What made the Queen so good at her job?

Queen Elizabeth II of England (I of Scotland) was very good at her job, but why was this? What are the ideal qualities of a modern constitutional monarch? I stand in a dark shirt and talk.
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[@Luckyfeller]

I "met" the Queen in Sydney in 1992 when I was 11 years old. I was trying to get a better vantage point and pushed some friends out of the way. She called me a "Rude little boy". My claim to fame is that I tell my friends that I am rude, by royal decree.

[@chopsandarchie7015]

Exceelent mate; what a great anecdote.

[@tybaltyrant1]

These days, that would just be called hustle haha. Great story!

[@zoetropo1]

@@tybaltyrant1 I call it 'being a Sydneysider'.

[@VidkunQL]

Does it come with an honourific? "Your Insolence"? "Your Royal Effrontery"? "My Lout"? "Embarrassador plenipotentiary"? "Ill-Mannered Ankle-Biter Extraordinary"? "Queen's Consternation"? "Impropietor to Her Royal &c"? "Order of the Cane"?

[@svilenkondakov4997]

Your Nuisanjesty

[@dmk_games]

LindyBeige is too modest. He said he was going to paraphrase Boris but then quoted him exactly with an exact impersonation of his voice and mannerisms.

[@puer4787]

I laughed so hard

[@aramos3639]

@@Faust1169 funnily enough it starts at 41:02

[@mreese8764]

Copyright strike coming up!

[@zoetropo1]

I will look to see if the hair matches.

[@4hedgesfamily]

Still makes more sense than a Joe Biden speech. :)

[@eugeniusmorar]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate, that Lindy combed his hair and didn't even wear BEIGE for Her Majesty

[@KKIcons]

But its the Royal Colour!

[@wobblysauce]

I was miss looking for the background

[@admiralmacbar]

My Grandfather was an Architect in the British Railways. He met the Queen a few times (one time of which was recieving an MBE for his work in the railways). The first time he met her as far as I recall was at the opening of a new ward in a hospice in Scotland, which he did a lot of charity work for. It was the usual 'how do you do, what do you do' type affair. A year or two later he's at the opening of a train station and the Queen is there doing her duty. My Grandpa wasn't supposed to be there, and therefore wasn't on the list that the Royal staff would have to brief the Queen on who she's meeting. He joins the end of the line anyway to meet her, and before he can properly introduce himself she says "Oh, how are the people of (The name of the Hospice?)" My Grandpa prompty stood there agape that she would remember him and what he did, completely unbriefed - a year or two after the fact! Regardless of your opinion on the Monarchy itself, she was a remarkable person.

[@t.r.l.4377]

These legends........want not to say lies.......exist in many many families!

[@seanseoltoir]

Some people are really good at remembering names... I am most definitely NOT one of those types of people... Around 20 years ago, I was working for a major aerospace contractor on a Navy project... We had this one middle-age black woman who worked there and was on the custodial staff... One of her tasks was to periodically go around to the cubicles and empty the trash / recycle cans that each person had... We did not have name tags on our cubicles, but she could remember the name of EVERYONE in the building and always greeted everyone by their name... On the other hand, I feel I'm doing good just remembering my wife's name...

[@danielch6662]

@@seanseoltoir I can't remember faces. I worked in the same office with somebody for years. Then they'd quit, and we would happen to meet outside a year later, and I wouldn't recognize them until they've explained. This has happened several times. I don't remember the faces of my cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. I don't even remember my own face when I was younger.

[@Raz.C]

@@danielch6662 You know, there's a particular type of brain injury that makes it impossible to recognise people's faces? It's very strange. In some cases, a person won't know it's his wife in front of him, but as soon as she gets up and starts walking, he recognises her gait and knows who she is. Or he recognises her voice when she starts talking, etc. I doubt that you are suffering from this kind of brain damage, though. Unless, of course, you used to be able to recognise people and can no longer do so.

[@Raz.C]

@@t.r.l.4377 Maybe they're so widespread because they're true? I can't really say since I'm Australian and haven't heard any.

[@donnietreece5257]

Nothing can clear a short-term schedule quite like a Lindybeige video.

[@abrahamlincoln9758]

Perhaps a command performance

[@matttriano]

This one isn't essential

[@abrahamlincoln9758]

@Great Dane Let me see yur päpas.

[@Spindlegrind]

Yup… my dishes go unwashed!

[@AaronLitz]

Damn straight.

[@kam_iko]

fun fact from the non-english speaking world: in many countries (in this case, czechia/slovakia), Charles was always Charles, but the moment he became king, his first name was translated and he’s now referred to as Karel III (czech) and Karol III (slovak). same with queen, who was referred to as Alžbeta II (czech/slovak).

[@hugh081]

That's pretty cool. I'm glad their names get translated

[@Tjalve70]

In Norway, we don't do that anymore. Charles I of Britain is in Norway known as Karl I. Charles II of Britain is known as Karl II. But Charles III will be known as Charles III. We have stopped translating names now. Fun fact: Charles III is named after the Norwegian king Haakon VII. See if you can figure that one out.

[@spyrofrost9158]

That's a very interesting fact.

[@TimoNoko]

In Finland they decided right now that this dude will not be "Kaarle-Kuningas" like the Swedish KIng is. Now we have to decide how the "Charles" is to be pronounced, is it "Khaarles" or "Tsaarles" or maybe "Haarles".

[@davidchung7209]

In UK even though we still call him Charles III, he is known officially Carolus III in carvings/coins etc, the latin form of charles. Same went for Charles I and II so I guess that's a way of reflecting this change?

[@faknugget92]

My dads aunt & uncle had a cottage on the coast on one of the roads you have to drive on if you want to go to Balmoral estate. He spent many summers at that cottage on holiday and would reminisce about how his uncle kept a bowling green quality lawn and had the most beautiful garden. Well, one day my great uncle got a knock on the door and it was a very well to do looking gentleman standing there: "sir, her majesty has travelled past your cottage many times on her way to Balmoral and always admired your garden. Recently the gardener for the Balmoral estate has retired and she would like to invite you to take the position....." He's now 96. Still lives on the Balmoral estate (retired) and has two royal corgi offspring to keep him company.

[@1daveyp]

Her Late Majesty shaking McGuinness's hand was not an easy or enjoyable thing, for her, of for us watching. It wasn't until afterwards that I appreciated the genius of it. Not only did she shake his hand, but, of course, HE shook hers. He shook the hand of the reigning Queen of Northern Ireland, in Northern Ireland, in his capacity as a minister of Her government in Northen Ireland. Her shaking his hand was a massive gesture of forgiveness and reconciliation. Him shaking hers was an acknowledgment of sovereignty.

[@davidmiller3709]

Did not McGuinness by the gesture want to reconcile his electorate to the consequences of participating in government notwithstanding the deadly motives of the past; but for Queen Elizabeth the act could only be seen as selfless devotion.

[@donnietreece5257]

Absolutely collapsed when you did the Boris impression; thank you.

[@lenjapita]

In 2013, after the funeral of King Petar Karađorđević on Oplenac in Serbia, I was walking from the church yard towards the parking lot, I stopped to buy a book at the stand, the next minute an elderly gentleman stood next to me and looked at the books. When the salesman tried to say something in broken English I turned and realized I was standing next to Prince Philip. He just smiled, nodded, told the seller he was just looking and left. His security was only one man. He must have forgotten about it the next day, but to this day I still don't believe that the husband of the Queen of England was standing half a meter away from me.

[@silviasanchez648]

Didn't King Petar Karađorđević died in the start of the 20th Century? How comes the funeral was in 2013? What happened with the body in the meantime?

[@lenjapita]

@@silviasanchez648 Sorry, I meant Peter the second, his grandson. He died in 1970 in the US. After WW2 the communists did not allow him to return to the country. In 2013, he, his mother and brother were finally buried in Serbia.

[@The_Custos]

"Do you want anything? It's on me." Would have been perfect.

[@DerekTJ]

When she visited my country Ireland 🇮🇪, its significance wasn't lost on many of us. She shocked us all by speaking in Irish at the state dinner. She wore green too.

[@Hyndergogen9]

Aww, how sweet, I guess that makes up for all the atrocities her and her family did in Ireland, right? As long as she wore green, who cares about all of the people killed

[@nffctrickett]

Wow no matter the political strife between our two nations the Queen always found a way to be a apoitical and uniting fugure. I love that she wore green intentionally and spoke Irish, she knew what she was doing, such a clever woman.

[@purplepenguin43]

I've always said that the monarchy should have ended with her, you will never get a better high note to end an era of history. Now they've gone and crowned Charles who's a bit of a twat and a racist.

[@lomax343]

Actually, people DID say a lot of negative things about Queen Victoria during her reign. You touch upon it yourself when you say she retreated from public life. After the death of Prince Albert in 1861 she vanished so completely from view that she was called the "Queen of the Empty Throne." Punch famously published a cartoon of a vacant throne with a "To Let" sign on it. It was only in the latter half of the 1870's - largely due to the influence of Disraeli - that she emerged from hibernation, so to speak, and her popularity returned to former levels as she became the Grandmother of the Nation.

[@EdMcF1]

Yes, in Fowey in Cornwall they erected an obelisk to commemorate Queen Victoria and Albert's visit in the 1840s, and it was later dumped in the harbour when her popularity waned. In the late 20th Century it was fished out and repositioned on a plinth in the town for Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee.

[@lindybeige]

True, there were people who complained of this behaviour, but wanting to see more of someone is not an expression of dislike.

[@lomax343]

@@lindybeige Saying someone is not doing their job rather IS an expression of dislike, or at least of deep disapproval.

[@kungpochopedtuna]

@@lindybeige perhaps even the opposite?

[@Windows__2000]

I mean if the biggest negative thing to say about someone is that he isn't around enough that doesn't sound much like a negative....

[@Iain1962]

Just one detail your Beigeness. She wasn't on Honeymoon when George VI died, she was married in 1947 and the King died in 1952 she was on an official visit to the Commonwealth and headed for Australia via Kenya. She had a very short honeymoon in the UK spending much of it at Balmoral, then Philip was stationed by the Navy in Malta so they spent a lot of time there.

[@perniciouspete4986]

She already had 2 children when she became queen, so I, too, doubt that she was on her honeymoon.

[@benjaminclarke7984]

Maybe he meant honeymoon as the short period at the start of her reign. Maybe

[@mauricematla8379]

Define short.

[@Iain1962]

@@mauricematla8379 One half of a garment worn over the pelvic area usually for sports.

[@sempersuffragium9951]

I think, and I could be oh so wrong, that because her real honeymoon was so short, she took this trip with her husband as her proper honeymoon, even though they were standing in for the King

[@justlolit]

I was travelling in Morocco by the sahara when the queen died, we had people the next day saying " sorry to heard about your queens death". Until her death never really though of her as my queen, so it quite a new thing to me. I'm from nz.

[@JohnyG29]

Surely you must have known, she'd been doing the job for 70yrs.

[@qwertyasdf66]

@@JohnyG29 That's not what he meant. I'm also from NZ. She's on all our currency and everything, but we are on the other side of the world and the monarchy doesn't really feature in our every day lives. We'd normally refer to her as "the queen" or "queen elizabeth". But never "our/my queen".

[@justlolit]

@@JohnyG29 sorry I meant I never thought of her as my queen, she was England's queen. We don't really care about the royals here but in the end she is our queen.

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

@@qwertyasdf66 Australian here. That's pretty much out attitude too. But I think with the deaths of HRH, the Duke n the Queen Mum occurring in a clump (can't think of another way to say it) there's a bit of sadness and a feeling of "What next". I'm sixty and have a great respect for her insistence on doing her duty by the people.

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

@@justlolit Englishman here. Average Londoner lad on the street doesn't see her as "our Queen" either, I can almost assure you. We all got that collective shock in a realization we had this thing that we were united under, that is now sort of gone.

[@cromdevotee449]

A great anecdote about the late Queen is the joy she had at opening bridges of all things. She would often go through the 'reject' pile of requests for attendance and would become very cross if there was a bridge to be opened without her. Another fun fact. The difference between the birthdate of her first prime minister (Churchill, 1874) and her last (Truss, 1975) is 101 years.

[@harbl99]

"One saw that! You were trying to hide a bridge opening. Not quick enough!"

[@kleinmeisterlein]

That's probably the only thing Mrs. Truss will be remembered for.

[@Shrimplington]

It has only been since her death that I have found how close my family has been to hers, many of her favourite fell ponies have grown up around our farm and been raised by my family. Her favourite horse that attended her funeral at Windsor was sired by my aunts horse which grew up on the land next to my house, with horses I rode, her 2 newest horses (white fell ponies) that she was pictured with for her birthday were owned by my neighbours and good family friends who I would regularly work for. Knowing that I quite possibly had a part in her life, however tangential, is amazing to me, and such an honour. I truly can't understand how anyone could hate her, the lies they must have been fed about her to actually HATE her just astounds me

[@tbone2646]

I loved the bit where you said "Could you go for that amount of time without expressing an opinion on ANYTHING? .. I don't think I could" - Mr Lloyd, of course you couldn't, your entire livelihood is you expressing your opinion on EVERYTHING hahaha

[@perniciouspete4986]

And he does so most entertainingly.

[@gerry343]

Given the meetings between the PM and queen were confidential, we have no way of knowing if she gave any views on government.

[@tbone2646]

@@gerry343 that's just the point though - publicly she made no statements on politics one way or the other

[@gerry343]

@@tbone2646 And so we do not know if she influenced the decisions of any PM.

[@tbone2646]

@@gerry343 She surely has had influence behind the scenes, but again that's not the point that Lindybeige was making. He said she hasnt publicly held opinions (and therefore hasn't influenced the way people vote at the ballots) Look at Charles on the other hand who has spent his whole life publicly weighing in on all kinds of topics; political, environmental, economic and more

[@socialwetwork5643]

I'm an American and I look to lindybiege as the leading authority on all things British.

[@kaudsiz]

Agreed. He a real OG🇬🇧

[@LaneLibra]

I see no problem with this...

[@JJJMMM1]

As you should. Unless it's a subject that might paint Britain in a bad light. Then he'll do anything to spin and justify it. Which I've never really understood.

[@cat-le1hf]

@@JJJMMM1 Subjects like the monarchy 💀

[@uirusux]

Yikes

[@innovativeatavist159]

It's interesting how many of these positive qualities in a constitutional monarch would be negative qualities in an elected official. I think it goes to show how different the roles of cultural leader are from those of governmental leaders.

[@IronDruids]

Like following the script when you're a person who was voted into their position to change it. But still, this video has got me curious about the pros and cons of both. It's not something I've thought about before.

[@klondikechris]

I am Canadian, and saw the Queen a few times. The closest was her visit to sign our Constitution, removing the last bits of the House of Lord's powers over Canada. She was tiny! Remarkably so. But, the aura of power around her was palpable. Someone coming down from another planet would be able to see that she was boss. A remarkable woman. And, our Queen too.

[@chopsandarchie7015]

As a Brit, I am proud that Canada and the UK are joined through the Crown. All the best mate.

[@ianhogben3472]

recently met a canadia i always thought your politness must be an over exagurated seriotype and was pleasently suprised

[@zoetropo1]

I wish the Queen had met my Mum, who is a doppelganger of Empress Livia Augusta.

[@doctorbritain9632]

My grandfather drove the Queen many times in the 1960s. I can confirm that she was sensible, not supremely intelligent but she really liked going fast.

[@twoshirts1842]

Ok 30 minutes in he brings up the queen's intelligence. I retract my statement.

[@Destroyer_V0]

She had an opinion?!

[@harbl99]

There's a story about HMQ driving one of the Saudi kings around Windsor in her Land Rover. Poor guy was confirmed in his "This is why we don't let them drive" position by her dainty regal lead foot.

[@rovcanada1]

I'm a British-Canadian trucker that operates mostly across the United States, and I have been so humbled by our American cousins over the last couple of weeks, since the death of the Queen. Personally, I expected to hear little jibes and sneers about my 'little queen'. Not at all! The vast majority of flags were at half-mast. At 1st I thought that it was because of 9-11, but I was assured by all that I met that it was out of respect for the late Queen. I have unashamedly held on to my English (erm, ... Scouse) accent, so at every truck stop and hotel I went to, I would be approached by people who had heard my accent. They were so sincere in offering their condolances, that I couldn't help but get a little choked-up. Certainly, a newfound respect for my American cousins.

[@uirusux]

You met the minority. The majority of us don't give a fuck that a privileged monarch died.

[@balljointfd3s]

That's so nice to hear about fellow Americans, thank you for sharing your story!

[@Panicagq2]

I'm American, and I feel like the world is emptier with her gone. While I may not agree with every decision by the Royal Family, I have always respected her strength and determination to be true to herself as much as she could be allowed to be, and I ADORE her sense of humor. I think she was a captivating person and regret that I never got to see her in person. Condolences for the loss of your Little Queen; I kinda felt like she was a little mine, too :)

[@SBC.Multimedia]

It disgusts me that after we fought a war to get rid of the red coats all these years later my fame obsessed idiot countrymen honor someone else's royalty. SICKENING!

[@macmcleod1188]

She was a good egg. You were lucky to live during her reign.

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

With regard to her outfits, I think it was partly a security measure too. She was a tiny woman, easy to lose in a crowd. If there had ever been any risk to her, she had to be easy for security to spot. I'm not sure if I've read that, or if it's just my reasoning. She was indeed very brave. I think that's shown very clearly by what happened when the young guy climbed into her room. With the shots fired she was in her public persona, putting emotions aside. I'm not saying she wasn't brave then. Just that I think her actions that morning showed a different sort of bravery If I woke up to find an intruder sitting on the end of my bed, I doubt I'd be making conversation, offering tea and cigarettes!!

[@WyvernYT]

What I always wondered about was her purse. She seemed to always have a purse at her public appearances. The queen had people to carry anything she could possibly want - so what was in the purse?

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

@@WyvernYT supposedly a handkerchief. But I've read or seen it was a code or signal item to minders n handlers. If she wanted to get away from someone she'd change arms. If it was urgent she'd fiddle with the clasp. That's one reason they were always the same model of handbag just different colours.

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

@@WyvernYT oh, and I'm not British or I would have remembered the Paddington Bear ad and said "Marmalade sandwiches"

[@skorzalonsdale4426]

I’d flip one point. She wasn’t a good queen because she was a bad public speaker, she was a bad public speaker because she was a good queen

[@kevinstachovak8842]

The Queen had unlimited movement, and was easily the most powerful unit in the game, even more powerful than the Rook or Bishop. Look what happened in the Falklands

[@chriscookesuffolk]

As opposed to the Argies who just moved all their pawns forward one square.

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

this got me rolling

[@liammeharry]

Ol' one take lindybeige. Old school. It's way more engaging when you don't jumpcut the imperfections out, feels like an actual conversation

[@Nicodemus1971]

Watching this some time after the event, I was also struck by that. This is a seriously impressive monologue with literally no takes.

[@rachelmarie2666]

The thought of the queen developing her little handshake seems so adorable and wholesome to me. Like she's the queen and she's too polite to tell ppl their time has passed and I feel like her arm does it for her lol

[@IronDruids]

She min-maxed her wave which says enough imo. Not a full wave but instead a slight tilt back and forth. How often was she waving and how tired did her arm become from participating in all of those occasions to develop something as unique as that lol.

[@stephenbrown321]

This is a superb video. Thank you so much for posting it and very well done Sir!

[@real9270]

Pro tip: don't kick your parliament out of the building if there's a tennis court nearby.

[@banyonlakes2129]

Not unless you want the ultimate haircut

[@andytyrrell5153]

I spent some years in Malta, (I have seen your videos from the Upper Baracka Gardens and Fort St Angelo) and lived almost next door to her residence in Pieta, very close to St Luke's hospital where my eldest two was born. I was interested in her life prior to becoming Queen, serving in the land army, how she met Phillip (his grandmother sounded a crazy old coot too). I think she was a blessing to this nation.

[@aenorist2431]

6:20 Causation and correlation. It just so happens that constitutional monarchy and "good standard of living" both come from the root of "western european country" and the history behind that. Germany and france are just as well in that club, so are the swiss etc. Very little to do with a form of government where the best you can hope from the "monarchy" bit is that it is politically irrelevant.

[@fionafiona1146]

When monachy works, people thrive, when it doesn't they may bomb people on boats. I believe the mechanisms by which the Spartans made their monachy work for them mitigate some of the worst outcomes at limited cost.

[@SizzleCorndog]

I hate to be this guy but this also ignores that most of the constitutional monarchies around the world today were the people who colonized most of the world. And if you oppress most of the world until the last century, it isn’t very hard to have a better quality of life than the people you’re oppressing

[@aenorist2431]

@@SizzleCorndog That is in part what I meant by "the history behind that". Various factors that lead to those developed nations having advantages and using those advantages to gain more advantages (by whatever means, moral or not).

[@SizzleCorndog]

@@aenorist2431 Oh I totally agree, I feel like Lindy is being a little patriotic and is probably swept up in the emotion of the event to say "yeah the queen was very good at her job but she wasn't perfect and in some cases was a villain"

[@rashkavar]

It is worth noting that constitutional monarchy is not a magical talisman against coup d'etat when you actually look at more than one example of attempted coups in such countries. Thailand is a constitutional monarchy, and has suffered 12 of them since 1932. There has been at least one instance of a Thai coup in which the leader of the coup has met with the King and delivered a formal apology for their actions, and asking permission to serve as his representative. Italy, back in the 1920s also had a constitutional monarchy. Mussolini certainly didn't seem to mind the fact that he was taking over from the King's established government. Over the interwar period, this is far from the only constitutional monarchy to succumb to fascists in this way. (Indeed, Germany is the exception here in that the coup attempt was put down before it really got the ball rolling, and it then took several years of politicking for Hitler to get himself elected to a position where he could make the final step to dictatorship.) Indeed, it seems likely that the Spanish example you mentioned where the King ordered his soldiers to stand down from their coup and was actually obeyed is in the minority. It's certainly a *possible* benefit; there is, as you said, documentation of it happening at least once. But I contend that you're overselling the concept on this point.

[@laurie1183]

Arguably Edward VIII was ousted by a parliamentary coup against him. Not sure why you'd ever think a figurehead like QE2 actually would have made a difference to anything tbh. She was just too weak to.

[@fboyg91]

Being a yank, there are, typically, a lot of cultural and political differences between myself and someone from the UK but one thing most of us can find common ground on is having an admiration for someone like Queen Elizabeth. She was the Queen people deserved even though she was under no obligation to be. Even though the position is relatively ceremonial, she made a point of serving the people in whatever way she could, all the while, never attempting to interfere or take sides. She was as close to being an ideal Head of State as anyone I’ve ever seen and was the grandmother of the free world. We’ll never see another like her and the world is a lesser place without her.

[@originalname9386]

amen, as an american i respect the queen

[@alikartal8426]

I am not a commonwealth citizen, nor have I ever lived there. But She was the queen when I was born (1961) and I have known her ever since, from afar. She is the one and only political figure in my life who lived so long and was an inspiration of stability and serenity. My condolences to your nation, great loss really.

[@TomFynn]

Small digression: On the 100th birthday of her mother, the "Queen Mum", a parade was held in her honor in front of her house. She went out to take the parade in person. Her butler surreptitiously tried to offer her a chair but she would have none of it. A 100 year old lady with two artificial hips, taking a parade in her honor. Standing.

[@carlcramer9269]

I remember when Juan Carlos defused the coup in Spain. I was rather young, but I do remember Franco, and with the coup, everyone seemed to expect a return of dictatorship. Juan Carlos' intervention was more or less a miracle. Remember, Franco appointed Juan Carlos to be his successor as dictator. Juan Carlos made spain a democracy, and then he came out in defense of the democracy he created. Yes, I know there have been scandals, but Juan Carlos still acheived a miracle!

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Luis Carrero Blanco was Franco's successor as dictator, but fortunately he became Spain's first astronaut instead

[@fuferito]

I love when this crusty, grizzled cynic gets emotional; a very rare, endearing side to Lindybeige.

[@kaudsiz]

I find it hilarious how his vid about Napoleon Bonaparte is the opposite of this. Typical Brit hating on the French and glorifying anything British

[@MaggotDiggo1]

@@kaudsiz Part of Lindybeige's charm is his unapologetic Britishness.

[@ningayeti]

No finer eulogy could have been made for the queen than that which we have just seen here.

[@r3dp9]

I'm sure her family could do better, but her personal affairs belong to her personal family. This was a fine eulogy for members of the general public like myself.

[@AndroidJackson]

Its not like the island has seen a record number of foreign invaders under her watch. Oh wait...

[@LudicrousPlatypus]

Hello Lindy. While I do share your sentiments about the sadness in the late Queen’s passing, I must say that she was not Elizabeth II of England and Elizabeth I of Scotland. Due to the Union of the crowns, she became Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Official protocol states that they choose whichever regnal number is higher from the Scottish or English thrones, but technically the last Queen of Scotland or Queen of England was Queen Anne.

[@sempersuffragium9951]

I think he knows that. Dual regnal numbers are an impossibility ever since the union of the two kingdoms. But never the less it is a fun thing to say and a reminder of how this practice came about. At the start of her reign mailboxes marked EIIR in Scotland were vandalised, as she was the first Queen Elisabeth of Scots. Old man Winston than came up with a compromise, where by the highest regnal number would be used. So if we ever get a King James, he will be James VIII.

[@zoetropo1]

So if we have another King James, he will be James IX?

[@sempersuffragium9951]

@@zoetropo1 No... So far we have had 7 King James'es... If the son of Prince George were to be called James, he would be King James VIII.

[@Alex324]

Being at a 'certain British boarding school associated with the Royal family' the contrasting views in the past two weeks have been astonishing to me. Exposure to so much hate for the monarchy contrasted with blind love for the same has, I think helped us as a nation to think hard about what exactly our monarchy means to us.

[@davey1602]

I've never been a staunch royalist but Her Majesty's death hit me harder than I thought, almost like losing a grandmother.

[@FFKonoko]

It's kinda sad how many of the blind hatred ones seem to be based on stuff that isn't actually specific or true of her, like calling her a coloniser or such.

[@loc4725]

@@FFKonoko I haven't seen much of that, although that said I rarely read politically hard left material, but there has been quite a counter response to the institution itself. For example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYXdfmSKhJejmJY

[@mauricematla8379]

Hate and being against the institutionele itself is not the same thing though.

[@averyn34]

@@FFKonoko nah she's definitely a colonizer she was complicit in the invasion of Egypt during the cold war

[@julmdamaslefttoe3559]

Thank you for another long video of just talking, Its what I prefer to get to sleep and I have been listening to the same 10 videos of yours for months! Will enjoy this one tonight :)

[@commentingpausedtoprotectus]

I hope this goes towards buying you a pint in honour of our Queen. Fantastic video, so good I'm watching it again in fact, cheers! 🍻🇬🇧

[@tyrstead5872]

Queen Elizabeth, on her 1997 visit to St. John's, is given a tour of Purity Factories, longtime Newfoundland producer of cookies, crackers and all things sweet. Chatting with workers on the production line, she asks an employee, "And what are you making?" His response: "$12.50 an hour, Your Majesty."

[@hopahop8071]

Lloyd, your background made me so proud of my OLED screen.

[@TimHollingworth]

As a cameraman I would suggest that Lindybeige when presenting against a black background (whilst also wearing black,) that he has a strong backlight. This will highlight and separate his body from the gloom thus not becoming a "floating head."

[@SlothinAintEasy]

Oh god. He’s a disembodied head now!!!

[@bgonzales817]

Poor choice of clothing 😂 definitely should have not worn black

[@showmemoviesnow]

@@bgonzales817 It's a sign of respect, black is the colour of mourning.

[@linpires]

Dear Mr. Lidybeige, please, accept my congratulations for this superb video, certainly the very best of yours. It deserves to be seen again and again for ever!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

A 43 minute video and it seemed to go by in a flash. What a wonderful, heartfelt tribute to Queen Elizabeth by one of her people. Well done Lindybeige! I would like to point out that since Elizabeth was never supposed to be queen to begin with, but took on the role splendidly, she's a fine example of the fact there can be truly extraordinary possibilities in very ordinary people.

[@davidgeldner2167]

“Hmmm, someone appears to be attempting to shoot me. How quaint.”

[@BjornTheDim]

Hmm. An unexpected explosion a few blocks from my motorcade. That's rather invigorating for the bloodstream.

[@azhommy]

She wasn’t on her honeymoon when she heard about her father’s death. She and Phillip already had two children.

[@falconJB]

All royals should be in boxes.

[@shootretro8121]

I sincerely don't know a better host / speaker than Lloyd. Dude just makes awesome content. Thanks!

[@MadCapMag]

The last time I was this early, Alfred the Great was on the throne.

[@sststr]

On one of the dumb trivia quiz sites out there, there's a quiz about all the countries the Queen Elizabeth II had visited during her reign. Turns out she has visited 109 countries. Out of 197. Well over half of the countries on earth. Not bad! I've been to I think five...

[@MasonBryant]

I've been to six ha!

[@casparash5370]

Wow think of her carbon footprint 👣

[@rmsgrey]

I've been to six, seven if you count sitting in a plane while it refueled...

[@Glimmlampe1982]

@@rmsgrey 11, maybe i should sign up for German king if someone's looking? :D

[@GrandDawggy]

I've never left the UK and Ireland and I can die happily having seen a lot of this glorious land

[@soldieroffortune308]

Very good video, Lindy! Stole a few tears from me.

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

My dad got a glimpse of her when she was princess Elizabeth and her family during the war and he was awestruck, he was with his US Army group and it was crowded he said he was stationed there, he said they were treated like the enemy uh duh it was wartime. He was only 4 years older than her I just noticed that, he died in 2002 he was 80 I miss him every day. And now she's gone I was a bit frazzled myself, because of that memory he shared with me.

[@Luddite-vd2ts]

As a callow youth I was persuaded of the pointlessness and injustice of monarchy. In my middle years I became merely disinterested in them. In my later years I've realised how utterly revolting the alternative of an elected presidency can be and how remarkable her achievements are/were. Another very entertaining programme, I especially agree with your closing words re claiming no credit for anything. Compare that to the typical vacuous claims of our typical recent PM's.

[@farnarkleboy]

Same here

[@hoorayitshenry4245]

I agree Luddite, I've been through exactly the same process with my opinion on the monarchy over the years. We have an elected government, the very last thing we need in UK is another level of politics. In theory a democratically elected head of state sounds great, in reality we'd get more political bullsht, lies and money/power grabbimg.There would be interminable and devisive election campaigns and there is no chance of getting an apolitical leader, we'd end up with President Johnson or Cameron or Blair. The very thought makes me feel sick.

[@iandonnelly6684]

Wow u support a pedo king ok yeah v sane

[@JKingo_]

Danish person here. We also have a constitutional monarchy, and i have always personally been fairly ambivalent towards the tradition, leaning towards being anti-monachy, but I'll admit this breakdown had swayed by opinion.

[@lhpl]

We have a very well functioning monarchy in Denmark, and I expect it will continue to be so when Frederik takes over, as he has already proven himself as a popular and liked figure, who resembles his grandfather quite a lot. (Even with tatoos and all.) I must say I don't watch much news in general, and certainly not the "coloured weekly" kind, but he has appeared on TV now and then and seems reasonably well grounded, while also showing engagement in apolitical causes. I consider myself a liberal socialist, and have also been antiroyal, but there is something about having people who are trained to fulfil the role as head of state for many years. (Like Liz, Daisy wasn't originally meant to have that position, but I think she had a few more years to learn the "trade" than QE.) I read a nice reasoning on Quora: a monarch can not assume responsibility for dealing with disasters etc, that is the job of the PM, this means that the monach can unite people, whereas a PM can be ctiticised for how a situation is dealt with.

[@phh6736]

Rest in peace , even as German I always had utmost respect for her majesty, and its hard to imagine without her. That being said, your discussion of constitutional monarchy, especially in Britain as one of the oldest democracies with a purely ceremonial monarch is pretty biased. Especially is weird comparison with Germany after WW1 makes no sense, the entire foundation of society is different. Britain (mostly England) was already a long standing centralized nation with federal enclaves and at that point a long and stable democracy with a ceremonial constitutional monarch, while Germany didn't even exist as a unity 30 years prior to this point and never had either a stable monarch or democracy. Same with the Juan Carlos story, yes, he was able to talk the soldiers down from rebellion. But most monarchs in history couldn't, just like most democratic leaders. There is too little evidence to support any of these claims as democracy and constitutional monarchies are too young to draw empirical conclusions. Is the same with the "democracies never fight each other" fallacy that existed for a long time.

[@OdisraFlyrunner]

A very interesting vid as always Lindy. Thanks!

[@peternakitch4167]

As a child I saw the Queen at a distance, in 1973 at the opening of the Sydney Opera House, and in 1982 when she opened the public hospital in the suburb of Sydney I lived in as a teenager. I am glad we had her and she will be missed.

[@daboos6353]

Excited to vote for a Republic, rip bozo.

[@grendalsuncle4040]

With you here saw her myself from a distance at the royal show grounds in Melbourne in 1973

[@grendalsuncle4040]

@@daboos6353 what's so good about a repubic above a constitutional monarchy

[@daboos6353]

@@grendalsuncle4040 Queen Elizabeth spent taxpayer money on the legal defense of her child rapist son Prince Andrew. If you want to be funding that be my guest.

[@DrCruel]

When I was very young, my father gave me spare Canadian coins to collect. This was my first introduction to the British Queen. I've been collecting her ever since.

[@greyareaRK1]

I think she had a natural, deep sense of loyalty and was deeply moved by her experiences of WWII. She was quite proud of helping out in the motor pool, awed by the sacrifice of her people, and committed herself to serve the realm as those who had given their lives. As society devolved into increasing self-centredness, her example became a beacon. Very much enjoyed this, thanks.

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

Nicely put

[@miteor]

The Queen was married in 1947 and so she was most definitely not on her honeymoon when she heard of her father’s death in 1952

[@jimtalbott9535]

My grand-uncle was a bombardier during WW2 in the USAAF and then the USAF - he was in the lead plane on the first daylight raid of the Ploiesti Oil Fields in Romania - at one point he wrote a letter to then Princess Elizabeth, describing his life and current occupation, Bombing Nazis - much to his surprise he received a reply, and quite a kind one too! Her parents apparently helped her build a habit of reading and answering the considerable volume of mail she received, even during war time. Everything i understand about her said she absolutely devoted herself to being of service to her fellows - a small description for a very BIG job.

[@fetusthegreat9797]

I love your videos and respect you greatly. I dont want to argue for the sake of it but to elucidate on the views of myself and people who think like me that the issue with a constitutional monarchy is not inadequate because it doesnt work in theory more that it is a moralistic view of the role of us all as equals. What rubs me wrong is the idea that based on birth you find yourself in a position to hold enormous power of a citizenry that those same citizens not only have no control over but have no ability to pursue. It establishes a division of class that regardless of things such as work ethic, value to the community, and wisdom cannot ever be overcome. Thats the issue i take with it and while it is true i dont always approve of every elected official i do appreciate my ability to voice my opinion and for my neighbor to do the same in every aspect of our government. This message from an american who is more than happy to respectfully discuss this topic.

[@maxonheadrick9339]

Power is power, does it really matter that much that pursuit of power is constitutionally protected? its still a class/power divide weather or not somebody was elected. I like the potential of a national stabilizing figure as an American myself. Late night thoughts.

[@unterhau1102]

The royals nowadays are completely irrelevant. I don't think they hold any power really. They are just born rich, but it doesn't really matter considering people are always born into families better off than others

[@Cheesus-Sliced]

@@maxonheadrick9339 it does very much matter, yes. People should not be given power as a birthright, it should be earned through actions and content of character. That said, we got incredibly lucky with Queen Elizabeth and incredibly unlucky with Charles.

[@onekie5787]

@@Cheesus-Sliced because charles has never done anything good? im guessing ur gonna ignore the 400 charities hes involved in and the charity he founded that has raised £1,400,000,000 since its founding in 1976.

[@Cheesus-Sliced]

@@onekie5787 because he isn't fit for the role of supreme leader. Some positives don't remove the extreme character flaws that show he shouldn't be in a position of power.

[@Trapster99]

Bravo! I would not change a word in this stunning, accurate and heart felt commentary for a wonderful woman, head of state and Monarch.

[@firesteel1]

Great video, really well thought out and a fitting tribute

[@Moggy471]

Elizabeth has been my head of state for all of my life. I am not a rabid royalist but she has never made me ashamed and has often made me proud to be British.

[@gtbkts]

Thanks for the awesome content

[@williambaker4417]

Thank you for sharing your perspective. I can now understand the reaction of the English people to the death of their Queen.

[@bartlago5466]

You left out that she was the only hed of state who could change the oil in a 3-ton lorry

[@EarlHare]

Fantastic new studio. I love the stage-hand cosplay, very apt.

[@Someloke8895]

I know people tend to attach nickname titles to the previous Monarchs. Richard the Lionheart, George the Mad King, etc. I think there would never be any objection if we nicknamed Her, Elizabeth The Dutiful.

[@pallasathena1555]

Or Lizzy the Busy?

[@jaybee9269]

Elizabeth the Well-Beloved.

[@DrCruel]

What made Queen Elizabeth II so good at her job is that she consistently did it.

[@tubthump]

Her "job" was to accept the trappings of immense wealth and privilege while being uncontroversial. She almost succeeded - only letting herself down at the end with that £13 million of tax payers money she paid to a US court so her son could avoid giving evidence in a case involving a woman he says he never met.

[@PopularesVox]

Behind every great woman is a great man. I don't see enough tributes for the Duke, who I believe was an immense influence on both his wife and the monarchy. His absence and hers is sure to be missed.

[@censored297]

I enjoy listening to your videos so much I’m glad you’ve put out another long one for me to leave on and learn from fantastic video as always

[@richdurbin6146]

Well done, and a nice touch foregoing beige for this one video.

[@danibravo5700]

Beautiful eulogy and video. Made me be a patreon donator for the first time!

[@jakesolver4359]

It’s nice to see someone talking about the good thing she did in a historical manner. I knew she wasn’t the memed about evil lizard monster crazies talk about, but it’s interesting to hear about her successes and stoicism in her role as monarch. Honestly she seems like she was a nice lady with a lot of dedication to her duty.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Easy to be stoic knowing your rich and that your riches are stolen goods and the police won't come looking for them

[@harrier331]

@@JohnKobaRuddy Couldn't keep your mouth shut? Do explain, where do you live? I bet your lands were stolen...

[@papajavaleri]

I agree with most of your points, I think you are so much better at these long videos now, it's still full of inserts and your own flavour but it's not rambly and random, good work mate :)

[@sebkent6691]

Brilliantly written produced and executed. Good man.

[@davidlium9338]

She must have treated her subordinates with absolute respect because there have been no “tell all” books!

[@abrahamlincoln9758]

"Real Queens don't look at assassins." 🤣

[@cat-le1hf]

I think she looked at one for Diana

[@ASTheOneAndOnly]

Beautiful mate. Well done

[@apexqc04]

Excellent video. Actually brought a tear to my eye.

[@Grymbaldknight]

Thank you for this video, Mr Beige. I've seen a lot of people seizing the opportunity to bash the monarchy since her late Majesty passed away. We need proper, upstanding Englishmen to defend their country, and you have done the job magnificently. Also, I'm stealing your quote about constitutional monarchy "working in practice but not in theory". Succinct and marvellous, as ever.

[@marcocappelli2236]

Considering how useless the British monarchy is, it's no wonder it actually works. You just have a parliamentarian system instead of a presidentialist one. The monarch is just there for decoration, and adds nothing of value. And I think it's an excellent opportunity to question the use of the monarchy just as you are transitioning between monarchs. It's not insulting the late Queen to criticize the monarchy.

[@Grymbaldknight]

@@marcocappelli2236 bait much?

[@marcocappelli2236]

@@Grymbaldknight It's not bait. There's no use for the British monarchy in this day and age, it has no effect on the nation's stability, and it perpetuates a disgusting class system of royalty and subjects.

[@joelborden3242]

I lived in England for about 7 years. I saw the Queen and Prince Phillip in London in 1977 during her silver jubilee. I admired her.

[@sandysinclair9131]

I think this is one of the best videos you've ever done. Thank you.

[@brovold72]

I'd had this on my 'watch later' list for weeks. Does not disappoint.

[@adenkyramud5005]

Wherever she went it always seemed like she had genuine interest in all the people she met. Every single one. Very interesting to observe. You rarely see that in any person, let alone someone who met so many people and played such an important role.

[@Roguedeus]

Logical fallacies abound. I suppose everyone has something they are irrational about.

[@XxKilleredxX]

Please feel free to state so here...unless you just wanted to state an opinion with no clarification?

[@Roguedeus]

@@XxKilleredxX I'm quite confident that, in time, this video (left unedited) will provide clarification enough.

[@mifejosef]

Fantastic video brother, please make more.

[@DonP_is_lostagain]

Just got a chance to watch this. And heard a wonderful story about QEII. She was at Balmoral and out for a little bit of a walk. She came across a couple of American hikers. I forget exactly what they were looking for, but they didn't recognize her. She was accompanied by her security guard, and when one of the Americans asked her if she lived around here, she said, "Oh yes, I have a little place just over the hill there." And they of course asked if she'd ever met the queen. She said, "Well no, but he's met her quite often." So, they immediately started asking him questions about Elizabeth and what she was like, etc. and then they handed her their camera and asked her to take a picture of them, which she did, and then they of course took a pic with her as well. After they'd hiked on, she told her security man, "I wish I could be there when they show those pictures to their friends." Apparently she had a marvelous sense of humour. She will be missed.

[@VidkunQL]

It must have been quite a rare treat for her, to have a chat with someone who didn't know who she was.

[@Vaessen13]

...the lack of beige is frightening...

[@Meevious]

20:40 Who's this bloke we're talking about? 27:59 Only the English could imagine that the rest of the world desperately envies their ability to queue.* *(read this first in the voice of a foreigner, with a high-pitched Nazi German sneer, then once again as a patriotic speech in the voice of Capt. Mainwaring).

[@nobodyisbest]

She was in her job for 70 bloody years. I mean, if she had still been shite at the end of such a long reign, that would have been a huge embarrassment.

[@michaelgreen429]

I really enjoyed your video, and your choice of the black background. It was dignified. Thank you.

[@bobveinne2439]

What made her good at her job? She kept staying alive

[@evilkate9884]

Maybe trying 7000 different hats? Drinking 9 billion cups of tea? Attending 1200 games? Organizing 1000 private parties? Losing the greatest modern empire?

[@bobveinne2439]

@@evilkate9884 it's true, she drank 1 cup of tea for every person born on the planet during her reign and wore a different hat for every color in existence, attended a game every time a revolution happened and organised a private party for each member of parliament ever

[@sarcasmo57]

The way you shot this video makes you look like Holly from Red Dwarf. She's dead Dave, they're all dead. Thanks for the video. I have even more respect for the Queen having watched.

[@tubeWyrme]

A very interesting and thoughtful exposition on monarchy

[@everythingknife8763]

What a remarkable video! I assume the black theme was a one time thing for this video but I must say, you looked fantastic. Also keeping in theme, I know you won't mention it so I will. I appreciate the lack of monetization on this particular video. Nobody should gain monetarily from another's death (baring inheritance). Well done all 'round.