Why Queen Victoria's Grandson Was A Nazi Sympathiser | Hitler's Favourite Royal

Prince Charles Edward was Queen Victoria’s favourite grandson. In 1900, the sixteen-year-old Prince was the only viable British contender for the hugely wealthy Dukedom of Saxe Coburg and Gotha in Germany. Ordered to go by Queen Victoria, he took the title and was transformed from a British Prince into a German Duke - Herzog Carl Eduard. The course of his life was altered in ways neither he nor Queen Victoria could have ever imagined.
At the outbreak of the First World War, Prince Charles Edward had no option but to fight for Germany against the country of his birth. When the War ended, he was stripped of his British titles, and an Act of Parliament branded him a Traitor Peer. Disillusioned and depressed, Charles Edward became an enthusiastic supporter of Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist Workers’ Party, and unwittingly helped him in his rise to power. Appointing him President of the Anglo German Fellowship, Hitler offered Charles Edward a way to return to Britain with his head held high.
Charles Edward was also President of the German Red Cross, and it was this that would ultimately embroil him in the darkest aspects of the Nazi regime, implicating him in the T4 Euthanasia Programme. At the end of the Second World War, he was arrested by the Americans, held in a series of harsh internment camps and forced to undergo a humiliating trial where, despite his claims he had no knowledge of the crimes of the regime, he was adjudged to have been an important Nazi and was almost bankrupted by heavy fines. He died in poverty and obscurity in Germany in 1954. His sister Princess Alice, who had stayed in England, became one of the most popular members of the Royal Family and a favourite aunt of Queen Elizabeth II. She was the living embodiment of the life her brother could have had, if it had not been for Queen Victoria’s fateful decision fifty years earlier. Documentary first broadcast in 2007.
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How do I enroll in Time-line?

[@susanmenegus5543]

💂

[@benz500r]

That's how events beyond control of a young man changed his life. Beautiful and at the same time a tragic story.

[@SUNFlower-tt9zv]

Victoria married her daughters into the royal family of other countries she thought it would spread their Royal roots, but little did she knows it would prove disastrous to the family and her Grand children's...

[@MsSkipperkim]

Why was Victoria's other Grandson sent? You sacrifice the one with no father?

[@1936Studebaker]

This story gives the true meaning to the saying "your damned if you do and your damned if you don't" a man who's identity was truly erased.

[@sarapatricius8473]

2T2 Studebaker ... Well said!

[@newnana9070]

Amen🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Yes, illustrates the absurdities of religion-backed-royalty and how it ruins people... who could have turned out good...

[@MS-in3sl]

@buzzlol: and the jewbolsheviki knocked off and replaced european-religion-backed royalty with....themselves! first as tragedy, then as farce.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

@@MS-in3sl - All countries will eventually end up like the USA... just takes some longer...

[@anatolib.suvarov6621]

Forced by his grandmother to accept a posting, and title he did not want. And for his loyalty to his grandmother's wishes, he lost absolutely everything! The irony is astounding.

[@danhutson3460]

It just goes to show how someone staying in power for far too long is detrimental to the entire country, as we are finding out now in the United States of America. Too many in Congress have been in office for so long, they consider themselves as all powerful & above the law, they lecture everyone about; What is good for me, is not for thee.

[@bbe3034]

@@danhutson3460 yes, we definitely need term limits in Congress!

[@randykirkland3927]

Being American and not educated at all in the complexities of the RF, these are not only a treat to watch but an education as well !

[@brookelynnkeele6841]

💯💯

[@zachbell8252]

Yes 100%! I served in the Army for 6 years , few tours . After being in the UK and other places in Europe and around the world, I realized just how little I knew about England and the UK other then what we’ve been told. Love the channel

[@wandacornellcornell1814]

Yes a education for sure, IVE discovered that the Royal Family are a bunch of embreedes THERE TREE doesnt FORK QUITE like as it should . QUEEN Elizabeth and PRINCE PHILIP HAD THE SAME. GRANDMOTHER THEY WERE COUSINS, PRINCE PHILIPS FATHER MARRIED HIS NIECE WHO WOULD BE PRINCE PHILIPS MOTHER, AND THE FARTHER YOU TRACE THIER LINEAGE YOU DISCOVER THIER WAS ALOT OF EMBREEDING.

[@drewdurnilappreciationday1680]

I think it's an American thing I have talked to my cousin from America he knows a little about Europe and nothing about asia here in my country we are taught European American Asian and some African history

[@RentAsunder0]

@@zachbell8252 o.

[@lucisferre6361]

At the 57 seconds time point, one sees a young Elizabeth II, so long ago. It's quite remarkable, especially when considering that she passed away this week in 2022, at the age of 96, after a record setting 70 years on the throne.

[@edwardcricchio6106]

Royal family was German as far back as George I. Just changing the family name to Windsor doesn't hide the fact that they were Germans.

[@maku8075]

Anglo-Saxon shouldn't complain about the royal family being from German 😂😂

[@edwardcricchio6106]

@@maku8075 I complain about their anti-Catholic bias.

[@gigicochiante1305]

But Charles Edward is from England so technically his children are mixed with Germann blood but not full

[@iluop3623]

Germs to the max

[@camillechang7120]

He was forced to

[@henrikpersson1962]

Even if he is the maternal grandfather of the king of Sweden more or less no one in this country knows anything about him. I find that quite strange.

[@williambeck2202]

Years ago there was a momentary outcry when a European princess married a former SS man , but as people realized that he’d only been 17 and he was drafted right at the end of the war it soon blew over

[@annebremer8011]

@@williambeck2202Princess Michael of Kent

[@jonathanlee4511]

@@williambeck2202 Princess Beatrix’s late husband I believe.

[@malcolml309]

Actually, he wasn't a first cousin of Nicholas II; he was, however, a first cousin of Alexandra.

[@trentpatrick9326]

That was bothering me as well. Many People also do not realize Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip are cousins. Both Great Great grand children of Queen Victoria. Thanks for your comment. It helps to educate people interested in this topic.

[@pauldaignault4506]

Trent Patrick they are also descended from King Christian IX of Denmark. Phillips grandfather George I of Greece and Elizabeth’s Great grandmother Queen Alexandra were brother and sister.

[@richardkrasicki6086]

@@trentpatrick9326 on paper yes , by real blood no. Not related!

[@gerrythegr8]

There all related!

[@veljkobogdanovic609]

@@richardkrasicki6086 how you mean that on Papier? They are 3rd cousin's by desend of Queen Victoria and they we're also 2nd cousin's once removed by desend of King Christian IX

[@carrielopez1728]

I absolutely am addicted to these documentaries.

[@user-dv8ge8hf1o]

I don't know about you but I'm from the US Texas actually but I absolutely love these documentaries. I guess I'm a bit of an Anglophile. I don't drink tea at 5pm but I do love the BBC!

[@mikebraun7646]

Carrie Lopez me too

[@conniecook8095]

Carrie Lopez You could have chosen a worse addiction.

[@Army4life82]

I love watching them too

[@haleyllamas4061]

You are awesome

[@zzulm]

He leaving for Germany and no one looking up for his interests was heartbreaking. How manipulative of the royal family.

[@janeholmes3706]

Queen Victoria was a manipulative old soul

[@karendalsadik7119]

@@janeholmes3706 yes the opium wars is another human rights violation.

[@joycelynbrandon755]

The royal family's role was to achieve and acquire wealth and power.

[@mrbatman4robin]

@@janeholmes3706 Monarchs have a tendency to be so. A reason to favour a republic.

[@janeholmes3706]

@@mrbatman4robin so do heads of state

[@Rhyas9]

One might say, Charles Edward was...royally screwed by his grandmother...

[@iowasenator]

So to speak. (Its nice to know that I'm not the only one who enjoys a good pun!)

[@justinkassel4000]

His father probably literally screwed his grandmother, or at least someone in the blood line. This was common back then, as they wanted to keep the bloodlines “pure”. It would explain the hemophilia. Gross.

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

I have nothing to add to that. Concluded in a fine nutshell, dear sir.

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

justin Kassel oh lord. Go back to school

[@canuck21]

@justin Kassel That is one stupid post.

[@fortysomethingbadgirls2173]

"A life assured and unchanging. .." All he wanted was a normal childhood. A tragedy indeed.

[@davidswift7776]

He lost all sympathy when he ignored Hitler’s atrocities. Nevertheless, amazing insight of Royal Europe… simply astonishing. Thank for a great KZbin post👍

[@darkshark1997]

I am from Coburg and the history of my town is amazing!

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

F

[@dylangarcia3898]

What do the people of Coburg think of their old ducal family

[@iowasenator]

This strikes me as incredibly sad. If not for the actions of others, he possibly would have had a life as rich and fulfilling as that of his sister. In fact, his grandmother, Queen Victoria, can claim credit for his life of misery. The nasty hand of fate really hammered this poor gentle man down. For those who wish to criticize him; how else was he supposed to respond to a series of impossible circumstances?

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Had he been allowed to stay in England, he would've never been in Germany to become involved with the Nazis in the first place. Queen Victoria caused all of it.

[@faithcastillo9597]

How about by having the moral courage to not kill the disabled and mentally ill, both adults and children. That would've been a good start. He made a conscious choice to disbelieve reports of this happening.

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

AMEN to iowasenator

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

@@faithcastillo9597 no he did not

[@clovisra]

@@faithcastillo9597 He was left without options.

[@LunasofficialMum]

Princess Alice had such a lively nature. Loved her smile.

[@tamaeynon5817]

i have found my self watching these before bed each night well done i have learnt alot on topics places and people i never thought i be interested in

[@conniecook8095]

Tama Eynon I congratulate you for your pursuit of knowledge. If more people were curious enough to investigate, it would be a better world. : )

[@icemule]

I've been doing that myself for years, great way to learn.

[@ultimatewarrior7897]

Tama Eynon same here..

[@leahvogelsimpson]

Same here. For the last couple years now. Very interesting.

[@saltychips4866]

Tama Eynon Maybe if you read more, you would learn that 'alot' is not an actual word.

[@od1452]

His story is humbling. It's easy to say what one should do when you are not in that persons shoes.

[@lisamcandrews8594]

Thank you for putting this online everything we know about history is wrong and I’m so glad we have documentaries like this

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Most isn't wrong... but we've been lied to a lot...

[@williambeck2202]

Napoleon said History is a set of lies agreed on by the victors

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

William Beck and also whined about by the losers, sure

[@ednaumaguing7610]

It is OK to obey but we still have a choice to obey and do the right choices still

[@daya820]

Fascinating. I never heard before about this prince.

[@Pilgerfahrer]

So do I. Suprisingly because I have been born as a German by German parents = I hate since ever Waving Flags, rallying with burning torches - and military music. Refused service in Bundeswehr - and always trying to be aware of objectivity in historical behalfs. This fate of a prince of Sachsen- Coburg remembers me also of the fate of men in Elsaß-Lothringen, who were so deeply linked with France and nearly similarly to Germany. Sitting between two chairs....Eventually we are all members of one single family: The European one.(moreover the one and only struggeling for survival family of the entire world! ) And in my experience the most complicated task is to find a way of living peacefully together in one's own family ...

[@dolphfren]

Charles Edward's entire life seems to have been a case of wrong place at the wrong time

[@bubbyeater]

John McClane before John McClane

[@Melissa-qm2uz]

You mean he accidentally watched over the killing of the mentally declined and unwell?????????????? Grow up and don’t by inte this propaganda that his descendants are trying to push!!!

[@johnathanlamey8777]

His power hungry grandmother COST him even his own son in the war on the Eastern Front. Tragedy at its worst. Omg

[@Melissa-qm2uz]

@@johnathanlamey8777 Victoria died in 1901.

[@ltd196]

Fascinating! I’ve never heard this story. I’m heartbroken for him and his family. He didn’t ask to go to Germany. How cruel to be sent and disowned. 😢

[@nestorperez6867]

How cruel to be part of one of the worst hate crimes in the history of humanity. He made his decisions and he was perfectly aware of what was happening. He is not victim.

[@laurahoward5426]

He was just stuck in a nutcracker....could have been the Duke of Albany and safe and well off...they are just pawns

[@mmfmmf332]

Fascinating documentary! Charles Edwards had an incredible life story. I don’t think I could hold him responsible for all of his actions. He didn’t want to go-he was ordered! He was too young to appreciate what he was getting into. Great story.

[@mrmonkeybuns]

What helps me put things in prospective , when i think of little Jewish children and families and what they went thru is i , take jewish child ( insert my own children) so i can put a face to it, then i judge. No sympathy

[@mrmonkeybuns]

I would die for a strangers 5 year old let alone my own

[@Locomotion-uz4ly]

That's the point. He wasn't getting himself into. He was gotten into. It wasn't his grandmother, that has asked him to assume the title of Duke of Coburg. It was his monarch ordering him. The monarch, to which he was taught from early childhood he owes total loyalty and obedience to. His cousins, who have declined the Dukedom of Coburg, were able to do so with the argument that they were high in the line of succession to the British throne. That was not the case for him. The moment he was ordered to assume the title, was the end of the line for his life in Great Britain. I am sure he understood it even at the age of 14, but even if he did not, his mother did. Has he refused to take the title, he would have been ostracised by the royal family. He was helpless to avert this, just the same way that he was helpless to avert his participation in the war against his homeland, when he owed just as much obedience to his new sovereign, as he did to his previous one.

[@littlegui4823]

@@Locomotion-uz4ly OMGOSH! I know that this is history, but it still hurts, I am so sad for this child, and the young man that he was forced to become. You describe this situation with such elegance, and dignity; thank you so much for this! I am glad that in some ways things are a little different now.

[@fralencemelograno]

@@littlegui4823 you know, I watched this for a second time and I cried for a second time. What a strange and sad destiny he had.

[@morskojvolk]

Good grief, how depressing. My own family was divided by the war. Afterward, fortunately, ties were mended. In spite of possible tacit complicity in atrocities, I feel compassion, or, at least pity, for Charles Edward.

[@zararoyce319]

morskojvolk do you know why he simply was an allowed to return to England at the point of the revolution? Because even other royal families such as the royal family from Greece was able to seek refuge with the British royal family at the time of revolution I don’t really understand why he was not simply able to return to England at that point at least

[@marcosffontes]

The best option : The dirt pig hand over for NKVD. Period

[@minanoor4949]

This is so sad. Queen Victoria was such a selfish greedy soul. How could she do this to her own grandson. Unbelievable

[@brasschick4214]

Agreed. She caused so much trauma to her family and others. I do not class her as a great monarch. Long-lived but not great.

[@sarahjeannepeterson5536]

@@brasschick4214 I totally agree. The more I have learned about her in the past couple of weeks the lower my opinion of her sinks. The things she said and wrote in her diaries about her own children, grandchildren are troubling, at best. Most of them seem not to be treated very well by her.

[@kanyaugatiejagwo]

What a useless family. How do you abandon your own child, make him do what he doesn't want then take everything away from him and watch him die a lost soul. That is evil!

[@janeholmes3706]

That's Queen Victoria.

[@jwesthoff1021]

It seems wrong for him to be stripped of all titles after World War I, since he was just doing what Queen Victoria ordered him to do. What a shameful act.

[@joycelynbrandon755]

This is ignorance.

[@joycelynbrandon755]

The royal family was unable to distance itself from its German roots as the Germans embraced its militaristic urges.

[@bohemoth1]

We are speaking of ROYAL REPTILES!

[@diankreczmer6595]

Blame queen Victoria for sending this prince to Germany and ruining his life just to keep control of a small German town

[@shenghan9385]

It's not the small town in Germany that was important to the then English Royal family. That dukedom was their origin.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

It's what royalty did... another reason we hate the royalty system...

[@chrismc410]

Why did she even do it? She already had a grandson who ruled all of Germany then, namely Kaiser Willhelm II

[@snookums01]

This is the outcome of following tradition and obeying your queen. Indeed, he was the first who could claim, quite correctly, that he was "only following orders".

[@AnnaRox1]

Hi, okay I (kinda) get the thing about following traditions ish. But you always have an choice and then know there will become consequences of your own choices!

[@jamiecronin967]

He chose to follow a dangerous political group in response to the loss of his titles and land. He could have had an awakening at that point but chose the wrong path instead.

[@jacquelinefinnerty6141]

He was not cousins with Tsar Nicholas. Most documentaries I watch get that wrong. George V and Tsar Nicholas II were cousins through their mothers, and Victoria’s granddaughter was the Tsar’s wife, Alexandra... but quiet a number of documentaries make the mistake of linking them all together as cousins, which is annoying considering you hope a documentary would be accurate

[@zzzbbbooo]

Many royal documentaries and books get things wrong. Poor research and quoting others who have been wrong before them are the main culprits.

[@julesmum9781]

How would 2 of Queen Victoria's grandchildren not be 1st cousins?

[@lindsey7951]

​@@julesmum9781Nicholas II was not queen Victoria's Grandchild

[@ladyink77]

Thank you for sharing!! Learning more about the ALL history will hopefully avoid us from repeating.

[@lynneeify]

Insane sympathy, for the man at the helm of over 100,000 children being murdered.

[@AngelGonzalez-pd4cn]

His own grandmother who was supposed to take care of him screwed up that man's life.

[@wiemers6909]

you really have to feel sorry for him, everything was forced on him all thanks to trying to honor his family by listening to his grandmother and all he wanted to do was stay in England.

[@daniel_sc1024]

Up to a point. But he willingly jumped on Hitler's bandwagon, so I can't feel sorry for what happens to him as a result. He fared a lot better than some of his fellow Germans.

[@randallmooreao9950]

In the context of the massive suffering at the time - - no, one does not HAVE to feel sorry for him. In fact, his "suffering" is irrelevant

[@camillaknudsen2103]

Which happened to most princesses in history.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Most of us have had unfortunate circumstances forced into our lives...

[@michaelmallal9101]

I would have thought Duke of Windsor might be Hitler's favourite. Wallis is sometimes rumoured to have been a lover of Ribbentrop. No wonder Ribbentrop was silenced by a rope as he witnessed all the goings on of the Mayfair socialites.

[@toughtittypdiddy4634]

This video has been in my recommendations for weeks now and I've avoided it because I thought it was going to be about Edward. I was surprised to see not only that it wasn't, but that it was also about a royal I had never even heard of.

[@tomfisher9089]

All syphilitic morons.

[@angelagendreau3586]

@@toughtittypdiddy4634 Me too.

[@upperleftcoastchelseafan7718]

@@toughtittypdiddy4634Exactly what I figured as well. I had no idea about Edward's dealings with the Nazi's until I saw that one episode of The Crown that dealt with it. Not sure how much of it was correct but it still brought the subject to light and I was able to look up the Marburg files.

[@easternyankee2096]

The British Royals are responsible for what became of this 14 year old boy !

[@touraneindanke]

Eastern Yankee ,They are responsible for more horror!

[@zararoyce319]

Eastern Yankee what I don’t really understand is why he wasn’t able to simply flee back to London when the revolution took place, because that’s what happened even width of the royal family such as the Royale Family from Greece, the Greek royal family fled to Europe or I should say England and was given refuge by the British royal family and that is how several of them intermarried in fact so I don’t understand why he wasn’t just able to leave Germany at the point of the revolution and simply go back to England because that

[@easternyankee2096]

@@zararoyce319 It is difficult to say , but he was only 14 years old ! Who was looking after this boy , and what was there agenda ?

[@spreadeagled5654]

Wow! I didn’t know about this! Interesting! Thank you for uploading and sharing! 👍👏

[@aquajuwel7098]

Sad story. Great documentary! By the way, in his older days he looks so much like his sister,so sad how a decision he at first did not make made everything crumble.

[@e.vasquez9946]

It's a damn shame what the royals did to him. Duty and honor is all he was thought... May be rest in peace.

[@nandinibagai7636]

It's a damn shame wht he did to the Jews

[@pj61114]

This was well done. What a victim of circumstance. A piece of history I never knew. I am so glad to not be born a Royal.

[@rubenguizar9198]

Here here

[@nestorperez6867]

He was no victim at all.

[@slidenapps]

I'm not quite sure what that has to do with being Royal. Many families try to tell their children grandchildren Etc what to do and how they should do it. And besides yes sad for a younger boy to have to go off like that to a strange country and yet what you do when you're an adult you cannot blame on your past you are responsible for what you do yourself. This victimhood that is so prevalent today is nauseating. People need to take responsibility for the things they do.

[@johnallen2771]

I do feel sorry for the guy, since he was forced to become a German baron at such a young age. But he had many opportunities to change what he was doing but kept at it. Many people have grown up under worst conditions and they changed themselves. It's amazing how easily the German people were led down the path to the Holocaust. Seemingly decent people were all of a sudden condoning euthanasia and mass killings. It was peer pressure which kept the Germans going. They knew what they were doing was wrong but they convinced themselves that it was the way to go.

[@phyllisjefferies3093]

Look around America, citizens have their heads in the ground if they don't see the psychology of the German people.

[@kelrogers8480]

It's happening again, right before our eyes. Mass hypnosis, or a psychosis? It's terrifying how easy it is to manipulate masses of people.

[@ericwortman3180]

I think he was given no choice but to do as he was bidden in all cases put to him. It's a tragic story of impossible circumstances. I feel very sorry for him. I think Queen Victoria is primarily to blame. Her single mindedness sometimes seemed like blindness to the consequences of her choices.

[@tgbluewolf]

And sadly, even with WWII to teach us the dangers of peer pressure, we still succumb to it.

[@funnycat1957]

Under war conditions or famine, many would do similar things: better to do everything to avoid war.

[@Zhonguoria]

I was in the same situation. When you are a 14 year old boy, you want to stay home with your family. But you also love your parents, and will do anything to please them. When you are told to uphold the family name, you do as you are told. When the royal heir in the homeland died, Grandma wanted grandson to go back to the homeland and marry a girl there. But this narrator was wrong at 17:02 to blame WWI on the Kaiser's AGGRESSION. Like Charles Edward, the Kaiser was caught up in politics, and he also did his duty. The cause of WWI was not the aggression of the Kaiser or even the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand - that was just the flashpoint. The root cause was embroiled in the Balkans, where the people sought a trade route to the Mediterranean Sea. It was about economic survival, which turned political.

[@annettehadley9718]

I think its sad really, what a lot of people on here that post comments tend to forget... hindsight is 20/20.

[@SenorTucano]

I’m as British as Queen Victoria! You mean your father’s German, you’re half German & you married a German - Captain Edmund Blackadder

[@thomasbaye4805]

this is what I miss in our county .we are tearing down burning throwing away our history . teach it " show it " we need to know this stuff . I love all of these history documentaries. I have to look at where I came from . put all of them together to make me .amazing

[@williamdonnelly6701]

Such a fascination story. When will a movie be made of Charles Edwards life.

[@HooptieWagon]

What did you just watch?

[@davidroberts5577]

Most enjoyable and informative, thank you for sharing this with all of us.

[@edwardstevens1438]

This is something that was well hidden by the British.

[@Angbwillinspireu]

Excellent documentary!

[@clarkewi]

This is a truly amazing story.

[@dianablackman4528]

The British Royal Family eats its own to survive.

[@joller805]

As heartbreaking as this story is ,it certainly does show the inner working of the German rooted then suddenly ALL British Royal Family. What a bunch.

[@Gambantein]

Very sad story. Shame on the English royal family for erasing this story when they were in part responsible.

[@billscott2457]

Wow what a story. Prince and the Pauper. Rich man poor man.

[@haroldofcardboard]

stunning. thank you for uploading.

[@spike8002]

Sometimes in life the worst decisions are made for us despite our feelings about them. Very sad story.

[@shendaraalshedir1933]

What a very sad sad story all round.😟 But an extremely interesting video, thank you for this great upload Timeline!!👍🇨🇦☘️⚜️

[@chevtruck1000]

To treat your own blood in such shameful fashion speaks volumes about the depravity of the "royal" line. Truly disgusting.

[@thomasbaye4805]

nothing is for the ONE it's for the whole . you are expected to give it up , shut up , do your duty.

[@sifridbassoon]

Wow! I had never heard of him or his life. Such a sad and tragic life.

[@moonspots01]

His grandson is the current King of Sweden.

[@sallyroddy6566]

really grateful for these interesting snippets of history that are mostly unknown.

[@helmutrosendal]

i feel bad for him yet i can't support his actions but who knows what we ourselvs would've done in that time of life. depressing.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

This is what happens when your grandmother thinks she's God.

[@GabyPivet]

@aqua snek No one could support that, but you can’t judge someone for doing what he must to save his family and not have them murdered at the hands of the Nazis’s if he refused.

[@renataostertag6051]

So sad - the poor, young prince! Pushed around like a figure on a chess-board !

[@renataostertag6051]

@Preston Hanson True, but it is sad anyway !

[@Yarona1]

Yes it's so sad that he was complicit in the real innocent lives that were murdered, tortured, experimented on,..... yeah so sad for him that his family has generations to follow him and I have no antecedents because my father's family was MURDERED!! My father and his sister were forced out of their home separated from their parents and only through the grace of a few people who helped them Escape were they able to escape death. But sure it's so sad for this poor Prince....

[@zararoyce319]

Renata Ostertag yep

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

@@Yarona1 how did you know that knew exactly what was going on.....if conclusion jumping were an Olympic sport you would win a gold medal dearie.

[@SUNFlower-tt9zv]

As the story of Charles Edward advanced it took ugly turn Min by Min, so sad he was deprived of his own maternal home, his country.

[@warnerhayward2933]

his family literally forced him to do something he didn’t want to do in a place he didn’t want to be in. then he tries his best to make something good out of a bad situation, and then things out of his control forces not only his people, but his family to turn against him. how could they do this to him.

[@leechgully]

I cannot believe the utter gall of the royal toady near the start who suggests that Charles Edward's mother effectively brought him up 'on her own'. Oh please , give me a break.

[@Exodus26.13Pi]

His mother was faithful to her children and country. Inner city moms should look to her example.

[@stevendaniel8126]

What a tragedy!!! Poor man. Just so heartbreaking...........

[@nestorperez6867]

Poor man? Really? Lol.

[@balasubramanian9096]

Queen took "I'm about to change this man's whole career" to the next level

[@brendaproffitt1011]

Totally incredible documentary film...royal British..and Nazis and interesting to hear and to see..and thank you so much for your videos..

[@mgtowp.l.7756]

A Excellent Video. Highly Recommended..

[@Majickcharm]

One would think that a Duke presumably an intelligent educated man would have known exactly what the Nazis would have been up too.

[@LB-gz3ke]

He knew. During his trial, his wife acknowledged that things were reported to him. And he certainly would have known about the Jews and synagogue in Coburg being wiped out.

[@brasschick4214]

Presumably intelligent, but not actually so.

[@kavaldzhia]

Very informative and fair documentary ! Thank you !

[@bailando74]

Fair? I didn't hear much condemnation of the pathetic, destructive and dysfunctional royal family!

[@kavaldzhia]

@@bailando74 ...oh, that ... not a fan of the royals ?

[@Trayleen]

fair? lol

[@maghukarta9737]

Pure Greek Tragedy..........................................................

[@jonyface5213]

Pure leftest BBC propaganda

[@Revoluxhumanista19]

jony face wtf??

[@dianablackman4528]

The real tragedy is the rewriting of history. If you want to see real Greek Tragedy I recommend watching Europa: The Last Battle It's in 10 parts but well worth the time.

[@cameronhowe1110]

Diana Blackman wow imagine being that stupid

[@renapoole7742]

Thank you person for sharing this!!

[@benkobenkovic8774]

Charles Edward was a German by blood and stayed German despite everything. For that he deserves respect. Other family members got better positions and money in England and for that forgot their nationality.

[@frankus54]

Could make a good movie or miniseries but it will never happen

[@BuzzLOLOL]

It's already this 48 minute 'movie'...

[@iam1ina1000000]

I agree, in fact I kept thinking that the young photos of the prince looked like the Canadian movie star Ryan Gosling.

[@bailando74]

@BuzzLOLOL Not the same thing.

[@vixtex]

Propose this to HBO.

[@w.herschelljamisonii9127]

Often our paths are chosen for us, there are dreams that cannot be and storms we cannot weather. Families as Shakespeare showed us can be two sided swords.

[@sarapatricius8473]

W.H. Jamison II ... You make a very good point!

[@garylefevers]

Well said. ✌

[@BuzzLOLOL]

We can only fight to remove as much evil from our generation as possible... always aiming for the better civilization for those who follow us...

[@kathleenanderson5769]

I could not have said it any better…….

[@GoodVideos4]

I was just looking up Coburg on Google, and then Wikipedia. It was in Thuringia, a state of Germany, next to Bavaria. It only became part of Bavaria in 1920. It was lucky it did, as it would have otherwise been part of the former East Germany, after WW2.

[@lomakevin]

poor chap, he was victim of family loyalty

[@vicaravitakka8332]

This "poor chap" chose to support an evil regime.

[@vicaravitakka8332]

@Brainstormvideos, I'm just another KZbin viewer, like you, and I'm pointing to the fact of his choice.

[@natachayensuang6738]

But we also have to accept the fact that he didn’t have much to choose, all he really wanted is to find his way back home.

[@roundduck7005]

@@vicaravitakka8332 Evil is but a title placed by the victors

[@TheKeithvidz]

You lady are denser than lead @@vicaravitakka8332

[@dregtamas9040]

its really unbelievable how the children of some rich family's are raised the are robbed of natural human emotion and more like robots

[@saltychips4866]

Dreg Tamas *Families*

[@BuzzLOLOL]

The evil of religion-backed-royalty... you're told who to hate/murder...

[@tongsllc]

Money is nothing if you have no soul.

[@f2detaboada]

It's duty to the people you rule, you must do what's best for them. But unfortunately people like Wilhelm II, corrupted by ambition, ruin this.

[@phyllisjefferies3093]

@@f2detaboada Take a look at DC now!

[@semsemeini7905]

Fascinating. I had no idea. A secret relative.

[@franksayer7439]

Semsem Eini theres more then one lol

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Yes, didn't realize the German royal family name of Battenberg had been changed to the current, deceptive UK royal MountBatten !!!

[@LNVillanue]

this is an extraordinary piece of History. Thank you for illustrating some of the dynamics within the British Royal Family (they were forced by Historic events to reject their German ancestry).

[@dopamining7621]

So revolting, this system of narcissism and inbreeding.

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

reddit moment

[@mebsrea]

Much better to have an elected head of state, which always brings forth the best, like Donald Trump. Oh, wait...

[@alexm566]

even regular families were interbreeding and still do in many developing countries.

[@Mimi-yn5rp]

Poor Charles Edward. He was forced to be so rich and powerful, and choose between the castles of England or Germany. He had no choice, they made him do it waaa

[@ashleelarsen5002]

😆 yeeeeeees!

[@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

Absolutely fascinating.

[@bostonblackie9503]

Victoria's favourite grandchild was the Kaiser. She died in his arms.

[@mattkaustickomments]

This guy is like a real-life Anikin Skywalker! Never heard of him before, thx for posting.

[@monchii6468]

Simply Fascinating...

[@readunderthesignofthescorp2828]

Thank you for sharing

[@renesagahon4477]

Very well done documentary

[@AgnostosGnostos]

At 31:17 Charles Edward isn't in Britain as is mentioned but in Athens at the monument of the unknown soldier.

[@ashleelarsen5002]

Thanks I gotta skip through

[@billyb37]

Athough this man had a really unfortunate time of it , its really amasing how many british royals and the aristocracy supported hitlers policies.

[@dioni5580]

As most europeans until the war

[@lolawelch7235]

Let us not forget US corporations

[@juerbert1]

Hitler's policies (as were Lenin's and Stalin's) were very much the outcome of Charles Darwin's theories and speculations on his (supposedly 'scientific') evolution ! Humanity was suddenly seen as nothing more than 'glorified' apes, and treated as such !

[@johanjonsson6504]

Charles Edward: Yes I will have a great life! Queen Victoria: *Yeah about that...*

[@terrific804]

With the outbreak of World War I in the summer of 1914, strong anti-German feeling within Britain caused sensitivity among the royal family about its German roots. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, also a grandson of Queen Victoria, was the king's cousin; the queen herself was German.

[@timeandplace4114]

I made an earlier comment. Later I shared this story with friends and family. In reponse serveral, including me just wanted to give him a hug. Child abuse is so wrong & sad especially when it is justified & supported by the family and parliament.

[@jamesthornton9399]

Great story. Good story of how somebody is made to pick sides. People can bang on about people doing the right things and the wrong things. Walk in their shoes.!!!!!

[@MsSkipperkim]

My family left Germany in 1763 and moved to Denmark. In 1765 they accepted Catherine the Great's offer to move to Russia to farm. My grandfather left in 1898 when he turned 18 to not have to serve in the Russian Army. Nevermind they didn't speak Russian. After the Revolution many farmers starved because the armies kept stealing their food. When Stalin finally allowed food, clothing and money for the ones that stayed behind. Those that lived were lucky. Then WW2 came and Stalin moved the Germans to Siberia. I'm 64, and knew about the gulaugs. I just didn't realize my family was sent there too by Stalin. The only way out was death.

[@davidboysel4509]

What a shame to be bullied and manipulated by people who would later Destroy You for their own self-interest they should truly be ashamed of the way they treated this man and his family

[@tomfisher9089]

And Royal corruption should be a surprise to anyone?

[@lindabishop7824]

This story is sad. This is why people need to be able to chart their own course through life. When others make a person's life decisions it doesn't not usually work out well for that person. Having said that where he did make his own decisions he made some hugely bad choices that lead to the deaths of many innocent people. That fact must not be lost in this story. He did these things to shore up his position and to ensure himself an important position. I cannot overlook that. He was fine with murder so that he could feel important after the loss of his titles and station. That to me is the saddest part. What we sow we shall wreap.

[@Zhonguoria]

Near end of WWII, German soldiers didn't have enough food or clothing, so it is easy for victors to claim Germany intentionally starved the prisoners.

[@sarahakers9784]

Wonderful documentary

[@saskoilersfan]

So the royals ._. A society of lies._.

[@colinluckens9591]

No, they are victims as much as anyone else.....