmog]

I think she is embarrassed by his arrogance, and probably envisioned a happy and more graceful lifestyle when marrying aristocracy. Instead, he is self-absorbed, and she is likely serving him 24/7, while the world thinks she has maids and staff serving her. Having a boorish and uncaring son that follows her husband's behavior would be only more infuriating to her, if she has a bit of self-awareness and self-respect.

[@sds2954]

As this was shot in 2009, i was interested to see whats happened to Arthur Fulford. Turns out he has become a reality TV personality. He appeared on Britons Big Brother but walked out after one day on the show because he felt "bullied"😂

[@bg588]

Someone probably tore his necklace off

[@claritadeluna6609]

Maybe someone pulled his pants down. Abominable way of dressing!

[@debrataylor4806]

Agreed I need a update 😊

[@Calamitytoo]

Well he would certainly have understood bullying having attended a British public school.

[@jamesallison4875]

Karma’s a bitch

[@xolisile34]

@ 11:00 who's the composer of the background music?

[@diananoonen2262]

Fascinating and they are not apologetic what so ever for thier lives! A lesson we can all take away and live our lives with respect for our ancestors and promising an interesting life. Every person has value.

[@bettycooper369]

From Wikipedia: _Fulford attended Sunningdale School in Berkshire, but *failed* the common entrance exam for Eton, so instead attended Milton Abbey School in Dorset. After leaving there, he did not go on to any higher education. At 18 he started a career with the Coldstream Guards, but *failed* the Army Officer Selection Board exam and so left after nine months. He travelled to Australia to work as a jackaroo, but soon returned to Britain, re-taking (and *again failing*) the Army Officer Selection Board exam, before moving to London to briefly work as a stockbroker and insurance broker. _ And that is just the first paragraph of hislife. This man has lived a sad life full of failure. He knows his only "value" is his birthright.

[@TheLittleOne77]

😂😂😂😂😂 thanks for the laugh

[@leekduck3929]

In a weird way I feel sorry for them like they're trying so hard to cling onto the past that it's defining their whole lives

[@gia4822]

🎯

[@lorrilewis2178]

Don't. It's a wasted emotion on these people.

[@fakeit6339]

though pretending to be polite they are so greedy "The heart is bold that looks on gold"

[@leekduck3929]

@@fakeit6339 It's so normal to them I don't think they even realise they're being greedy

[@Ere.b.Israel]

What about islam

[@leemarvinhitchmanciaratell3450]

Love them all - God bless 🫡✨

[@kathyh4804]

The arrogance is disgusting! I would NEVER marry into a family like that for all the money in the WORLD! No class, just old castles…. Give me a hardworking working man any day!

[@TheSitcheeation]

This is embarrassing on behalf of the British. Worldwide, royals & aristocracy at least attempt grace. This lot invites chagrin & they’re absolutely unaware the time of day. And that son Arthur looks to be the end of their reign.

[@evonne315]

Kid told he mom to shutup. OMG.

[@ccormx]

You should be embarrassed. Of all of them. No matter their attempts at “grace”.

[@davidoh14]

thankfully

[@sarahcampbell7929]

No he's perfect for his role, absolutely suited to that obscene existence..

[@kristiblack4789]

@@ccormx Certainly it's a psychopathical facade! No worries and/or regrets about any aspect of Humanity! 👍

[@LonceyMills]

This is almost like an understated comedic mockumentary of the British aristocrats , but from 15 years ago (when Gordon Brown was PM)

[@jonnykk1]

The first guy must be Harry Enfield surely

[@peterdent44]

French knew how to deal with their aristocracy!

[@owenkosi2131]

Her:Does it hurt Him:No!! Her:You dont care Him:No! 😂😂😂😂

[@natachaCB]

You can tell his wife hates him. Her facial expressions clearly tells it. She’s rethinking her whole life and asking why? The children? They too have her rethinking her decisions in life. Poor woman! Thinking…why me?😔 😞

[@ariesaraya1822]

She's prob sad she raised such tossers and has king baby for a husband.

[@greencliffsbluesea]

Yep, she made a devil's bargain and is clearly regretting it.

[@janedoe5229]

She is the only one with class in that family, but without dad backing her up, she is raising feral children.

[@JLili12]

Watching this felt like I was watching The Office. As a Brit, I found the dry/oddness of this documentary utterly hilarious, I literally couldn’t stop laughing 🤣🤣🤣

[@floatinjellies]

I felt privileged for being able to save up money, i made over the course of 3 months as a hostess, to buy a $300 jellyfish aquarium. I now realize that privilege exists on a gradient curve

[@comradeleppi2000]

"No communists no drug addicts no Frenchman" 😂

[@missrockafella9432]

My late father bless him always said that the aristocracy in Britain had no shame about the past. AGREED.

[@Celisar1]

And why should they? You absolutely cannot generalize like that.

[@cathynewyork7918]

@@Celisar1 What do you mean, "why should they?" The Brits should have LOTS of shame about the past, the way they trespassed into India and Africa and stole their lands and their culture, the slave trade, and the centuries of arrogance and superiority, shown by the people in this video, even the teenage boy.. Disgusting people.

[@user-vu7rv1xf1l]

I have no shame about the past, & I think people who do are ridiculous. In fact I'm proud of my country's great achievements.

[@cathynewyork7918]

@@user-vu7rv1xf1l So you are PROUD of how Britain trespassed into India and Africa, stole people's lands and started coffee plantations on land they stole from the natives? You are proud of the slave trade that Britain was part of? I know my country was part of the slave trade also, but I am not proud of it, but overall I think America is more important in the world for good things than Britain is.

[@Yertle_Turtle]

A lot of humanity has trained themselves to only feel shame when it's useful. So, when we're surprised that not everyone feels shame equally, we're surprised because we never learned that mindset.

[@Andy-kd5or]

As a brit i can assure you the people have had enough of this.

[@malopephasha5341]

Enough of what aristocrats do not run the country anymore, blame ur politicians

[@kiuk_kiks]

Which segment of British society do you speak of?

[@bobchow178]

The proof is in the pudding sorry bro maybe you mean it but this is the real side of the english always has been always will be

[@Spike-yc5gx]

@@kiuk_kiksHe represents the bed-wetting champagne socialists.

[@zie9171]

Not at all. Rather them than just.ped up trash like Beckhams, Michelle Mone etc

[@haydeeandujo3923]

You need to interview the Montgue Family. They work hard to maintain the family home and all the buildings on the property.

[@joshcollins9125]

What’s the name of the classical piece at the start?