Century old tradition? Well, yes and no! Actually Queen Victoria had dropped it alltogether, King Edward VII revived it, introducing many novelties and it was King George V who introduced the wearing of the crown, although he detested cerimonial and pageantry! But King George V believed it was his duty to the people and the nation to wear the crown as a sign of sovereignty and freedom of the British Nation(s)! This "tradition" is not that "traditional"! But it's the absolute right thing to do!
@leesetters, Fuck U your CUNT-RY&everything British including yr racist ugly whore Queen&his faggot tampon lovin mental prince.The only thing U R very famouse about around the world is yr unjust wars invations colonazation&dividing so many countries in the past250yrs,looting stealing from every place U set yr filthy foot on.Look at India Pakistan Africa&the Middle East&how u left them now.Look what U did in the Middle East after destroying the Ottomans,war&conflict is legacy of the evil Brits.
I think all the people that complain about the royal family just want to show the world how they thumb their noses at authority. They are the same people that probably had no respect for their parents or teachers in their youth, have no respect for law inforcement or military and no respect for current leaders. We here in America have not grand traditions to symbolize our culture and thus we have no unifying American culture to speak of. The royal family symbolizes british history and culture.
@TroyBilt007 Responding to your comment. I am American. But I dont desire "grand traditions" because our Founding Fathers eschewed and frowned upon the pomp and pagentry of the British monarchy. And I also feel that is it inappropriate and unnecessary for a government to spend frivolously on these outlandish ceremonies. Whereas the State Opening of Parliament in the UK uses horse drawn carriages, diamond studded crowns, etc, the State of the Union in the US is simplistic as it should be.
@SnickleFritz79 in the 1700's the state opening of parliament was not about pomp and tradition, it was official.
Also I have no idea how much these ceremonies cost, but the majority of people love to see horse-drawn carriages, The Queen wearing the Imperial state Crown. The Queen is incredibly popular both in the United Kingdom and over in the United States.
@TheLargePinkPig I just feel that all of this is unnecessary. Queen Elizabeth could easily travel to Parliament in her Rolls Royce or Bentley instead of a horse-drawn carriage. She could easily wear a floral print dress instead of those silly looking robes, the crown, and jewelry. It reeks of bad taste and a horrible example in such austere times when many around the world are suffering economically. I am sure that you can understand that.
@SnickleFritz79 Indeed I understand exactly what you are saying. People are suffering in these times and yet we still pay for all these ceremonies, the royal wedding etc.
She doesnt deserve to? Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has won the hearts of the British people and she is on her rightful throne.
There is no need for debate on this matter, all the evidence clearly shows the overwhelming majority of people in this country support the continuation of the monarchy. All the main political parties certainly do.
Suck up the nations taxes? We spend a tiny amount on the monarchy each year, this is part of tradition and culture. We spend more on other culture.
yes but unfortunately that was more likely to be due to the huge publicity surrounding it. Ask most people anything about the Royals and they know very little! Or at least ask anybody under 30, perhaps even 40. Nobody's aware of the fact that we once didn't have a royal family, or that the 'Windsors' are actually the Saxen-Coburgs is it? (Not 100% - see!), few people know that George only changed it to save face during the war. Education should be supporting the most famous royals in the world!
There is certainly a lack of education these days not just on the royal family but British history itself. Perhaps in the next few months when we have a new government that may change slightly.
Actually, as much as the Royals cost the country, it's completely irrelevant. The tourism generated by the Royal family is immense. If we abolished f the royals we'd lose much more revenue from tourism than they're allegedly 'draining' the economy . The political structure would change COMPLETELY. We have the most famous royals in the WORLD, & there are still a lot of royal families around. I used to see it from your angle but in fact the Royals are worth so much more than we give credit for...
isn't it a shame how people are no longer as respectful? i.e. I'm sure she doesn't get the same cheers now. Or the crowds for the opening of parliament!
Far less watch the state opening of parliament because we have become so use to it where as back then when it was the first TV broadcast from inside it was all very new to people.
We saw a few years ago when the Queen celebrated her Golden Jubilee that huge numbers of people come out to cheer her and show respect. Over 1 million packed the Mall for the celebrations.
@bobphillifent God fuck that old ugly whore mafia Queen of darkness Elezabeth vagina & all the residents of Fuckingham Palace. Soon the muslim majority & the blaks will takeover the shity filthy gray sad rainy CUNT-RY & they will take a sweet revange of what that evil Empire did to the rest of the world making the August 2011 riots & the Sep 11, 2011 look like a storm in a tea cup but would the faggot Brits like U see it happening? Even NATO cannot save your shity smelly asses. Fuck Britania.
Well, if any British would say this, I will say, YES because she is our sovereign. If you are not British or any Commonwealth subject then I and I assume other British people don't care!
As I will be 80 years of age in July 2209 I am pleased to see this fleeting (and it is fleeting!)glimpse of myself at the first ever televised State Opening of Parliament in 1958. I was the Drum Major in State Dress stood with the Grenadier Guards Guard of Honour outside the Palace of Westminster that day.
I beileve that 1950s and 60s must have been great years for the Queen because the problem now is that Elizabeth is the Queen in the world that clearly fails to understand "duty and sacrifice." This woman sacrificed motherhood for majesty and what did we gave her? Tabloids, cursing, People nowdays calls her oldie richie Queen! Maybe we will know her importance after she is gone!
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A true blue sovereign cannot acquiesce to criminal conspirators. She/He must stand at the head of the common law and follow as well as lead. Why then has the Queen/Lords/Commons not demanded answers on the nature of the 911 event. It should be obvious by now, there were bombs inside the buildings. Who put them there? Why does the Queen not inquire? Why indeed. America needs a loyal friend. Has she one?
Mainewolfy--I agree totally with your comment. Thanks for your insight. As for my comment posted 10 months ago--I wasn't in any way 'whitewashing' any generic American attitude...I was, however, attacking the comment left by the viewer, Carrion100 & those of the same ignorant opinion. I have a very close American friend who loves the tradition of the monarchy, and sees in it, as do the majority, value of the continuity of tradition and ceremony-as does the office of the presidency in the U.S.
It's interesting to see a "classic" video of that ceremony. I might be American, but the traditions, ceremonies, and associated pageantry of the British as a people are utterly fascinating to me, not the least because there is so much history behind it all. This video is a fine example of that. Thanks for posting it.
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Predatory Elites have always rationalized their oppression by claiming that they are superior and have the Divine Right to Rule when all they really are is a gaggle of ruthless psychopaths parasitically feeding on the host population until their cancerous movement causes the collapse of the host. In the 20th century alone The State is and always has been the number 1 cause of unnatural deaths...150 million in the last century throughout the world.
just please don't forget those americans that are desperately trying to put the american ideals into action - fighting against ignorance/intolerance and for equal rights, liberty, and freedom for all. american is a huge country with a widely diverse population so please don't lump us all under the bush/chaney umbrella. oh, and i'll eat a hotdog any day over a kidney pie or a cucumber sandwich. cheerio!
uh, that wasn't very nice, speaking of bigotry. and yes we do have a culture (isn't that the very thing that rest of the world is trying to prevent from entering their country? lol). even though its not as flamboyant as your doesn't mean it's not there.
Isn't if funny how you think your infantile and ignorant opinion has any impact whatsoever on the tradition of this great island nation? You probably number amount many Americans who don't even know how to find your own country on a map or globe. People like you give YouTube a bad name.
Don't make assumptions about Americans. We are from all over the world and are a very heterogeneous culture. I know that the U.K. has become more and more none British in blood. That is the fault of your leaders who wanted cheap labor in order to exploit them. The same shit goes on in the U.S. I am born in the U.S. but have nothing in common with most Americans. If blood made two people the same, I would get along with my brother. We have not spoken for 8 years.
Well, in reality, even before our politicians started bringing in foreigners for "cheap labour", very few of us have been of the same blood. The are the native celtic peoples (the Welsh, the Scottish and the Irish), whose entry to this country was prehistoric, the romans from what is now Italy and France in the 1st century AD, the Anglo-Saxons (the English) from Germany, Denmark and the Low countries in the 4th-7th centuries, the Normans from France in 1066, and many more.
She could learn the speech...
darrouken 3 months ago
Century old tradition? Well, yes and no! Actually Queen Victoria had dropped it alltogether, King Edward VII revived it, introducing many novelties and it was King George V who introduced the wearing of the crown, although he detested cerimonial and pageantry! But King George V believed it was his duty to the people and the nation to wear the crown as a sign of sovereignty and freedom of the British Nation(s)! This "tradition" is not that "traditional"! But it's the absolute right thing to do!
Rotebuehl1 4 months ago
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Rotebuehl1 4 months ago
@leesetters, Fuck U your CUNT-RY&everything British including yr racist ugly whore Queen&his faggot tampon lovin mental prince.The only thing U R very famouse about around the world is yr unjust wars invations colonazation&dividing so many countries in the past250yrs,looting stealing from every place U set yr filthy foot on.Look at India Pakistan Africa&the Middle East&how u left them now.Look what U did in the Middle East after destroying the Ottomans,war&conflict is legacy of the evil Brits.
fraizer57 4 months ago
For which year were the thrones rearranged? In these recent years, the Duke and the Queen sit on the identical thrones.
tnakai1971jp 7 months ago
BULL SHIT...
XBAGREMX 8 months ago
Those were better days.
Myles0Harcourt 9 months ago 2
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SnickleFritz79 10 months ago
@leesetters God Save The Republic
shahideurope 10 months ago
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hts2008w10 11 months ago
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hts2008w10 11 months ago
GOD BLESS HER MAJESTY!!!
324wilson 1 year ago 2
I think all the people that complain about the royal family just want to show the world how they thumb their noses at authority. They are the same people that probably had no respect for their parents or teachers in their youth, have no respect for law inforcement or military and no respect for current leaders. We here in America have not grand traditions to symbolize our culture and thus we have no unifying American culture to speak of. The royal family symbolizes british history and culture.
TroyBilt007 1 year ago 6
@TroyBilt007 Responding to your comment. I am American. But I dont desire "grand traditions" because our Founding Fathers eschewed and frowned upon the pomp and pagentry of the British monarchy. And I also feel that is it inappropriate and unnecessary for a government to spend frivolously on these outlandish ceremonies. Whereas the State Opening of Parliament in the UK uses horse drawn carriages, diamond studded crowns, etc, the State of the Union in the US is simplistic as it should be.
SnickleFritz79 1 year ago
@SnickleFritz79 in the 1700's the state opening of parliament was not about pomp and tradition, it was official.
Also I have no idea how much these ceremonies cost, but the majority of people love to see horse-drawn carriages, The Queen wearing the Imperial state Crown. The Queen is incredibly popular both in the United Kingdom and over in the United States.
TheLargePinkPig 11 months ago
@TheLargePinkPig I just feel that all of this is unnecessary. Queen Elizabeth could easily travel to Parliament in her Rolls Royce or Bentley instead of a horse-drawn carriage. She could easily wear a floral print dress instead of those silly looking robes, the crown, and jewelry. It reeks of bad taste and a horrible example in such austere times when many around the world are suffering economically. I am sure that you can understand that.
SnickleFritz79 10 months ago
@SnickleFritz79 Indeed I understand exactly what you are saying. People are suffering in these times and yet we still pay for all these ceremonies, the royal wedding etc.
TheLargePinkPig 10 months ago
@SnickleFritz79 Oh so those people who are suffering will then see that everyone suffers as they do and there really is no hope for humanity?
aussieeagle2512 6 months ago
@SnickleFritz79
You frown upon the entire world, what's new about that?
seirennosorento 11 months ago
@TroyBilt007 Well said, sir.
pugilistofpower 11 months ago
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galenct 1 year ago
@galenct I can't be a royalist, so it seems.
galenct 1 year ago
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A complete bucket of shit!
BRUTUALTRUTH 1 year ago
Interesting, in those Prince Philip did not share the standing with the Queen, now he does and now he uses a regal throne, not then. Why?
humboldt777 1 year ago
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She doesn't deserve to, it's about time we had a debate about whether we really need this family to suck up the nations taxes.
Nosmos 2 years ago
She doesnt deserve to? Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has won the hearts of the British people and she is on her rightful throne.
There is no need for debate on this matter, all the evidence clearly shows the overwhelming majority of people in this country support the continuation of the monarchy. All the main political parties certainly do.
Suck up the nations taxes? We spend a tiny amount on the monarchy each year, this is part of tradition and culture. We spend more on other culture.
TheBritishWatcher 2 years ago 8
yes but unfortunately that was more likely to be due to the huge publicity surrounding it. Ask most people anything about the Royals and they know very little! Or at least ask anybody under 30, perhaps even 40. Nobody's aware of the fact that we once didn't have a royal family, or that the 'Windsors' are actually the Saxen-Coburgs is it? (Not 100% - see!), few people know that George only changed it to save face during the war. Education should be supporting the most famous royals in the world!
leepurcell 2 years ago
There is certainly a lack of education these days not just on the royal family but British history itself. Perhaps in the next few months when we have a new government that may change slightly.
TheBritishWatcher 2 years ago
Actually, as much as the Royals cost the country, it's completely irrelevant. The tourism generated by the Royal family is immense. If we abolished f the royals we'd lose much more revenue from tourism than they're allegedly 'draining' the economy . The political structure would change COMPLETELY. We have the most famous royals in the WORLD, & there are still a lot of royal families around. I used to see it from your angle but in fact the Royals are worth so much more than we give credit for...
leepurcell 2 years ago 6
isn't it a shame how people are no longer as respectful? i.e. I'm sure she doesn't get the same cheers now. Or the crowds for the opening of parliament!
leepurcell 2 years ago
Far less watch the state opening of parliament because we have become so use to it where as back then when it was the first TV broadcast from inside it was all very new to people.
We saw a few years ago when the Queen celebrated her Golden Jubilee that huge numbers of people come out to cheer her and show respect. Over 1 million packed the Mall for the celebrations.
God save the Queen, Long may she reign.
TheBritishWatcher 2 years ago 3
blanchelincoln you are an absolute dick! I'd like to scrutinise your typing skills when you're 80 years old, see if you're a smart arse then.
58Drummy - i think it's wonderful that you are in this video and that you left your comment. Well Done!
diamondstar062 2 years ago
This is no Hollywood movie set! This is reality, it is tradition, it is the great nation that is Britain.
Long live her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second!
bobphillifent 2 years ago 32
@bobphillifent God fuck that old ugly whore mafia Queen of darkness Elezabeth vagina & all the residents of Fuckingham Palace. Soon the muslim majority & the blaks will takeover the shity filthy gray sad rainy CUNT-RY & they will take a sweet revange of what that evil Empire did to the rest of the world making the August 2011 riots & the Sep 11, 2011 look like a storm in a tea cup but would the faggot Brits like U see it happening? Even NATO cannot save your shity smelly asses. Fuck Britania.
fraizer57 4 months ago
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Only centuries and generations of inbreeding can conjure up ceremonies like this. Amazing.
blanchelincoln 2 years ago
only centuries of inbreeding in your family could've conjured up a dickhead like you!
diamondstar062 2 years ago
Do think its disrespectful to say the Queen was hot?
Polybeast 2 years ago 3
Well, if any British would say this, I will say, YES because she is our sovereign. If you are not British or any Commonwealth subject then I and I assume other British people don't care!
324wilson 2 years ago
As I will be 80 years of age in July 2209 I am pleased to see this fleeting (and it is fleeting!)glimpse of myself at the first ever televised State Opening of Parliament in 1958. I was the Drum Major in State Dress stood with the Grenadier Guards Guard of Honour outside the Palace of Westminster that day.
58Drummy 2 years ago 5
You'll be 80 in July 2209? What are you, a time traveler? What do you make of us primitive early 21st century folk?
blanchelincoln 2 years ago
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Silly old German Whore on the Throne!
BRUTUALTRUTH 2 years ago
Thank you!
324wilson 3 years ago
I beileve that 1950s and 60s must have been great years for the Queen because the problem now is that Elizabeth is the Queen in the world that clearly fails to understand "duty and sacrifice." This woman sacrificed motherhood for majesty and what did we gave her? Tabloids, cursing, People nowdays calls her oldie richie Queen! Maybe we will know her importance after she is gone!
324wilson 3 years ago 7
Seems strange there being no Dennis Skinner to tell it like it really is!!, though he was in his 20's at the time!
burnsybaby1987 3 years ago
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A true blue sovereign cannot acquiesce to criminal conspirators. She/He must stand at the head of the common law and follow as well as lead. Why then has the Queen/Lords/Commons not demanded answers on the nature of the 911 event. It should be obvious by now, there were bombs inside the buildings. Who put them there? Why does the Queen not inquire? Why indeed. America needs a loyal friend. Has she one?
profnasty 3 years ago
where could i find a video of opening of parliament, when Thatcher was in the office?
coldatspot 3 years ago
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Was a load of bollocks then, and is now.
Ianpbx 3 years ago
oh well there no video available where is it
muffles12 3 years ago
God save the Kingdom and God save the Queen!! in times like these we certainly need some divine intervention!
VeritasXII 3 years ago 7
Mainewolfy--I agree totally with your comment. Thanks for your insight. As for my comment posted 10 months ago--I wasn't in any way 'whitewashing' any generic American attitude...I was, however, attacking the comment left by the viewer, Carrion100 & those of the same ignorant opinion. I have a very close American friend who loves the tradition of the monarchy, and sees in it, as do the majority, value of the continuity of tradition and ceremony-as does the office of the presidency in the U.S.
BritScot12 3 years ago 2
so British, wonderful!
Anna3062 3 years ago 4
Great Video!
konstantinop 3 years ago
GOD SAVE HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN!!!
324wilson 3 years ago
It's interesting to see a "classic" video of that ceremony. I might be American, but the traditions, ceremonies, and associated pageantry of the British as a people are utterly fascinating to me, not the least because there is so much history behind it all. This video is a fine example of that. Thanks for posting it.
Mainewolfy 3 years ago 5
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Predatory Elites have always rationalized their oppression by claiming that they are superior and have the Divine Right to Rule when all they really are is a gaggle of ruthless psychopaths parasitically feeding on the host population until their cancerous movement causes the collapse of the host. In the 20th century alone The State is and always has been the number 1 cause of unnatural deaths...150 million in the last century throughout the world.
marinello6 3 years ago
marinello, go forth and copulate in car traffic, please? :)
Anna3062 3 years ago
Dear Anna,
Please sit on a fire hydrant and rotate.
Albert
marinello6 3 years ago
just please don't forget those americans that are desperately trying to put the american ideals into action - fighting against ignorance/intolerance and for equal rights, liberty, and freedom for all. american is a huge country with a widely diverse population so please don't lump us all under the bush/chaney umbrella. oh, and i'll eat a hotdog any day over a kidney pie or a cucumber sandwich. cheerio!
junebugmeg 4 years ago 2
uh, that wasn't very nice, speaking of bigotry. and yes we do have a culture (isn't that the very thing that rest of the world is trying to prevent from entering their country? lol). even though its not as flamboyant as your doesn't mean it's not there.
junebugmeg 4 years ago
Isn't if funny how you think your infantile and ignorant opinion has any impact whatsoever on the tradition of this great island nation? You probably number amount many Americans who don't even know how to find your own country on a map or globe. People like you give YouTube a bad name.
BritScot12 4 years ago 4
Comment is directed at carrion100, just to confirm.
BritScot12 4 years ago
Don't make assumptions about Americans. We are from all over the world and are a very heterogeneous culture. I know that the U.K. has become more and more none British in blood. That is the fault of your leaders who wanted cheap labor in order to exploit them. The same shit goes on in the U.S. I am born in the U.S. but have nothing in common with most Americans. If blood made two people the same, I would get along with my brother. We have not spoken for 8 years.
marinello6 3 years ago
Well, in reality, even before our politicians started bringing in foreigners for "cheap labour", very few of us have been of the same blood. The are the native celtic peoples (the Welsh, the Scottish and the Irish), whose entry to this country was prehistoric, the romans from what is now Italy and France in the 1st century AD, the Anglo-Saxons (the English) from Germany, Denmark and the Low countries in the 4th-7th centuries, the Normans from France in 1066, and many more.
Independence4Britain 3 years ago 4
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Thanks for the intelligent response.
marinello6 3 years ago
Not a lot has chanced in the last 500 years...
znapperhead 5 years ago
Not a lot has changed in the last 50 years . . . apart from the different Prime Minister!
Chaffinch4 5 years ago
Fantastic video, thank you for posting
rynetry 5 years ago 4
I didn't realise they still check the vaults of parliament. Great post, thanks.
JustJsyJoe 5 years ago 3
Wonderful, thanks for posting it
carsane 5 years ago 2