King Edward Funeral-1910-Big Ben Chimes 1892

[pgs5719]

Long live the King!!!

[whatsgoingonthen]

not to worry queen victoria gave birth to 9 sprogs..so theirs plenty more royals..plenty more to ponce and sponge.....and take food from the poor childrens mouths...fast forward to today.......and theirs more royals now thatn sewer rats...bring bak cromwell to finish the job...chop! got one

[dioioego]

It a bit creepy to think that ALL the people in the documentary are dead! I can picture armies of dead walking in the streets.

[Madt001]

Big Ben sounds really messed up in this recording lol. I assume thats just the age of the recording though. What a remarkable thing to have on film. Shame theres no footage of King Edward VII alive.

[squamish4244]

Never again in history would so much European royalty be gathered in one place, or even exist. Four years later some of these people would be mortal enemies. World War One - blech.

[popazz1]

I am a tad confused.The caption reads 1892,yet isn't this supposed to be the funeral of King Edward VII? Given that his mother,Queen Victoria didn't die until 1901,& he succeded her as King,how did he die in 1892?! I've got a headache now,lol. But,all that aside,it's great that we have this archive footage of such historic events! Got to say,we Brits DO know how to lay on the pomp & circumstance!

[squamish4244]

@popazz1 This is definitely 1910, the title is kind of confusing.

[popazz1]

@squamish4244 ,

Yeah thanks.It's comforting to know I aint going doo-lally,lol!

[MrTraffik07]

Classic! Recordings like these are priceless.

[kmgoodhart1]

Only Four years before world war one broke out. The Suicide of europe:(

[huwwilson651]

I also find it freaky that the Queen Mother was ten and probably watched this. Little did she know, she would have the same sort of funeral 91 years later.

[tarantula619]

From australia with love <3

[lababoc]

many many thanks Sir

[eyesk8ter]

the chim may sound wird but its a black and wiet film think how old the film think how destorded it is.

[Episcopalian1990]

@eyesk8ter not as distorted as your spelling.

[Gydinglight12]

He died on 6 May, 1910, just about 100 years and 3 weeks ago.

[anaclet]

@Gydinglight12 R.I.P!

[widlad7]

@Gydinglight12 That reminds me of a joke. An irishman started work as a security man in a museum. A woman came in one day and said to him 'how old is that dinaseur?' 100 million years and 10 days said the irishman. 'wow' said the woman, how can you be so accurate? Well, he said, it was 100 million years old when I started here and that was 10 days ago!

[xychr0]

Unbelievable that film has become a time machine.

[DkkoO]

wow now it is actually still in youtube!

it is now 100 years old

[Hadewijch]

I really love your concept here (as I understand it), of joining old footage with the sounds of the era (even if it is almost a decade earlier).

It's so much better than appending some music track or just let it roll mute.

There's nothing quite as poignant as hearing the actual sounds of a day that came and went more than a hundred years ago.

[Hadewijch]

I really love your concept here (as I understand it), of joining old footage with the sounds of the era (even if it is almost a decade earlier).

It's so much better than appending some music track or just let it roll mute.

There's nothing quite as poignant as hearing the actual sounds of a day that came and went more than a hundred years ago!

[Giggicodino]

BBC foundation 1892...the funeral in 1910

[1977peanut]

The British have always know how to lay a dead king or queen to rest. There is no other nation which feels the weight of history majesty in quite this way. We are a unique island people.

[bidarsho1972]

unique about what? do you know your history are you aware of distruction in your society ?or you lived in your unique island and dont know nothing about the planet earth.hey they die they take nothing but their soul.remember.just go and read what cherchil did to iran .and the rest india and etc.what are you proud of.

[FrankClanton]

The Empire was good.

[idideroo]

not for long, you will be a minority very soon unless you close the borders from the 3rd world

[anaclet]

@1977peanut Long live the Queen!

[katmiller87]

@1977peanut That's not entirely true, you know. Read some foreing books and you'll see (oh and I'm British myself).

[foden123]

Exactly, we are doubtless the BEST IN THE WORLD,Thanks

[memikell]

Sad to see what a poor pathetic joke some British have become, can't feel good about themselves unless they can run down someone else. Be proud of your country and it's people for what it is, not what it once was.

[bidarsho1972]

unless you dont understand what it become is result of what it was you are off reality . wake up...

[imachristian100]

oh god it makes me so proud to be british with a history and the greatest empire that the world had ever known to man..the usa didnt or never will ever match the uk when it comes to history simply because they rely on the uk for their history,bering in mind the usa is only a few hundred yrs old lol ive got shoes older than that..anyway watch out usa china is right behind you lol...stupid americans....lol

[zeekwolfe]

And perhaps you could share with us where you learned spelling, grammar, and punctuation. I was in the UK recently and I regret to report the vast ignorance and misuse of the mother tongue by the natives. I noticed, however, that more educated and refined Brits are developing quasi-American accents. I'm talking about the 'Tops' not the more sophisticated hoi polloi. We also don't fear the Chinks.

[Inutenma]

can someone caption this? I can barely understand the audio. Is this 1910 or 1892?

[68jotsmee]

@Inutenma King Edward VII funeral 1910.

[racingfan2k10]

brilliant video, the thing is tho,, big bens chimes sound really creepy!

[ROYALWAND]

what an amazing piece of priceless film-footage. At, 1910 the British Empire was probably at it's very, very peak. I just love to see all those sailors with their Nelson type straw hats. Every nation in the Empire was represented there that day, all of the Dominion troops -- such pageantry, the like of which the world hardly ever sees. They really had their ACT together! 10/10.

[ROYALWAND]

... you know, I was just looking at that again. That film will be 100 years old quite soon; and all of those sailors around that gun-carriage would have manned the superdreadnaughts of that era: the Royal Navy at that time was massive, with a fleet unequaled in the History of the world. Many of those men shown there may have well died in the 1914 -1918 war that was soon to break upon the world.

[larrynod]

I wonder if Prince Charles is going to end up like Edward VII-- only reigning for a decade because his mother the queen lived such a long life.

[JuanMacready]

Probably, he's already two years older than Edward VII was when he became the monarch.

[1234wildwater]

Big Ben sounds much much better now than it sounded like back then!

[racingfan2k10]

Missing the point here mate,, technology was pretty low back then so capturing sound was going to be hard and distorted!

[mc0558]

The Empire with all its preposterous costumes and pretentious servitors. Thank god it is over!

[PeterFirthFan]

The Empire is now the Commonwealth, but the uniforms are the same.

[mc0558]

Well we don't have the chicken feathers any more. We don't have this European pretending to be the Emperor of India and have the Indian people, including Gandhi, proud to have it so.

We live in a world of clarified reality, though there is still a long way to go.

[PeterFirthFan]

The Russian, German and Austro-Hungarian empires fell but Britain has not changed much. It may not be politically correct to say it, but the Empire did a lot of good as well as bad.

[mc0558]

Peter, I don't know how old you are, but I am old enough to tell you that England, at least, especially the home counties, is totally transformed from what it was. I don't know whether it is for the better or the worse, but England is unrecognize-able from what it was in1947: cuisine, accents, dress, social organization and attitudes, ethnicity.

As for the Br Empire, good and bad come inevitably over time due to progress and human effort. Whether the Empire accomplished good is a huge debate.

[Northgrant]

lol @ india. india sucks now.

[CMLaneLV]

What are you talking about "over"?

Ask an Iraqi or Afghani if it's over...

Substitute "New World Order" for "British Empire" and it's alive and well as it's ever been.

[mc0558]

CM

The reality comes before the recognition of it. The American empire too is over. It is only that the blind cannot or will not see it.

You can't cheat reality!

[CMLaneLV]

mc 2 things:

first: I agree with your comment that American power is waning, and I'm not blind I can see that clear as day.

"You can't cheat reality!" - The quote of the day! I love it! God if more people could understand this...

second: to quote my own statement, "Substitute "New World Order" for "British Empire" and..."

A little research will show that the very fundamental purpose of The New World Order is to supplant the U.S.A. as the world's dominant power

(conitinued)

[CMLaneLV]

and replace it with One World Government. This is being carried out by the world's ruling elite and at the apex of this social strata sits the British Throne. America is and always has been a colony of the English Crown, and will no longer be allowed center stage as the unrivaled economic power that it once was. It has fulfilled it's role as the military arm of world government and is no longer needed nor desired and shall be discarded (as the presidencies of GW and BO have very blatantly shown)

[mc0558]

America has called the tune since WWI. in 1942 Churchill said to De Gaulle, that every morning when he woke up he asked himself what he could do the please Roosevelt. We expended all our welath fighting the Germans, and we didn't adequately adapt the new industries of the 20th century to stay on top.

The US has thrown its wealth away in an effort to be the world's policeman. The educational systm has rotted with the result that Americans know less and can do less than many other nationalities.

[outspokendestroyer]

the king and his men all had orgies just about every night. true story.

[MaryOMackie]

Wow, talk about all the King's men.

[ColumRogers]

Edward Vll was a very popular king by all accounts he was a party animal and he still had time for his people.

[UsagiDreams]

I still feel that one of the funniest things about this funeral was that the Kaiser Wilhelm II and George V walked together during the funeral procession, with their cousin Tsar Nicholas II.

[MajLange]

You are right about the Kaiser and George V, but the Tsar did not attend the funeral. The third figure is the Duke of Connaught, younger brother of King Edward. Notice that the Kaiser is wearing the uniform of a British Field Marshal.

Hope you are Ok with this minor correction.

[UsagiDreams]

I'm fine with it, it is not right to be incorrect in history.

[WickersPoet]

Great historic footage!

[elzuzo267]

In a couple of books I read on George VI and Queen Mary it was noted that the body of King Edward was not removed from his bed for a week because Queen Alexandra had gone to pieces and would not let him be moved. Nothing said about whether he was embalmed in his deathbed .

[324wilson]

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!

[TrancetasticWilza]

amazing when you think about it

[ArchDuchessAmalie]

It's a pity it took so long for sound to be properly recorded ! :(

* the world has come a long way since then *

[9aspengold5]

the sound of Big Ben ringing is too awesome to describe. You have to be there to hear it to understand not only the sound but the history behind it.

[Mktryk]

True, but the bells are very hard to pick out these days even across the street due to the megapolis's traffic!

[9aspengold5]

I must agree with you. So sad that such lovely sounds are drowned out by modern day traffic.

[dandarya]

quite sad knowing everybody in the vid is dead today.

[WestCountryCider]

Never thought of it like that. That is sad lol.

[ehcanuck]

Quite often had that very thought especially when watching war videos..strange surreal feeling

[alltop]

That's the beauty of this monarchy. Acknowledging one can't avoid death, the way the heart of these traditions continue to beat give it a vital immortality. Change is good, but there's something to be said for "same as it ever was." (Oh, and I'm American...lol)

[dandarya]

VERY well said.

[ChristyOFezbugle]

Who cares if the bells were off?. there was no sound until 1927. Any recording would have been on Bakelite or wax previous to this, I suppose you think that the Death Star is an anacronism as well?. Do you work in a comic shop?.

[asaenz1836]

hum...did anyone catch one thing....the bells were not right(I know that eveyone did since you are English and I am American..ha!)! Seriously, they were way off!!

[Mktryk]

Quite fascinating to hear Big Ben's chimes 116years ago. The bells sound more clear and 'newer' than in recent years- especially the hour bells. One quibble,though, Edward VII was still Prince of Wales (and would be another 8 years until his mother's death) so why show his funeral procession 18 years after this recording? Still, fascinating to see the footage and hear the bells! Thanks for posting!

[vanni9283]

Yeah, you can hear more of the "E-note" which supposedly the bell is tuned to.

[Charlie265]

Mrs. Keppel was the great grandmother of none other than the present Duchess of Cornwall, the future queen, Camilla. The funeral of Edward V11 took place in 1910.

[YoungNubb]

Wow! This is old footage! Edward I died around, oh, 1350ish?

This is incredible! Thank goodness we have this ancient footage!

[cmn1108]

I'm fairly sure this is Edward VII, not Edward I.

[YoungNubb]

I was kidding lol.

[cmn1108]

I just realized that after I posted that, lol.

[meroyn]

btw Edward I died in the late 1200's, Edward II ruled until the 1320's and Edward III presided over the coming of the plague in 1348, he ruled for 50 years

[heraavria]

@YoungNubb

LOL for the sarcasm, since someone there commented on something NOT related to this vid...

[FILMDUDEZ]

Amazing.

[nizammajid]

wow...this is amazing....i have the coins with king edward vii face when brunei were under the british protectorate...and also i have queen victoria coins too...some parts of asia like malaya and brunei were under british ....am lucky to have these coins...i had it from my late grandma

[cmn1108]

Some have said that this funeral marked the largest gathering of world rulers in a single place than any other before the world wars. Think of it - kings of every nation in Europe who would be so bitterly divided at war just a few years later.

[madbob73]

Bit freaky to hear something 'live' from only 4 years after Jack the Ripper roamed the streets!!

[VlogasaurusFlex]

@madbob73 That's exactly what I was thinking about. It's the exact year of the Lizzie Borden killings.

[whatsgoingonthen]

@madbob73 jack the ripper was his son.....some will say it wasnt but.....only inbred royals could do such henious crimes...dont you think?

[HarrietVane]

@whatsgoingonthen

You are an idiot

[YogaNate79]

Edward VII was a womanizer and was known to have a belly warmer, namely Mrs. Alice Keppel. Queen Alexandra always took a blind eye to her husband's infidelity as adultery was quite the fashionable thing to do amongst the British aristocracy.

[blackpoolrok]

And your point is what exactly? Its a fact that many people in high society had mistresses and affairs. No country has been excempt from this. it has been human nature. I mean, the Kennedy's weren't exactly snow white themselves were they?

[YogaNate79]

To blackpoolrok: And adultery is wrong. King Edward should have abdicated and President Kennedy should have been impeached. Unacceptable behavior calls for swift and severe punishment.

[dazzledog6]

Is there anything you dont comment on? you make all comments on british video,s,you make me giggle!

[jory63]

what exactly would be swift and severe punishment?

[HarveyCartwright]

He didn't have as many affairs as George IV or William IV.

[cherineca7]

This is an awesome live piece of history....Thank God someone preserved it.

[DkkoO]

OMG this vid is almost 100 years old!? where did you get it at?? this is just a piece of history-art, THANK YOU!

[scotwood72]

This is a great clip. Please change the title to 1910 instead of 1920. This is the actual date.

[DJwelda]

Have you heard the term the king (or Queen) is dead - long live the king! (or Queen)? It's a customary (most likely historical) comment. My interpretation is that it means 'long live the memory'

Anyway

Long live the King!

Agreed - great clip.

[ChrisWCann]

Au contraire, The phrase "the King is dead, long live the King" enshrines the constitutional principle that the new sovereign ascends the throne the minute that the old sovereign dies. There is no provision for an interregnum in British law and so the new monarch succeeds immediately, rather than at the coronation, which can be up to a year after the accession.

[mc0558]

No it means, Long live the [new] King!

The state goes on.

[bearcub410]

king edward died in 1910 thanks ,great clip

[DJwelda]

Long live the king

[jmanmoonwalk]

this King been dead for almost 100 years.