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@dummeytitan81306 жыл бұрын
Today I Found Out could she reverse Brexit?
@Aidankiwi6 жыл бұрын
Still using the wrong title I see. How can you be taken seriously when you cannot get basic facts correct? Now I will spell it out simply for you... THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND HAS NO POWERS AS SHE DOES NOT EXIST. THE 1707 ACTS OF UNION ABOLISHED THE ENGLISH MONARCHY. Please answer this question... Which of these are you? Just someone who is a bit slow to learn, a troll who has set out to antagonise the UK citizens of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, or an ignorant and arrogant little Englander? Unfortunately it is people like you that are the cancerous downside of the IT age. Spreading your misinformation and misrepresenting yourself as some kind of authority. Frankly you should be banned from You Tube
@sinesurfer6 жыл бұрын
Are you trying to comment on The Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? There hasn't been a Queen of England since Elizabeth I in the mid 17th century.
@Aidankiwi6 жыл бұрын
Correct in principle Karl, but the last Queen of England was not Elizabeth Tudor (who died in 1603 not the mid 17th century) rather it was Queen Anne. She was simultaneously Queen of England and Queen of Scotland from 1702 to 1707. From then on she was Queen of Great Britain. Between 1603 and 1707 the crowns were separate but held by the same person. For example Queen Elizabeth's successor was referred to as James VI of Scotland and I of England.
@joemcmurry77686 жыл бұрын
Yes,but does the rest of the royal family have any power?
@aethelwyrnblack49186 жыл бұрын
She can move any distance forward, backwards, sideways, and diagonally.
@mavrickgabriel39775 жыл бұрын
Intelligent joke. Good job!
@PeterGregoryKelly5 жыл бұрын
Her consort can move one step behind her but only one step at a time, though, like the queen, in any direction. Knights of the realm can leap frog obstacles.
@mavrickgabriel39775 жыл бұрын
Allen Jinu I wrote this comment at like 4:30 am
@Yal_Rathol5 жыл бұрын
@Kotal Kahn it's cute that you think the average person is even at the level of a pawn.
@eliegbert81215 жыл бұрын
is that a welsh name?
@davidwootton6835 жыл бұрын
I heard one story about the Queen popping out to buy some items the kitchen was short on. The lady behind the counter said to her, "I must say this but you do look so like our dear Queen". And she replied, "How very reassuring".
@GFSLombardo5 жыл бұрын
A purely fictional "Queen Story" has HM stopped by a policeman for speeding. Upon being asked by the officer for some ID , knowing she does not require a drivers license, she pulls a 5 Pound note out of her famous handbag shows it to the officer and says:"Look, this is me, my picture is on all of them". QED....
@MBM11177274 жыл бұрын
Lol "our dear Queen" no one talks like that.
@A.Martin3 жыл бұрын
when she was younger she used to go out on her own sometimes. You might see her off partying on the town even. Before she was Queen
@River-pg1uk3 жыл бұрын
@@MBM1117727 you would be surprised because it’s actually quite common.
@MBM11177273 жыл бұрын
@@River-pg1uk Well I've just never heard it myself then lol
@jasonw.m26145 жыл бұрын
She can also call "checkmate" on the King.
@carlosmarte31545 жыл бұрын
Rusa M England doesn’t have a King. Her husband _Prince_ Phillip is the Queen’s Consort.
@charleswatson10934 жыл бұрын
@@carlosmarte3154 We're talking about the United Kingdom, not England.
@charleswatson10934 жыл бұрын
Rusa M As can any opposing piece.
@jamarimcfarlane48444 жыл бұрын
Nah, the queen cant checkmate by itself. You play chess?? edit: actually it can in a position where it is blocked by pieces or supm like that
@steveskouson96204 жыл бұрын
I don't think she can call "checkmate" on her own king. (We're talking chess here, not the fact that he is NOT married to a king.) She can ONLY call "checkmate," on an opposing king. On a similar note, "checkmate," originally meant Shah Mat, or the Shah is dead. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate steve
@nigelgordon3 жыл бұрын
To quote Richard Dimbleby, from longer ago than I care to remember: "The importance of the Queen is not in the power she has but the fact that by holding those powers she denies them to others". It is widely rumored that Magaret Thatcher wanted to declare war on Argentina when they invaded the Falklands but the Queen refused. So, forcing Thatcher to send an expeditionary force to relieve the islands. If it had been up to Thatcher, the army would have invaded Argentina.
@percyweasley93013 жыл бұрын
Yeah, republican people or "wasting taxes on royals" people should read your comment...
@nigelgordon3 жыл бұрын
@@percyweasley9301 And it costs about a third what the French presidency costs and we get a lot more for the money. It is also cheaper than the Italian presidency and the Polish presidency who have similar constitutional powers.
@byzantiphile76303 жыл бұрын
Shame she held Thatcher back.
@TheMementoOfElysia3 жыл бұрын
@@nigelgordon May I get a source for that? I might use it in argument for the future
@nigelgordon3 жыл бұрын
@@TheMementoOfElysia With regard to the comment about the Queen's power, the source of it is the closing comments made by Richard Dimbleby in the 1969 BBC documentary on the Royal Family. As far as I know, it has never been rebroadcast and is not available commercially, though I was told that there were some copies of it circulating. With regard to the Thatcher rumor, that has been floating around since the days of John Major. I first heard it from a senior member of the armed forces who was at a dinner party I attended, about two years after Thatcher lost power. I have. since heard it a couple of times from other sources.
@dancunningham58005 жыл бұрын
Queen of Australia can also do that with our military as we swore allegiance to her. That's why we have Her Majesty's Australian Ships. Lotta people forget she's our Queen too.
@DavBlc75 жыл бұрын
Maybe not for long. Australia set to became a republic but not yet, look possible when Charles become king, maybe?
@olsenfernandes36345 жыл бұрын
@@DavBlc7 How did you come to that conclusion?
@Edmonton-of2ec5 жыл бұрын
David Black Y'all already had a referendum
@joao.fenix14735 жыл бұрын
@@DavBlc7 may this never happen. You're going to replace her with an indirectly elected figurehead clown who divides the country and does a poor job as head of state.
@shaundouglas20575 жыл бұрын
@@joao.fenix1473 Yeah a child molestering and murdering family with the queen as head of it all is a great figurehead.
@lazulin6 жыл бұрын
It sounds like her role is basically as a failsafe. If the government spirals completely out of control and the people are about to stage a revolution... she'll take action against the government on their behalf to preserve the country. As for her advisory role, it makes sense too - unlike most politicians whose terms are limited, she has an incentive to care about UK's very long term stability. That's the value of her perspective. I do find it scary how much theoretical power she has, but as the video made clear - if she just started using it, she'd lose it. The only way she can use all that power is if the people are completely behind her, which would be the sign of a real crisis.
@nonmagicmike7236 жыл бұрын
Good analysis
@MexicanBandit5 жыл бұрын
Mariya M Very smart and thoughtful comment. Never thought of it that way, you have changed my way of looking at the matter, thank you. 👍🏻
@jsb10395 жыл бұрын
In a sense, we're all limited in what we can do under any given circumstances. There are always consequences to what we do wrong. I think Her Majesty has discharged her duties extremely well all these years.
@conservatheism5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting political theory
@livedandletdie5 жыл бұрын
I don't find the amount of power she holds to be scary, she could literally be seen as the entire planet's ruler, she is as a matter of fact the head honcho, she can declare war on anyone, if anyone dared do unto her any harm, her next in line, would probably make sure that the nation of said inhabitants were eradicated. This includes all 192 nations on this planet. She is also technically the richest person alive, seeing as more than half of the world is her ground, in name appointed by god, and everyone is merely borrowing her land.
@Drakeblood975 жыл бұрын
So the queen could literally stand in the middle of the road and shoot somebody, and no one would bat an eye.
@tomcat86625 жыл бұрын
Only if it’s 5th Avenue.
@cmconley335 жыл бұрын
Not that such a thing would ever happen, but yes, she does actually have the superpower Trump only imagines he does.
@saquanward86075 жыл бұрын
I see what you did lmao
@xijinping44635 жыл бұрын
cmconley33 why would we want someone with super powers as our leader,we literally had a war and threw the brits out some 200 years ago because the founding fathers refuse to bow to a king or ruled by queen..nobody should be above the law and good for them seeing their queen as above the law,when she enters the us it’s a whole different story we do have laws here and no king nor a queen is above it
@EnglishHeart19875 жыл бұрын
bruce david ‘Brits’ It’s a whole different story because you have a nutjob ‘business man’ running your country and you enjoy making people like Kim Kardashian famous. smh.
@pacowacko55393 жыл бұрын
“The Kingdom will be reorganized to the First Galactic Empire” -Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
@Freedmoon443 жыл бұрын
Please dont, i dont want the local church to attempt a terrorist assault only to get genocided ^^
@harveya1a9523 жыл бұрын
I read that in her voice
@pokebreederrichard12003 жыл бұрын
I had just finished watching a starwars video before seeing this ironically
@lmaocetung3 жыл бұрын
*Boris Johnson clapping in the background*
@Cebwll3 жыл бұрын
She isn’t my majesty u Brit’s can keep her I have no interest and no respect for her
@kittu999c7 жыл бұрын
All this is just theory. Her real power is immortality.
@swiftfox34617 жыл бұрын
B K Lol, good one. There was a fanfic on that one.
@BrainSoap7 жыл бұрын
That and she can shape shift between lizard and human form... lol
@TorquemadaTwist7 жыл бұрын
What about her heat vision?
@garywark99267 жыл бұрын
Love that as you were once a part of Spain and just about every one of those counties that were a part of Spain are just so corrupt. Your country has one of the worse drug cartels in the world. Ohh and why are so many of your countryman trying to leave. You have a country of killers. I know Mexico must have invented something good can you name a few.
@kamaljitdhaliwal7857 жыл бұрын
and she can shoot laser beams from her eyes.
@MWaheduzzamanKhan16 жыл бұрын
Queen Elizabeth is the living proof of quantum mechanics. Her powers are simultaneously existant and non-existant. Hence, she has all the power and no power at the same time.
@killer133246 жыл бұрын
well she's the only thing holding her back. One of her successors on the other hand might not have that restraint.
@Rg-fp2vg6 жыл бұрын
Jormungand13324 I’m sure they will just a way to keep the power
@EthanThomson6 жыл бұрын
Schrodinger queen
@kouldbanyone49836 жыл бұрын
M. Waheduzzaman Khan lol
@kouldbanyone49836 жыл бұрын
Jormungand13324 Actually. It’s the fact that she’s only a Constitutional Monarch that she’s held back from being able to wield any real power.
@jimBobuu7 жыл бұрын
I thought all she could do was move forward, back, left, right, and the diagonals.
@Kevin150477 жыл бұрын
Awesome.
@GalileoAV7 жыл бұрын
jimBobuu Any number of spaces!
@mussolinishead99167 жыл бұрын
jimBobuu .....hence no passport required
@54lolman7 жыл бұрын
smart.
@LordTalax7 жыл бұрын
That's good, Jim, nice one.
@naschy73363 жыл бұрын
She’s not just the Queen of England, she’s the Queen of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and 12 other countries.
@He_who_rides_many_winds3 жыл бұрын
Yes because as an Englishman with all kinds of ancestry including Celtic they should say The Queen Of The United Kingdom And The Commonwealth. They’ve stuck with us through thick and thin despite being able to leave if they so desired.
@billdunkelberger66473 жыл бұрын
Why do other sovern nations maintain this ? What benefits each side ? I don't get it. It would be so strange to live in some African or Pacific Island nation and have a foreign monarch
@inigobantok15793 жыл бұрын
@@billdunkelberger6647 it's a commonwealth Canada New Zealand and Australia and many of its citizens are from Britain, their mother country
@WiseOwl_14083 жыл бұрын
@@billdunkelberger6647 it's a cultural thing. In Canada here our laws center around her power even tho she doesn't do anything here.
@fimaanis8103 жыл бұрын
They should say the Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms.Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state which has Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state.They should say that cause people might think she is the queen of every member of the Commonwealth when in reality she is not even the queen of half of the commonwealth
@alansmithee4196 жыл бұрын
3:20. Very slight correction (though I could be wrong): The Queen is not above the law; She *is* the law. Being prosecuted is you against the crown. This is why she can't be prosecuted: That would be the crown vs the crown which doesn't make sense. Though she could of course place herself in a jail if she wanted to.
@azmeriah51225 жыл бұрын
I've got a job in a hair-splitting factory for you.
@brad349miller5 жыл бұрын
Yet have her sign a decree that every 18th day of the month if it falls on a Thursday each British born citizen can force feed a pound of rashers and blood sausage to a Muslim of their choice and you’ll find she has no power to do so because parliament is the legislature.
@SpydersByte5 жыл бұрын
@@azmeriah5122 great comment :D
@MJWVI5 жыл бұрын
alan smithee Gaol.
@robertrp37575 жыл бұрын
Toasty Volvo The Crown has rewritten laws that parliament wanted to pass. They benefitted her people so, she pushed them forward.
@tomn27657 жыл бұрын
She can move in any direction
@kekero5407 жыл бұрын
Tom N bravo
@cristianverdugogalaz87257 жыл бұрын
*slow clap*
@dragonryucr20007 жыл бұрын
Except like a Knight
@beejereeno27 жыл бұрын
Tom M ♥
@BazamO7 жыл бұрын
Checkmate
@AngryIcecube5 жыл бұрын
You left out her most significant power: She's dynamite with a laser beam.
@TheAPTGamer5 жыл бұрын
Guaranteed to blow your mind, anytime.
@kcthetitan4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure its the *omega beam*
@asdbuddy48484 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful duwang. CHEW
@Rabbittomaru4 жыл бұрын
And ultra megasonic scream voice.
@StarDisc_MultiMedia4 жыл бұрын
@@asdbuddy4848 Duwang?? Kira is sweating
@robert40393 жыл бұрын
So, basically the queen is still actually in charge. There’s this public perception that her role is more ceremonial but turns out to just not be the case.
@rayanrizwan96113 жыл бұрын
Yeah I already knew this and it kinda pisses me when someone thinks otherwise
@robert40393 жыл бұрын
@@ewanfps This is of course speculation on my part but, if her office did have a lot of power, wouldn't a part of it be used to conceal that it exists if that's what she/"they" wanted in the first place? Isn't that actually the whole point? Again, I don't know, I am just speculating, but still.
@healingrays37623 жыл бұрын
@@ewanfps kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4CpnmmXbbGsqrc
@Rjlamar-yr3pt Жыл бұрын
It is
@Zadir09 Жыл бұрын
No Parliament is. The Sovereign reigns at the invitation of Parliament. Parliament literally gave them more power than themselves for a very simple reason. That way you could blame the monarch for any issues arising in your government. Unfortunately for parliament, the Monarchs after Queen Anne really weren’t interested in governing significantly, that’s how the office of PM came into being. It was due to the refusal of George the First to actually legislatively govern and deposing him over not doing anything wasn’t possible because he did participate in some functions of Government. The government of the UK fell into place with the lessons of history. It wasn’t some contrived untested theory on how a nation can run. While there are a lot of potential “Powers” the King could use, it just wouldn’t make sense unless you had an absolutely deranged or infiltrated parliament. Plus if misused to a high enough degree, the public would demand they be restrained. A healthy Constitutional Monarchy is a very boring but stable State Apparatus.
@elijahsackville-glucksburg5 жыл бұрын
The British monarchy knows how to play the game that's how and why they survived when Russia and France didn't.
@jameswaweru76954 жыл бұрын
Your queen is not my Queen.
@snowtfl56174 жыл бұрын
James waweru she is if ur British
@elijahsackville-glucksburg4 жыл бұрын
@@jameswaweru7695 and your comment matters to me because???
@seomi46574 жыл бұрын
@EDGE the russian and french monarchy let's say didn't make it
@seomi46574 жыл бұрын
@EDGE He meant the British monarchy is still alive and well and still holds power basically didn't lose anything unlike some other monarchies like France Russia, china, Germany etc.
@TheNukedNacho4 жыл бұрын
“The law will decide your fate.” Queen: I AM the Law. [Jesus fucking Christ dense people it’s a Star Wars reference]
@Rabbittomaru4 жыл бұрын
That's the main reason why most monarch come to and end. When the Royal subject think they're supreme being above all.
@kielplayz79344 жыл бұрын
Well if their crime is justified ( I think is justified or. Something ) like shooting for self Defense or smthn it’s ok lol
@TheNukedNacho4 жыл бұрын
Angga Pramudya it’s a Star Wars reference
@TheNukedNacho4 жыл бұрын
Alfie Bean EXACTLY
@g.w.f.2124 жыл бұрын
Angga Pramudya You’re not living here in UK i see. the monarchy is a very important part of our country and to the commonwealth. The monarchy will always be here. THE CROWN MUST ALWAYS WIN.
@finaoo11677 жыл бұрын
The British monarchy has, for centuries, shown an amazing ability to adapt to the changing landscape to ensure its continued existence. It continues to thrive in what is essentially a marketing role today.
@kuyaleinad41957 жыл бұрын
finao o Yeah throught history, British Monarchs seized control in order for them to continue existance. I think a large part of this ideology was the French revolution and how the French monarchs collapsed due to not giving up some power.
@phantommedia99647 жыл бұрын
You know you binged too much on The Big Bang Theory when you read some of these comments in Sheldon's voice lol
@finaoo11677 жыл бұрын
I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested.
@OHYS7 жыл бұрын
PHANTOM MEDIA - Cars, RCs, and Lego Technic 😂
@marialindell98742 жыл бұрын
200 likes
@jamesbain81673 жыл бұрын
This is one of the things I send to people who ask how powerful Queen Elizabeth II is. Thank you Simon, and all other hands involved in writing, producing, editing, and distribution! Keep up the good work.
@richard11137 жыл бұрын
Interesting! After being told for years that she was just a figurehead it turns out she is all powerful. The fact that she uses such restraint makes me respect her more. Thanks for the very informative video!
@101Mant7 жыл бұрын
Richard Forester she isn't even vaguely close to all powerful. The history of political power in England is partially a long struggle between the monarch and Parliament ever since King John and the Magna Carta. Despite some ups and downs the flow of power is quite obviously been from the monarch to Parliament because Parliament has the ultimate trump card money. The English and later British people can't be taxed without their consent and only Parliament can give it. No surprise English colonists would want representation with their taxation. Several monarchs have dissolved Parliament and tried to rule themselves but have ended up having to recall it when they needed money. Controlling the Armed Forces is less impressive if you can't pay for them. Not to mention just because something is theoretically possible doesn't mean anyone would obeying orders if a monarch started giving them. Attempting to use most of these powers would probably result in losing them.
@jugganaut337 жыл бұрын
Mark Antill Technically the Bank of England is owned by the queen and in so doing holds around a £billion of cold hard cash. Which may never fight a war.... but it's still a lot of power.
@zaheeraslam31667 жыл бұрын
From what I understand the bank of England is a trading name that has no real link to England other then that it trades in England. As far as I know the Queen has a share in it alongside the Rothschilds however they own more of it then her.
@wallace41817 жыл бұрын
The Bank of England was nationalised in 1946. In 1998, it became an independent public organisation, wholly owned by the Treasury Solicitor on behalf of HMG (the British Government), with independence in setting monetary policy.
@tcjusttc54187 жыл бұрын
its more like common sense. If she started flexing dictatorial muscle, there would be a revolt within months. The British society is too advanced to be ruled by a dictatorship.
@dansimmons216 жыл бұрын
Not only Commander and Chief of the British military but also of the Australian, Canadian and New Zealand militaries, and of any other Commonwealth realm!
@lancebaker13745 жыл бұрын
and that is scary.
@antoniocarniero51385 жыл бұрын
If the USA and Britain went to war Australia has to side with the USA. It is apart of an agreement made in WW2 during the war in the pacific and Coral Sea.
@kinggu92705 жыл бұрын
@@antoniocarniero5138 and go against their queen who rule them? Doesn't make sense to me
@kinggu92705 жыл бұрын
@phillip perkins exactly! But when you analyze it, it is not only the Australians that agreed to that agreement themselves but with the Crown's approval also since they are technically the commander in chief. Which means when the brits goes vs US, there is no way Aus would side with the US
@colinkepple75555 жыл бұрын
Just to clarify a point, that is correct, but not all Commonwealth countries are Realms. Some are Republics with their own Head of State.
@wallybrandt4345 жыл бұрын
she's probably the only person on earth who doesn't abuse Her power's
@lauraherrera98085 жыл бұрын
Oh yea she does she sacrifices babys and eats an drinks there blood
@eliegbert81215 жыл бұрын
@@lauraherrera9808 wut
@eliegbert81215 жыл бұрын
that was Elizabeth bathory
@lauraherrera98085 жыл бұрын
@@eliegbert8121 yea and her
@eliegbert81215 жыл бұрын
@gilbert martinez nice try edgelord
@SpiritmanProductions2 жыл бұрын
On the global stage, "The Queen" means Elizabeth II. Other queens require a more specific reference. Pretty cool. 👑
@BabulAli4 жыл бұрын
You missed the fact that the Queen's greatest power is immortality.
@marythebaddiestuartqueenof89314 жыл бұрын
Yeah, lied about my age I’m actually 234
@nathanlewis56824 жыл бұрын
Betty white also has power of immortality
@Rocanala4 жыл бұрын
Her mother loved to be over 100y/o
@Aquacrystal783 жыл бұрын
I think it's a result of people praying every now and then "God save the Queen"
@AMPProf3 жыл бұрын
Lol B K 3 years ago "All this is just theory. Her real power is immortality."
@gmanon11814 жыл бұрын
In other words, UK is still a fully active monarchy and even extends to overseas as any empire.
@healingrays37623 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@adrian16223 жыл бұрын
And only 25% of population are kinda against continuing as monarchy
@healingrays37623 жыл бұрын
@@adrian1622 "None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe that they are free."
@callumwilliams14493 жыл бұрын
@@healingrays3762 What freedoms do we gain if we abolished the monarchy tomorrow?
@healingrays37623 жыл бұрын
@@callumwilliams1449no one should be allowed to amass so much wealth as the "royals" and the corporatocracy(the descendants of the aristocracy) have. With this immense wealth comes immense power that they use by pulling the strings of the politicians that we "elect". How did the queen get so rich that she possesses one-sixth of the earth's landmass like she posses countries and even entire continents like Australia? With honest hard work? No, but with human trafficking aka slave trade, imperialistic wars, insider trading, drugs, and arms trade. These are the freedoms that we will gain if we abolished the monarchy and its corporatocracy: freedom from wars, freedom from human trafficking and human slavery, freedom from evil and corruption! Most importantly, freedom to be free humans who love and serve God. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4CpnmmXbbGsqrc
@Poorschedriver7 жыл бұрын
She is a very wise woman to realize that true power isn't the display of such power, but rather influence created by not using it. Our world leaders could learn a lot from her.
@GeirGunnarss7 жыл бұрын
Oh so a person is only what they are titled or what they do, does that just apply to women in your world or are men also subject to such reductionism? I would think that what mattered more was how that power was exercised.
I'm an American and don't know very much about the Queen, but if I were visiting in the UK and she asked me to do something within my power (and within reason, I wouldn't kill someone or commit treason) I'd probably do it. She just carries a lot of respect that you'd expect from royalty. However, I wouldn't get Donald Trump a glass of water if I had to take 3 steps to get it.
@lilaclizard45047 жыл бұрын
The possibility of her being replaced with a trump like character is the reason Australia chose to keep her instead of voting to become a republic. While it would be great to have one of our own citizens in the roll (we kinda do anyway) but with her we have extra security & protection of the system
@Redbird15043 жыл бұрын
Imagine being out on your kayak and the Queen popping out of the water to commandeer your ship.
@ApeX-pj4mq3 жыл бұрын
The Titanic tried denying her but in the end she conjured an Iceberg using her royal powers and the rest is history She wasnt born yet but that wouldnt stop her from doing it anyway
@brandonryan95826 жыл бұрын
shes like that super boss in video games that you really cant beat
@danlock16 жыл бұрын
If you don't want to seem stupid, DON'T ACT STUPID!
@brandonryan95826 жыл бұрын
people dont invite you to partys do they?
@franchocou6 жыл бұрын
Can't beat?? She already dying
@brandonryan95826 жыл бұрын
not as dead as the soviet union obviously
@brandonryan95826 жыл бұрын
we'd nuke your ass anyway be quiet russia
@VME-Brad5 жыл бұрын
In Theory, if Parliament doesn't get it's act together fast, She can simply throw them all out and finish Brexit herself.
@brad349miller5 жыл бұрын
VME - Brad she’s failed her nation session after session if that’s the case. -Brad
@MrStealthWarrior5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but Brexit is such a shit storm. No one in their mind will take part in that.
@mojame1005 жыл бұрын
Well, why not. You got communist on one side of the room, and idiots on the other.
@sheadoherty74345 жыл бұрын
She wouldn't though. Britain is still pretty divided on BREXIT. Just under half the country wanted to remain, and the between those who wanted to leave people cannot decide if we should negotiate a deal or leave everything. She's wise enough to not get involved.
@mojame1005 жыл бұрын
@@sheadoherty7434 Related to Shannen Doherty?
@moustachepig436 жыл бұрын
Queen: dissolves parliament Prime minister: weird flex but okay
@BadBoyBobby855 жыл бұрын
I hear she can't do that anymore
@roidetesreves22985 жыл бұрын
Lord Bob Backenforth she still can, but needs 2/3 approval from commons
@connormadeley79795 жыл бұрын
@@roidetesreves2298 The same commons that needs her 'royal ascent' for any act or legislation that passes through? LoL. The people that believe the Queen has no power, are just dumb sheep
@Edeinawc5 жыл бұрын
@@connormadeley7979 The minute she attempts to exercise that power she will be ousted.
@connormadeley79795 жыл бұрын
@@Edeinawc Uh, she already does exercise her power. She commands the British armed forces, and the ordinary British folk do not have access to firearms. To oust the British royal family, is impossible.
@FreethinkerDave4 жыл бұрын
"She has first dibs on any whales that wash up onshore" made me laugh out loud!
@christor29073 жыл бұрын
I instantly came up with a fat joke I undoubtedly will never use.
@cameronninawale96105 жыл бұрын
Greetings from the former Australian Territory of Papua New Guinea; proud member of the British Commonwealth. God save our gracious Queen!
@kbtitan24644 жыл бұрын
You're a slave. Wow.
@cameronninawale96104 жыл бұрын
@@kbtitan2464 And you bothered to make a comment. Got your attention, didn't it?
@ziggy4814 жыл бұрын
@@kbtitan2464 that came out of nowhere
@A.Martin3 жыл бұрын
@@kbtitan2464 Well if you are Canadian like your profile says you are equally a slave to the Queen.
@omairrazaakram3 жыл бұрын
@@A.Martin yep
@BigBobsh2o7 жыл бұрын
Wow I've been lied to about this. I was taught that she was just a figurehead without any real power. Just because she doesn't use it doesn't mean she doesn't have it.
@GhostRider6597 жыл бұрын
Rob Ski in practice, she probably couldn't do half of what she could theoretically do. Still, it may be a useful failsafe if Parliament ever went really far off the rails and she had the people's support for putting it right.
@SiriusBigbadda7 жыл бұрын
This video is bs so what you were told is correct.
@TheJosephPrice7 жыл бұрын
SiriusBigbadda Nah, the video is entirely accurate. She chooses to be this detached from politics. The world may be in for a rude awakening when she is gone.
@SiriusBigbadda7 жыл бұрын
Joseph Price It isn't tho. He says "by the letter of the law", which is weird since the UK has no written constitution. Please read up on UK constitutional law before you say anything.
@kballwoof007 жыл бұрын
She has no power. The moment she tried to do anything sketchy parliament would 'illegally' take away her power.
@Broncort16 жыл бұрын
She has the power to keep Charles off the throne and she's gonna outlive him....lol
@ekul78946 жыл бұрын
charles will never be king and it isn't for her to decide
@charleswatson10936 жыл бұрын
DDPA Ty You're right in saying that it isn't for her to decide, but Charles will become king.
@ekul78946 жыл бұрын
when she dies
@charleswatson10936 жыл бұрын
Of course!
@Aidankiwi6 жыл бұрын
No she doesn't have such a power. Only Parliament could force such a change.
@Glostone3003 жыл бұрын
What powers do the Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Belgian, & Dutch Monarchs have. As well as the Principalities of Andorra, Monaco, and Liechtenstein, and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. Pretty much it would be interesting to see what power the remaining nobility of Europe have in and out of their respective realms.
@emmamay38207 жыл бұрын
Flight, super-strength, and x-ray vision. But that's supposed to be a secret.
@Snyde917 жыл бұрын
Get off granny's computer, Harry! Love, Big Willy.
@terrendously6 жыл бұрын
😂
@colinkepple75555 жыл бұрын
And Kryptonite is bullshit!
@josephfox92217 жыл бұрын
Seeing how messed up the past few years have been she probably could disband parliament and impose an absolute monarchy and be cheered for it.
@mah52987 жыл бұрын
As someone who was born in an absolute monarchy, I can tell you that YOU DO NOT WANT AN ABSOLUTE MONARCHY!
@mikenotreally61117 жыл бұрын
First User if you don't mind me asking where were you born?
@RealistReviewer7 жыл бұрын
Charles is taking over soon, so if he took over he'd push for 100% renewable in 15 years, though with the Gov there it's going to be 25 years as the Gov is talking about.
@OHYS7 жыл бұрын
Mike Notreally, maybe Saudi Arabia? Just a guess.
@mah52987 жыл бұрын
"maybe Saudi Arabia?" lol not too far off. But I would rather not say
@ccggenius7 жыл бұрын
These lists always seem to leave out the most theoretically devastating of her powers: the laser-beam eyes. She can also grow to a height of 30 stories; Woe be to any who cross her.
@welshpete127 жыл бұрын
She does !
@whipmaster447 жыл бұрын
JHarold. The Queen must pay her dues to her Jew masters to hold her token throne.
@JotaC7 жыл бұрын
Somebody been watching a lot of Phineas and Ferb lol
@whipmaster447 жыл бұрын
Jota C. If you're a Buffet, Koch, Walton, Disney, etc. all you need do is tell the bimbo with a tiara what you want and you shall receive.
@JotaC7 жыл бұрын
whip master i was talkinf about the growing and laser beam eyes thing but I kinda get your point
@emperorofthereiwaera35833 жыл бұрын
Queen Elizabeth *Using her powers wisely* The spirit of Queen Victoria: *Just use it*
@CRose-ip6lw5 жыл бұрын
It speaks volumes when a person has that much power yet doesn't use and only keeps it if desperately needed for the good of the people!!
@genli56035 жыл бұрын
Yeah I think you fail to grasp the situation. If she started using her power, the monarchy would be abolished. Plain and simple. No one since Anne REALLY reigned as well as ruled.
@mk_gamíng06095 жыл бұрын
@BesteKanaal1 In a public Poll in Scotland, The idea of independence was not popular. Just because the SNP is popular does not mean all of there policies are. also northern ireland does not want to leave, Majority of northern Irish consider themselves British
@jonballa14725 жыл бұрын
Your the muppets who don't realise that family has done nothing but opress and colonise
@jonballa14725 жыл бұрын
She's not even u English Mongo's blood line shes German
@RealBadGaming525 жыл бұрын
also scary too that the UK is technicly a an Absolute Dictorship
@sam214625 жыл бұрын
The British presenter needs to pick a random country for a hypothetical nuking by the British. The British presenter picks France. Well played sir, well played.
@lancebaker13745 жыл бұрын
Please stop using triple returns. Which country is a random one?
@sam214625 жыл бұрын
@@lancebaker1374 Hmmmm so what would be the most random of countries .... one second ..... Uruguay.
@chezsnailez5 жыл бұрын
Which is just fine with us members of the gastropod community...
@sheadoherty74345 жыл бұрын
@@sam21462 No. I am not gay. You're gay!
@sam214625 жыл бұрын
@@sheadoherty7434 - I'm not sure what you are talking about ..... who said anything about anyone being gay?
@gicking38986 жыл бұрын
She really is a rare breed. Such maturity and discretion over almost a century. Even if she doesn't exercise her power, it must be a bit heady to know legally she knows that she possesses the power of, well, a full Queen.
@paullangton-rogers23906 жыл бұрын
Yes, she is kind of passive Monarch. The power exists in law, and she could be more active (like her son Charles is) but she always takes this relaxed, advisory role and doesn't interfere or get directly involved in politics. She is really a perfect model of a Constitutional Monarch performing all these endless duties and an astonishing amount of charity work alongside her regular official duties and she never complains... even when the gov took the Royal Yacht Britannia away and slashed the Royal budget 10 fold down to just £30 odd million a year and refused to pay for renovations on Buckingham Palace even! OK the Royal's are top of social class in UK but it shows they have the same budget constraints and challenges as ordinary folks, but just on a larger scale :-) Also they were born into this role and didn't ask for it ..it's a hard life really endless duties and very little reward just summer holiday's at their private Estate in Scotland. Some may say Buckingham Palace is akin to a gilded prison. It's not like the Queen and go shopping in the city, go on holiday, spend money or do any of the spontaneous things we commoners take for granted. Last time she tried to drive herself to a nearby village the police escorted quickly her back to Buckingham Palace! That's why so many respect her and like her in the UK and around the world. She is a very stabilizing figure in the UK and very wise according to past Prime Ministers and world leaders.
@chigimonky6 жыл бұрын
GICking "over almost"...😒
@lisanovak9136 жыл бұрын
GICking
@NoLeadsEnt6 жыл бұрын
its chosen to hide in the cloth of another nation. say Israel? who appointed this land, instead of allowing them to return home to German? like every other war-torn country and its people. research more, to find the answers. destabilization is in effect.
@hey_joe70696 жыл бұрын
Ah more conspiracy shit with no fucking proof. "had his wife killed" . Fucking parrots caw caw. BIGGEST Scumbags in the world are leftists like yourself.
@MasterArchfiend3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure she has some flaws, everyone does, but I don't know anyone personally that wouldn't abuse that level of power on a monthly basis so she has earned a great deal of my respect.
@bainzy96275 жыл бұрын
Imagine 50 years later we find out that the queen smoked weed
@docbrown79165 жыл бұрын
If it's royal weed than it's allowed.
@Bob-jm8kl5 жыл бұрын
She's likely to still be alive in 50 years.
@Jrgg19945 жыл бұрын
I thought about that too haha
@Limacy4 жыл бұрын
@@Bob-jm8kl I wouldn't be surprised if Her Majesty lives long enough to see this so called "anti-aging" technology come out and see her use it to make herself as she did when she was younger. Don't think it would fix the issues we will all develop eventually from the brain aging though.
@pandjiaryopoerwono37894 жыл бұрын
Should we call it Royal Weeding
@PatGilliland6 жыл бұрын
She's not just Commander in Chief of the forces of the UK, The Canadian Armed Forces oath goes: I, [name], do swear (or solemnly affirm) that I will well and truly serve Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her heirs and successors according to law, in the Canadian Forces until lawfully released, that I will resist Her Majesty's enemies and cause Her Majesty's peace to be kept and maintained and that I will, in all matters pertaining to my service, faithfully discharge my duty. So help me God. Australia and New Zealand are very similar.
@mish3756 жыл бұрын
Also our Canadian passports begin by saying that Her Majesty grants the bearer of the passport the ability to travel internationally.
@mistral556 жыл бұрын
One point our old Officers in the cadets always made was ULTIMATELY the oath is to the queen. So if we ever got a despotic manical tyrant in government (eg like Donald Trump), she always maintains ultimate control of the forces in extremis..
@hitzncritzmobilegaming99885 жыл бұрын
She isnt the queen of Canada
@mish3755 жыл бұрын
@@hitzncritzmobilegaming9988 She's Queen of the Commonwealth, she is the figurehead Queen of Canada.
@lostsaxon74785 жыл бұрын
@@mistral55 I was unaware that tyrants allow people to openly criticize and mock them and do not take all the guns. Funny thing, the people who claim he's a tyrant are more often than not the ones who want all the guns taken. Not a fan of him, but just because ORANGE MAN BAD in your eyes doesn't make it so. Should do a little more of the critical thinking.
@richardthomson63927 жыл бұрын
It should be noted that HRM has authority over all Commonwealth Armed Forces as well. In Canada at least we also swear allegiance to the Queen and all Her heirs and successors, and not to the country itself.
@JayJay-pb3jd7 жыл бұрын
Layth Alkhaer if you have a president you are doing the same for him. The queen is basically the same thing.
@acchaladka7 жыл бұрын
Layth Alkhaer Actually you've missed the point. We have our own constitution and flag and the Royals are actually ours directly as well. HM Elizabeth is the Queen of Canada and we essentially technically don't mind if she quits that island place over there and the whole family comes here. They do quite a decent job and the Parliamentary -Confederation system here works fairly well most of the time. If she got out of hand like Emperor Trump to our south, we'd likely quickly have a referendum and have a President to take the ceremonial role of our Monarch, i.e. a bit like the German / French system. It's the Commonwealth meanwhile and I like having the adults supervising our governments.
@Redzorbon7 жыл бұрын
HRM is "her royal majesty", right?
@michelbeauregard73267 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Williams Either way, that*s why we prefer a constitutional monarchy, where the Head of State is not involved in partisan politics.
@Sayntavian7 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Williams "Trump hasn't gotten out of hand yet, certainly less than Obama has" Jeez your first comment made you seem so competent for a second.
@cooljerk43623 жыл бұрын
I'm totally impressed with the move made by the British monarchy to establish a democracy while retaining these powers ...all the while remaining inconspicuous since then
@Chopper84722 жыл бұрын
Even if she doesn't exercise her powers it still makes her a dictator. The fact that she's above her government, law and people as well as punish anyone that she wanted to makes her a dictator on paper.
@obinnaosuagwu36852 жыл бұрын
Class art by the British in delicate polity stabilisation
@newnoise952 жыл бұрын
@@Chopper8472 That's what made her a Queen you mean. A monarch is above the law because the law is carried out in the Crowns name. A dictator is actually someone who seized control of a nation by force. An autarch is a leader with absolute authority. It's easy to confuse the terms but it's important to remember the distinctions.
@tyrannicpuppy4 жыл бұрын
It's truly amazing to see how representative of her people she is, and always seems to have been. Her desire to serve her country as a youth in the military. All that power she chooses not to use unless absolutely required. She really does seem to be holding to that quote from all those years ago of serving the people. If only more of the world's leaders were so cognizant of what their people want and need. It will truly be a sad day when she passes on from this world. Whoever occupies the throne after her death will have a massive set of shoes to fill.
@MrHAH-cd9ku3 жыл бұрын
Knowing politics, they might make their own shoes instead.
@healingrays37623 жыл бұрын
The monarchy should and will be abolished. They are corrupt, greedy, power-hungry, and ruthless Satan worshipers, who enriched themselves by human trafficking aka slave trade, insider trading, arms, and drug trade while impoverishing and bleeding the people of all races. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4CpnmmXbbGsqrc
@zyairjames67583 жыл бұрын
@@healingrays3762 bot
@comedici9609 Жыл бұрын
do you miss a billionaire Who ENSLAVED COUNTRIES , Killing people , kidnapped children and destroyed economies ??? You are a victim of TV propaganda ... ..
@sonicgauge16 жыл бұрын
So she's both capable and incapable of doing anything and everything at the same time...
@jasonbowman95216 жыл бұрын
Kind of like a modern pope.
@MsPinkwolf6 жыл бұрын
no she's perfectly capable. she just chooses not to.
@luciferangelica6 жыл бұрын
she can lay a turd so big even she can't throw it
@GhostNameless6 жыл бұрын
Everything is possible with quantum physics!
@kitsunekid166 жыл бұрын
@@GhostNameless theoretically
@eliegbert81215 жыл бұрын
She runs everything from the shadows
@apollonia66564 жыл бұрын
With the rest of the " Elite " !
@eliegbert81214 жыл бұрын
@@xBrabus76 Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and died
@leoncaslavsky49804 жыл бұрын
@John Saunders no need to be rude to her majesty
@leoncaslavsky49804 жыл бұрын
@John Saunders come now Mr Saunders there is no need to resort to such vulgarity. I view her majesty as a symbol of British culture and high society and there is no issue with having her there as a technical head of state.
@leoncaslavsky49804 жыл бұрын
@John Saunders please refrain from using inappropriate language if you are unable to maintain or for that matter even begin a civil discussion.
@JohnSmith-iv3lo3 жыл бұрын
I once advised the Queen (I'm not joking, she had a website where you could submit ideas) to ask teachers, on every second year, to read attendance lists in reverse alphabetical order instead of regular alphabetical order. The idea being that kids whose names end with W, X, Y or Z shouldn't always be thinking they are "last." But I never heard back and she never adopted this idea. So now I'm bringing this idea to a KZbin comment thread, where I probably won't even get one thumb's up vote. This is exactly the kind of thing that would help make the Queen very popular, so I'm surprised she never did this. Probably her advisers thought it was a joke. But I'm serious.
@comedici9609 Жыл бұрын
do you miss a billionaire Who ENSLAVED COUNTRIES , Killing people , kidnapped children and destroyed economies ??? You are a victim of TV propaganda ... ..
@skycloud4802 Жыл бұрын
What's the website?
@VadulTharys4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the time William got into a scuffle in school in the 1990s and told the kid, "One day I will be king, and I will have your head!" Well knowing this explains the outrage the press had over it. When he becomes king he really could have the man's head.
@axhof4 жыл бұрын
Is there any evidence for this statement? Or was it you, he was talking to? ))
@wwerules0004 жыл бұрын
I mean he could, if he wanted to but I don't think he will, chopping peoples heads of is extreme
@inspiringer64184 жыл бұрын
i'd actually sorta want to see that happen but at the same time no. it would be pretty interesting if that happened ngl...
@inspiringer64184 жыл бұрын
@John Saunders No. I never said that i thought he could. I just said that I thought it would be interesting for that to happen, it being the 21st century and all. Tf...
@c.norbertneumann49864 жыл бұрын
William could also let the man die in a car accident.
@Morn2moon6 жыл бұрын
No wonder she hasn't stepped down, who would have the strength and wisdom to replace her when she does... something I'm sure she considers very carefully everyday.
@anniesue44566 жыл бұрын
I think William and Kate are being groomed to rule after the queen and her son pass away William has the balls and smarts to rule
@basbarbeque67186 жыл бұрын
she actually can't step down at all.. she has to actually die before anyone else will become king/queen. and if he's still alive it will be Charles
@TheFunguy025 жыл бұрын
@@basbarbeque6718 No, she can abdicate, almost all monarchs can
@basbarbeque67185 жыл бұрын
@@TheFunguy02 she could, but it's incredibly unlikely that she will
@TheFunguy025 жыл бұрын
@@basbarbeque6718 I understand that, but you said that she couldn't. I was just correcting you that you could
@infultraterprototype7 жыл бұрын
she has the power to not die according to her great grand kids.
@davidwuhrer67047 жыл бұрын
The first wife of the current Prince of Wales was not meant to be a replacement for the Queen. However, she was more highly respected in public. That is why that concrete column got in her way.
@ExpectTheSpanishInquisition2 жыл бұрын
According to Kevin Cahill, in his book "Who Owns the Word", the Queen is the largest landowner in the world with 6.6 BILLION acres of land. The nearest landowner to her is the Russian state at 4.4 billion acres. She owns all of the UK, Canada, and other commonwealth countries. I always wondered why in Canada, naval vessels are called "HMCS and ship's name" standing for Her Majesty's Canadian ship. Our prosecutors in criminal courts are called the Crown. Our equivalent to the FBI is the RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police. If a lawyer practices for so many years with no blemishes on his record, he receives his Queen's Counsel (Q.C.) designation. Our Prime Ministers are sworn in pledging allegiance to the Queen and not to the Canadian Constitution. They also pledge to keep her secrets. She has a representative in each province (Lieutenant Governors) who report to the Governor General, who reports directly to the Queen. Her picture is above the blackboard in all classrooms. We still sing "God Save the Queen". The BRF often visit Canada. I guess they're coming to check on their property like any land owner would. So there is far more to the BRF than we are told and that meets the eye.
@knottheory792207 жыл бұрын
As an American, I always imagined the Queen walked around ordering Britons to do strange things to amuse her in the streets. "You, dance. You, spin in place as long as you can. You two, kiss. Yes. I am pleased."
@3lil0rd827 жыл бұрын
lmao
@Alucard-gt1zf7 жыл бұрын
knottheory79220 kind off what i Imagine trump doing tbh
@Chris-ve8xw7 жыл бұрын
She would probably get stabbed by a chav/road man or get spat on by a racist benefit claimer.
@Wanderer6287 жыл бұрын
Funny, thats what we imagine Trump is doing. Unlike the dignified Queen he actually seems like he would do it.
@Walker-tq3ei7 жыл бұрын
Wanderer628 I thought the queen is just a big act and trump O boy is the grim reaper
@aqueous50997 жыл бұрын
God, it's like when someone is hiding their power level in dragon ball.
You forgot her shape shifting ability inherited from her Skrull ancestors.
@lagseeing83416 жыл бұрын
too bad for her since kim jon un has the omnitrix.
@kimchislave53396 жыл бұрын
She obviously has the power cosmic
@whatthequestion.46006 жыл бұрын
No...no... and no. Unless, she has access to some Med-tech research we don't. Considering her current state of being, she has access to none of those things.
@darellgrant87536 жыл бұрын
Weaboo garbage hope ur joking?
@2luTube3 жыл бұрын
Her greatest power: She can stack up the totems of undying.
@chitrabandopadhyay33193 жыл бұрын
I think she got a lot of raid farms
@jamieashman14464 жыл бұрын
President of U.S.A: I'm the most powerful person on earth!. Queen of England: Hold my hand bag, My 67 year reign, My head of state in 17 countries oh and i own 1/6 of the planet!.
@SacerKtracho3 жыл бұрын
Actually he is.
@jamieashman14463 жыл бұрын
@@SacerKtracho not even close, she owns 1/6 of the earths surface. Head of state in many countries.
@JohnSmith-zw8vp3 жыл бұрын
*notices the UK's nuclear football inside her bag/purse* Oh sheet...
@theodorewoldenberg64173 жыл бұрын
@@jamieashman1446 true, but if the countries were to square off, the US would win. (this would probably cause a nuclear war and we would all be dead) The US is simply the most powerful economy and it has one important advantage and that is if the president uses his power, he won't be overthrown. The Queen on the other hand...
@jamieashman14463 жыл бұрын
@@theodorewoldenberg6417 it would be a draw, all nukes fired from everyone that has them = all dead. The president is controlled by many people. you seriously think they let Trump be in charge of (the rd button) nukes?. lol.
@aperson222227 жыл бұрын
She has first dibs on beached whales? What the fuck does she want with a beached whale?
@MisterMooo7 жыл бұрын
In the old days, they used to provide baleen for clothing and in case of sperm whales, ambegris for perfumes. Whale oil was used for oil lamps and lubrication.
@Alucard-gt1zf7 жыл бұрын
aperson22222 that's a lot of meat
@almahperditae7 жыл бұрын
Before oil had any use, whales where the oil. The most powerful and lucrative industry for millennia. They could use every part of a whale to a lot of stuff. Whales where so valuable, that we humans kill them to near the point of extinction. Read Moby Dick :P
@olliewilliams89257 жыл бұрын
aperson22222 maybe its a fetish
@LH1980XX7 жыл бұрын
Ambergris. It's worth 3 times as much as gold by weight. A kilo brick of gold is £25000 2-3 years ago a 500gram chunk of Ambergris washed up on a beach. It was sold for £80,000.
@seanguillermo5 жыл бұрын
Who's here after watching "the crown"?
@Ahavameanslove244 жыл бұрын
Lmao I just finished it a few days ago.
@zed46434 жыл бұрын
Such a fantastic show 👏🏻
@juice84314 жыл бұрын
watch cobra kai soooooooo much better
@nathanlewis56824 жыл бұрын
Started 2nd season.
@CollyDoo4 жыл бұрын
Love it!
@russelltaylor15003 жыл бұрын
It's reassuring that a stable sensible person has to sign off on laws really, especially with the government's we have had recently
@iby9147 жыл бұрын
For those who have limited time - She wields A LOT of power.
@deldia7 жыл бұрын
ibkillah or none as explained in the video
@ZOMGjamesy5 жыл бұрын
@@deldia She has the power, she just chooses not to use it - there is a difference lol.
@deldia5 жыл бұрын
James MacInnes Copeland no, she doesn’t. If she started to override democracy in a serious fashion then the UK would have a revolution and become a republic in about a week.
@facepunch51045 жыл бұрын
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how smooth this video is.
@Simon-iv5xz5 жыл бұрын
I love how the title makes her sound like a superhero or villan
@trulyproductive13 жыл бұрын
Of course, she is also the Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc. And most Canadians approve the monarch as our Head of State. She has been very careful to not interfere in the day-to-day operations of her parliaments throught the Commonwealth and I personally find it comforting that she COULD step in to some degree, albeit carefully, should a prime minister overstep his or her position.
@SKILM17 жыл бұрын
The "Queen of England!" Try the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia & New Zealand.
@Maxd75kai7 жыл бұрын
SKILM1 *AND* Jamaica, Barbados, The Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines , Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis
@jakobholm63437 жыл бұрын
To be even more pedantic your technically wrong as she is the the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Queen of Canada and Queen of Australia and Queen of New Zealand (all separate kingdoms within the commonwealth realm)
@melodyclark19447 жыл бұрын
You mean all separate kingdoms within the commonwealth realms. Multiple realms.
@blauphus27 жыл бұрын
as an american...i can say too that even though many here would be loathe to admit it, QEII is our 'queen' as well. after all, 'murica wouldn't exist without England and it's vile King (at the time). in no small way, we too are really just a colony of the mighty 'British Empire', and owe much of our successes and democratic ideals to the 'motherland' England. The majority of the founding fathers of this country were English or of english/european descent. Proof of our interconnectedness: anybody who was old enough to have 'witnessed' Princess Diana's death 20 years ago on television, I'm sure can remember exactly where they were, and who they were with. It was the whole world that mourned...in a sense...as there are really scant few places on earth that hadn't been touched (or colonised) by England (UK). For better or for worse. God Save the Queen!
@johnschwalb7 жыл бұрын
blauphus2 in America she has no power. we separated from the crown when we declared independence and fought the revolution. She is not our queen. No royalty shall rule over America.
@enceladusian35 жыл бұрын
The Queen's power to dissolve government extends to the rest of the Commonwealth as well. In fact, the Governor-General of Australia (the Queen's representative in Australia, and thus ranked above the prime minister) dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1975, and appointed the leader of the opposition to the prime ministership. The event is known as 'The Dismissal', and was the greatest constitutional crisis in Australian history.
@wolfgang154257 жыл бұрын
Wait I thought she was just a figure head with no power? So only reason why she doesn't have any because she chooses not to
@text-83647 жыл бұрын
wolfgang15425 and the fact that if she uses any power parliament will just come down hard on her.
@AliMohamed-yq4wn7 жыл бұрын
Manly Man Emperor Of Mankind it depends on which side the military is on
@TheOzumat7 жыл бұрын
She's not immune to violent revolution and dictatorship isn't looked upon kindly in the modern world. Sure, the reason she doesn't use her power is that she chooses not to, but there are reasons behind that choice too. As the old saying goes, no man rules alone.
@Tobberz7 жыл бұрын
Most of the powers here are what in the US are called executive powers, and here are called Prerogative powers. And they are exercised - some of them often, but by Her Government, not her. That is how the British constitution works - power shared between parliament and Her Majesty's Government, who are all accountable to parliament. We must also remember that in the UK, precedent is everything. Since no monarch has exercised prerogative powers without the advice of elected government in centuries, it is *unthinkable* that it would ever happen again.
@blazednlovinit7 жыл бұрын
Pretty much wolfgang.
@Foxhaven24823 жыл бұрын
She makes the trains run on time and provides the smiles on every child's face
@ObeyjusticeChiguta185 жыл бұрын
This video was made in 2017. If I recall very well, there is no Queen of England but Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
@ColdCorpChannelitty5 жыл бұрын
No one uses the official title anymore lmao.
@ernestrogen46395 жыл бұрын
Yes thank you Obey she was crowned Queen of the UK.
@AerowynTyr5 жыл бұрын
I feel as if Queen Of canada got forgotten.
@cmconley335 жыл бұрын
She is also “Defender of the Faith” as well, if I recall correctly. As much as it might annoy the Scots, Irish and Welsh, Queen Elizabeth *is* English (and German, Russian, maybe some Dutch too)-and “Queen of England” is much more poetic that “Queen of the United Kingdom.”
@georgemiller92124 жыл бұрын
@@cmconley33 nonsense! She has no English blood but she does have Scottish blood, she also spends more of her time in Scotland. Saying that, when she goes I'm sure the Scots will dump the royals along with England.
@macmasks7 жыл бұрын
Damn. And I thought she was basically just a figurehead. We don't learn about other governments in the US. We Barely learn about our own.
@jerobriggs68617 жыл бұрын
Which is why Donald Trump is president.
@usedtoilet82957 жыл бұрын
The only reason you barely learned about it is not because you didn't take AP about the subject. It is just because you didn't care.
@lewzer10197 жыл бұрын
As a brit it's like " no one cares who rules as long as you don't MAJORLY FUCK IT UP" basically
@anghinetti7 жыл бұрын
Don McClelland: And there was me thinking most of the citizens of the United States didn't realize there were other lands beyond the seas, let-alone other governments. One lives and one learns.....
@masterstepz98007 жыл бұрын
Don McClelland That's because the US don't want you to know too much. Almost any info that doesn't put America on a high pedestal isn't worth telling. Like the fact that you just left the Vietnam war, when in reality you actually lost.
@tadees20077 жыл бұрын
Interesting info. Thanks for putting this together.
@TheStobb503 жыл бұрын
Private ownership of land is something in the UK that is technically not possible because all land in the UK belongs to the crown but the crown allows people to manage this land that’s where the saying real estate comes from it used to be called Royal estate because you are managing the land on behalf of the crown
@antonsjostrom7 жыл бұрын
England is her city
@leofusion72107 жыл бұрын
Shit.
@dread16187 жыл бұрын
Anton Sjöström country*
@alfonsoquinones11667 жыл бұрын
Dope Man Hawaii is my continent
@joshsilver57147 жыл бұрын
Dope Man you dont get the joke...
@gameboyhotline37127 жыл бұрын
Anton Sjöström can we ask the queen to kill jake Paul ?
@cyberpunkmirai70114 жыл бұрын
No wonder Liz is so calm she can legally have a massive crop growing upstairs.
@davidkamen3 жыл бұрын
No, it's not upstairs, it's behind Balmoral.
@thescottishanimeguy99464 жыл бұрын
Today I found out: puts out "Queen of England" on the title British people: "You have fallen for one of the most classical blunders"
@IntrinsicPalomides2 жыл бұрын
RIP my Queen, you'll be sorely missed :( my love to all the family.
@StevenTorrey6 жыл бұрын
The Queen can't enter The City of London without asking permission of the Lord Mayor. Neither can she enter Parliament without first knocking and being granted permission to enter.
@kouldbanyone49836 жыл бұрын
That is correct. But most people don't know that the London Corporation (or whatever version of that they call themselves now days) even exists. Let alone that the Lord Mayor of London is not Sadiq Khan. That there are essentially two London's. With two mayors.
@mickd69426 жыл бұрын
Steven Torrey can she have the lord mayor of london executed for treason lets call him khan to avoid the other mayor being executed by mistake
@newstarcadefan6 жыл бұрын
Very true, and the Monarchy isn't even allowed in the Commons. The Black Rod has to go to the Commons on her behalf (before having the door slammed in his face, and he's forced to knock loudly).
@mickd69425 жыл бұрын
Lord Bob Backenforth ooh get you mr hardman .
@mickd69425 жыл бұрын
Lord Bob Backenforth ha as if
@gabxp30955 жыл бұрын
She delegates power to the gov’t, it’s still hers.
@Garry_Combine3 жыл бұрын
@@user-dk2ol7pq6r I always forget how swag the English "people" (Parliament are the closest to that, and as much as the people complain they seem to be fine with what Parliament do, so I class that as consent, just with some bitching and moaning) are. Monarchs are cool, but monarchs one a leash are even cooler!
@olajideparis7 жыл бұрын
The power to declare tea time.
@scream84486 жыл бұрын
4pm every day
@r_xyz0006 жыл бұрын
Lol I wish, I might get my dinner before 8 😂
@clairfayne5 жыл бұрын
It's always 4;00 _somewhere_
@TheOzarkExplorer2 жыл бұрын
I read up on this a few years back and when I recounted it to family and friends here in the U.S. they didn't believe it. I was flat out stunned by the power the Monarchy still holds. This video talks about "power" but what's also astonishing is how much wealth she possesses. For example, she basically owns most of Canada and a bunch of other smaller countries.
@bearcubdaycare2 жыл бұрын
That's what happens when your ancestors conquer a country and tell its inhabitants that all their land is now the conqueror's, and they're now serfs on what had just before been their land.
@Opscury7 жыл бұрын
i truly respect the 9:59 video length
@acrefray7 жыл бұрын
Something cool is that the Queen is not allowed to sit on the Iron Throne as a monarch is not allowed to sit on a throne of another nation. Another quirk of the letter of the law.
@acrefray7 жыл бұрын
Semantics, since all of those nations are part of the same empire, of which she is the head. Whether the throne is in England, or Australia, it is still the British Empire. The Iron Throne is the Westerosi Empire, and though fictional, is still technically classed by letter as another empire.
@dumpsockpuppet56197 жыл бұрын
acrefray well, i gyess she could declare war on westeros, anex them and then sit on the iron trone wthout stepping outside of her allowed powers
@WizardAngst7 жыл бұрын
Actually, she is independently the queen of each of the rest of the commonwealth states. That is why she is called 'The Queen of Many Titles" as she is the Queen of Britain AND the Queen of Australia AND the Queen of Canada. Not the Queen of Britain, Australia and Canada. What I'm trying to say is, its not one office, its many offices with many different countries. The British Empire consists of land owned by Britain such as the Falklands. The rest of the commonwealth are independent states who are not subservient to Britain. Also its not "another Empire" its because she is not appointed to that position within that realm. She wouldn't, for example, sit on the Norwegian throne. Not because "its a different empire" but because its not a title she holds. Also Queen Sonja looks like she can throw down. Anyway, all the other countries she's monarch of, aren't part of "The British Empire" because an empire has only one queen, not a queen of each part of it. Thats the point of an empire, they're not independent states. Ol' Lizzie can sit on the Australian throne (if we had one) or any other throne so long as she holds the office. Mostly it comes down to for us plebs sitting on any throne means squat, for her sitting on a throne means she owns that land because her butt actually matters. Sort of like hooking up with a stripper is fine when you're single but you don't do it when you're married cause you already got a place to be. Anway, tl;dr the british empire != the commonwealth.
@RaymondHng7 жыл бұрын
WizardAngst Harald V of Norway is her closest cousin of all the European monarchs.
@macbrns14387 жыл бұрын
she's not the queen of England but she is the Queen of the UK
@axem.83387 жыл бұрын
Now I get it. Queen is 007.
@mscott39186 жыл бұрын
Aakash M. No, she owns 007
@King_Flippy_Nips6 жыл бұрын
john dees was 007
@mjh54374 жыл бұрын
No,she is 001
@thecuillinn70543 жыл бұрын
I like so many others that joined the British armed forces took an oath to the Queen. "I do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Elizabeth II, her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God". This oath lasts a lifetime. The Queen has more power than you may realize.
@FaithfulservantofAllah7 жыл бұрын
Immortality
@carltonneckbrace40397 жыл бұрын
Sir Enders immorality
@schadenfreudebuddha7 жыл бұрын
immolate trees
@psfrl7 жыл бұрын
Immortal trees.
@grandexalt7777 жыл бұрын
Demformality.
@carltonneckbrace40397 жыл бұрын
Cats knees
@brianc40567 жыл бұрын
Why are half the comments Queen haters or professional historians lol what did she ever do to you.
@josephfox92217 жыл бұрын
Brian of America ironic really. I feel like Us US citizens have the highest opinion of a crown we violently revolted from
@coolkids647 жыл бұрын
Joseph we didn't subjects did , the US was created after they left
@arturocevallossoto52037 жыл бұрын
"""We"""". You weren't alive in 1774-1781, did you?
@barlimanbutterbur91037 жыл бұрын
Arturo Cevallos Soto I hate how the US say that their 'win' over the regulars was so glorious when if we hadn't been enduring the napoleonic wars at the same time as the revolution, American would be under our control still. So you can see that we kinda had priorities
@vector95867 жыл бұрын
But the Americans were the unwanted and farmers. Considering we had horrible leaders and supplies we defeated the most power and efficient fighting force in the world at the time so yes we did win
@chokerharden74737 жыл бұрын
Watching The Crown made me appreciate the Queen Of The United Kingdom
@tt-ew7rx3 жыл бұрын
The Queen's power is like that particular edge of the frame of Simon's glasses in this video. If you are not watching closely it is there, but if you try to look for it it disappears, then when you stop paying attention it seems to come back, etc.
@iwanttoclosethis7 жыл бұрын
It makes me laugh when people thinks she has no power.
@johnwalsh36357 жыл бұрын
Anyone All her power is exercised by the governnent. She only has rights, duties and responsibilities.
@ZOMGjamesy5 жыл бұрын
@@johnwalsh3635 It may be exercised by the government, but the absolute power still remains with the monarch as they have the ability to take back the ability for parliament and government to exercise such powers. Think of it as if the powers have been 'licensed' to parliament and government, but at any time the monarch can cancel that agreement - that is royal prerogative.
@healingrays37622 жыл бұрын
She wants people to believe that she has no power, it is easier to control and manipulate people if they don't know that they are controlled.
@CarrotSuprise7 жыл бұрын
Thoughts on King Charles III, gonna be weird having 'God save the king' back?
@Aidankiwi7 жыл бұрын
Unlikely to be a King Charles the Third. Charles has already gone on record as saying he will adopt the regnal name George the Seventh in tribute to his grandfather George VI (whose real name was Albert).
@bullhead6067 жыл бұрын
Oi
@CarrotSuprise7 жыл бұрын
Oi
@bullhead6067 жыл бұрын
CarrotSuprise Oi
@CarrotSuprise7 жыл бұрын
Oi m8.
@SIÞLord9327 жыл бұрын
Do the emperor of japan next
@cenci49137 жыл бұрын
Literally nothing
@michaelheliotis52797 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the Constitution of Japan is quite clear and specific about the fact that the emperor has absolutely no power whatsoever. Funnily, though, he performs a great many functions for and related to the Japanese government that The Queen does with the British government, but whereas she performs them as an exercise of Royal Prerogative, the emperor is legally obliged to do so by the Japanese constitution.
@jakjak97977 жыл бұрын
Oooo yes
@Metroyeti177 жыл бұрын
HIRE A SAMURAI
@joea.99697 жыл бұрын
Metroyeti17 Correction:Rich important people hired samurai.Poor people who could not afford to hire samurai did not hire samurai
@baref19593 жыл бұрын
hope your arm is well and heals quickly
@FraternityOfShadows6 жыл бұрын
I believe she is THE SENATE. So obviously she can use some force powers quite proficiently, and her lightsaber skills are almost on par with Mace Windu.
@sussus32885 жыл бұрын
We all know the Empire in Star Wars actually refers to the British Empire.
@nukclear27415 жыл бұрын
NOT YET!!!!!!
@mrjfward7 жыл бұрын
You fail to mention many of the checks on the Monarchs power, yes revolution would be an option, but we already did that and beheaded King Charles. One of the most important checks on the Monarchs power being that of tax raising, the Monarch cannot raise tax without the consent of parliament and it's difficult to wage war if you cannot finance it.
@say21354 жыл бұрын
The queen of England: * is extremely careful of everything she does and says in order not to cause any displease or scandal, or even an ounce of skepticism * Meanwhile, the former king of Spain...
@StewartEvans523 жыл бұрын
Shame her offspring dont seem to have her sense of duty