1992: Queen Elizabeth II's Famous "Annus Horribilis" Speech

On 24 November 1992, Queen Elizabeth II made an unprecedented plea for sympathy in a speech made at a Corporation of London lunch to mark her reign of 40 years. In the speech, the Queen spoke of 1992 as being an "annus horribilis" - Latin for "horrible year" - and asked for moderation and good humour from the press when the monarchy was being criticised. She did, however, acknowledge the value and legitimacy of public scrutiny of the Monarchy.
1992 was indeed a difficult year for the Queen and the Monarchy more broadly: A fire destroyed part of Windsor Castle, both Prince Charles and Prince Andrew announced they were separating from their respective partners, Princess Anne announced her divorce, and the very public breakdown of the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana made the entire Royal Family the subject of relentless media scrutiny.
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  • @whocares_bear
    @whocares_bear Жыл бұрын

    You can hear the pain and exhaustion in her voice. Her speech came from an authentic place.

  • @hinaakhtar115
    @hinaakhtar115 Жыл бұрын

    Anyone here from The Crown 😊

  • @jimmykross9409

    @jimmykross9409

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, me! Imelda NAILED it, didn't she...👌👌

  • @hinaakhtar115

    @hinaakhtar115

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jimmykross9409 Omg yess! She sure did. Love the whole cast! The actors playing Charles & Diana are amazing! ♥️

  • @gray3132

    @gray3132

    Жыл бұрын

    😂 indeed

  • @jimmykross9409

    @jimmykross9409

    Жыл бұрын

    I suppose you are watching it right now, like me?😅😅

  • @hinaakhtar115

    @hinaakhtar115

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jimmykross9409 On episode 6 🥳🥳

  • @richardmaddocks4243
    @richardmaddocks4243 Жыл бұрын

    This was a masterful speech, full of euphemism, metaphor, warmth and some very smart humour.

  • @erracht

    @erracht

    Жыл бұрын

    Indeed. "Nineteen ninety-two is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure."--> What a wonderfully proper British euphemistic formulation.

  • @321doucheface

    @321doucheface

    5 ай бұрын

    i do much prefer warmth when im having an annus horribilis

  • @langstrassbro

    @langstrassbro

    4 ай бұрын

    It was total bullshit

  • @Eyelash85
    @Eyelash85 Жыл бұрын

    This speech was more heartfelt and human than its version in 'The Crown'. She probably would be an amazing person to be acquainted with if not for her position.

  • @zacmumblethunder7466

    @zacmumblethunder7466

    Жыл бұрын

    If not for her position she would probably have pursued her childhood ambition to be a farmer's wife.

  • @rossjohnson-pullin5633
    @rossjohnson-pullin5633 Жыл бұрын

    Regardless of the Queen’s status, doesn’t make her exempt from being allowed to have feelings and have a bad year. This makes me miss her even more.

  • @cocomajoko1
    @cocomajoko1 Жыл бұрын

    Who is here because of the crown!

  • @MrJason005

    @MrJason005

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm just here because I'm approaching the threshold where I can apply for British Citizenship

  • @terrytrammell7388
    @terrytrammell7388 Жыл бұрын

    I can hardly remember a time when Elizabeth wasn’t the Queen. I was in elementary school when she became Queen. She was truly a great leader and an amazing Diplomat. Even though I’m an American I loved the Queen, I respected her as Britain’s Queen and as a steadying hand for the world. I’m deeply saddened by the world’s loss. We need good leaders who have no self serving agenda. Queen Elizabeth truly served her people without being self serving.

  • @ChadMichaelSimon
    @ChadMichaelSimon Жыл бұрын

    1952. 1992. 2022. To think, this speech came 40 years into her reign with 30 years ahead of her. I’m thankful for The Crown inviting all of us to these moments. Sure, the show might not be 100% historically accurate, but it’s a masterful poem. And when is history ever 100% accurate? A 30-year-old clip brought tears to my eyes and many profound passages that are as relevant today as they were then.

  • @thesniperabel8278

    @thesniperabel8278

    Жыл бұрын

    God any year ending in 2 is bad for their family

  • @samsonadeyemi2169

    @samsonadeyemi2169

    Жыл бұрын

    1952 her father the king died 1992 annus horriblis 2002 her sister Margaret and mother died 2022 she died Every year ending with a 2 was really a bad year for the family tbh

  • @salmanhzn07

    @salmanhzn07

    Жыл бұрын

    @@samsonadeyemi2169 don't forget about 1972 too, her uncle Edward VIII was died at the time

  • @thesniperabel8278

    @thesniperabel8278

    Жыл бұрын

    I don’t think his death hit them severly because he basically killed her father by abdicating and his nazi ties embarrassed them deeply

  • @trobinski1842

    @trobinski1842

    7 ай бұрын

    She. Is. So. Good. God save the queen!!!!

  • @tommyarthurso3785
    @tommyarthurso3785 Жыл бұрын

    Finally got to hear the whole script of the 1992 speech for which I've been searching for years. I can feel the frustration and modesty of the Queen.

  • @RobertaBriffa

    @RobertaBriffa

    Жыл бұрын

    You can also find the transcript of this speech on the Royal Family's website.

  • @WWIzd
    @WWIzd Жыл бұрын

    When your house burns down and your kids are embarrassing you, yeah, it’ll be a horrible year. Queen doesn’t deserve any criticism. She did her best to uphold that family and institution despite the repeated scandals threatening to burn it all down. Lilibet will always have my utmost respect. A boss Queen for all ages.

  • @Kfrischman7766

    @Kfrischman7766

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes!!!

  • @MPV919

    @MPV919

    Жыл бұрын

    She is dead and still embarrassing her….how England people tolerate that kind of king??? They deserve much better than a mistress and a tampon

  • @cooks37

    @cooks37

    Жыл бұрын

    She deserves all the criticism. She caused every problem in that family, because "muh traditions".

  • @HK-gm8pe

    @HK-gm8pe

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah but monarchy should have ended iwith her also people have their homes burn down everyday...and they go homeless why would I feel sympathy for a quee whos CASTLE burned partly down and who had many other castles togo to? queenand nowCharles were homosapens just like us...who are they taht they think of themselves soo much more? Yeah I am an history student but I think that in modern world we dont need monarchies anymore , celebrtites have replacd them....and they are sufficating enough

  • @hotwax9376

    @hotwax9376

    Жыл бұрын

    She had multiple houses, and Windsor Castle didn't burn down; it was just damaged by the fire.

  • @Dan.Dawson
    @Dan.Dawson Жыл бұрын

    This speech from 1992 could be applied to many things, including our internet based debates. The Queen saying that discord is healthy, but it must be done with understanding and a touch of gentleness and good humour. This is the Queen speaking of these unwritten British values.

  • @J1R629
    @J1R629 Жыл бұрын

    Still feels weird that she is gone. As an American, no matter the circumstances and changes in the world, the one constant that my generation and many generations knew of was the Queen Of England.

  • @knownothing5518
    @knownothing5518 Жыл бұрын

    Very carefully chosen words.

  • @debbiedobles40
    @debbiedobles40 Жыл бұрын

    Queen Elizabeth II is irreplaceable 😢 God Bless the Queen 👸🏻

  • @gymbuddy32

    @gymbuddy32

    Жыл бұрын

    Every monarch is replaceable. The monarch is a role, not a person and the principle of it rests on continuity.

  • @debbiedobles40

    @debbiedobles40

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gymbuddy32 yes it is a role but as a human being she is revered, respected and missed. She was a constant presence during my lifetime.

  • @gymbuddy32

    @gymbuddy32

    Жыл бұрын

    @@debbiedobles40 Yes, a constant presence while she was alive. When she came to the throne in 1952 people would have said her father was irreplaceable, and the same of his brother before him and their father before both of them. It's a tired, meaningless sentiment people like you roll out when you've nothing of any real substance to say. The only reason she is missed is because she was around for a long time and we were used to her. Unfortunately, I did not know her as a 'human' being, perhaps you did and therefore have more of an insight. I only knew her as a monarch and our head of state.

  • @debbiedobles40

    @debbiedobles40

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gymbuddy32 it’s sad 😞 I will miss not seeing her 👸🏼 can’t wait for this year’s Christmas speech🤴🏻

  • @BlackWolf6420

    @BlackWolf6420

    Жыл бұрын

    Wrong! She might have been a good monarch but that way you close the door for someone even better!

  • @maximillianrockefeller8375
    @maximillianrockefeller8375 Жыл бұрын

    THIS is why she was a great Queen.

  • @michaelross9365
    @michaelross9365 Жыл бұрын

    In watching this speech, one can see why she is being referred to as Elizabeth the Great.

  • @janetclaireSays
    @janetclaireSays Жыл бұрын

    Queen Elizabeth II was a remarkable human being.

  • @DavidBerto
    @DavidBerto Жыл бұрын

    The Crown brought me here. 👑

  • @mycinematicworld1471
    @mycinematicworld1471 Жыл бұрын

    Miss you my Queen! You will always be inspiring to the future generations.❤

  • @samsonadeyemi2169
    @samsonadeyemi2169 Жыл бұрын

    1952 her father the king died 1992 annus horriblis 2002 her sister Margaret and mother died 2022 she died Every year ending with a 2 was really a bad year for the family tbh they have my sympathy

  • @shaider1982

    @shaider1982

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, by 1982, they won a war.

  • @jrh0967

    @jrh0967

    Ай бұрын

    @@shaider1982but Margaret thatcher was in Downing Street so hardly gonna be a good year

  • @charlesmorland750
    @charlesmorland750 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant and Excellent speech by Queen Elizabeth ii of great value to Britain, the world within mortal life with every so often a touch of jest and mentioning the "Annus Horribilis" year and stressing the point of agreement with Queen Victoria of "Moderation in all things". Queen Elizabeth covered so many matters within one speech also mentioning a 'touch of gentleness' and stability. The Queen extended such words of warmth and gratitude.

  • @keitaamara7985
    @keitaamara7985 Жыл бұрын

    Rest in peace the biggest Queen.🙏🏼

  • @seanswart8102
    @seanswart8102 Жыл бұрын

    Loved it... loved it!

  • @jasmineboone4658
    @jasmineboone4658 Жыл бұрын

    God I miss her so much!! 😭

  • @InSimonated
    @InSimonated Жыл бұрын

    If 4:45 to 6:56 of this speech are not a call-back, and the final moments of Netflix's "The Crown", they'll have missed a trick. Beautifully said, Your Majesty. RIP.

  • @jamesjoyceseah2303
    @jamesjoyceseah2303 Жыл бұрын

    My queen

  • @rosedalton442
    @rosedalton442 Жыл бұрын

    Ma'am, how we miss you! I remember when she made this speach. No one could turn a phase like her! God rest her soul. And God save the King!

  • @gustavoamorim5189

    @gustavoamorim5189

    Жыл бұрын

    Amen

  • @trobinski1842

    @trobinski1842

    7 ай бұрын

    What a woman!!! What a human!!!! God save the queen! There will never be another such as her in our lifetime!

  • @1aikane
    @1aikane Жыл бұрын

    A great Queen. Will miss you always

  • @BlackWolf6420
    @BlackWolf6420 Жыл бұрын

    Just finished the 5th season of the crown 👑… yesssssss 🙌🏻

  • @nallo69
    @nallo69 Жыл бұрын

    The “Annus Horribilis” was first used by the Late Queen Victoria. Not in latín but in English in the XIx century

  • @annewilson4404
    @annewilson4404 Жыл бұрын

    My Queen Elizabeth 11 was so witty and fantastic in everything she did God bless her

  • @ABC-by2kq

    @ABC-by2kq

    Жыл бұрын

    Just as a point of interest it's ii or II not 11

  • @popcult
    @popcult Жыл бұрын

    A magnificent leader and perfect human being she was.

  • @trobinski1842

    @trobinski1842

    7 ай бұрын

    Absolutely perfect comment and Amen to you, yes.

  • @jeremymaceres1998
    @jeremymaceres1998 Жыл бұрын

    Came here because of The Crown anyone else did?

  • @Vack91
    @Vack91 Жыл бұрын

    Great speech. I wonder what did Mayor say to her at the end. 🤔💭

  • @waltermartinezfuentes9470
    @waltermartinezfuentes9470 Жыл бұрын

    Quien viene a ver esto después de ver The Crown 😍?

  • @lisaa234
    @lisaa234 Жыл бұрын

    Here after watching ep4 of the crown s5

  • @LoveLady-wn3eg
    @LoveLady-wn3eg Жыл бұрын

    A beautiful speech. Couldn't help noticing, and hearing the Queen's slightly hoarse voice tone, like she was just recovering from having been sick with bronchitis, or a flu?

  • @RobertK1993
    @RobertK1993 Жыл бұрын

    4 months before I was born.

  • @crazyfox9oh

    @crazyfox9oh

    Жыл бұрын

    A year and 2 months after I was born

  • @myamdane6895

    @myamdane6895

    12 күн бұрын

    13 years before I was born 😁

  • @tulangkerangka1599
    @tulangkerangka1599 Жыл бұрын

    This year is THE annus horribilis for me, everything that can go wrong go wrong and people leave me left and right

  • @TAJ1974

    @TAJ1974

    Жыл бұрын

    Hope it gets better for you 🙏🏻

  • @paleobc65

    @paleobc65

    Жыл бұрын

    My annus horribillis was 2016 and 2018

  • @myamdane6895

    @myamdane6895

    12 күн бұрын

    I hope things have gotten better since

  • @sazfretz1945
    @sazfretz1945 Жыл бұрын

    I know how she felt. 1992 was my first "annus horribilis" because my oldest sister died on 3 January that year.

  • @latinmasschoir5581
    @latinmasschoir558128 күн бұрын

    oh, how we miss this dear lady

  • @jameshiawo2771
    @jameshiawo2771 Жыл бұрын

    The glasses guy looks just like him

  • @ewanoxborrow1024

    @ewanoxborrow1024

    Жыл бұрын

    You mean the Prime Minister, John Major?

  • @baliatodaicoi2454
    @baliatodaicoi2454 Жыл бұрын

    Con la voce commossa e turbata, dice parole che lasciano il segno nella nostra anima. Don Floriano Pellegrini

  • @georgecalvintharcisius586
    @georgecalvintharcisius586 Жыл бұрын

    Oh my God the Queen sounds veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy saddddddddd 😭😭😭😭😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔

  • @XiaoChuaHistorian
    @XiaoChuaHistorian Жыл бұрын

    I was always wondering watching the clips before why they laughed when she said it was a horrible year.

  • @solaikrishnavenivijayakuma8443
    @solaikrishnavenivijayakuma8443 Жыл бұрын

    30 years 16 days archived

  • @MarcoArgon
    @MarcoArgon Жыл бұрын

    Queen: a People: 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @LiamLikesYoutube
    @LiamLikesYoutube Жыл бұрын

    yeah it was 30 F**KING YEARS AGO

  • @norina195
    @norina1953 ай бұрын

    Anyone here after hearing the news?

  • @UnovaKing48.
    @UnovaKing48.Күн бұрын

    My annus Horribilis? Twenty Twenty One 2021.

  • @THESHADOWATCHER
    @THESHADOWATCHER Жыл бұрын

    @2:46 that is the spot

  • @Kondasnaker
    @Kondasnaker Жыл бұрын

    💖❤️💖

  • @jamesb6080
    @jamesb6080 Жыл бұрын

    It's a shame what the city of London today 2022 has turned into... It's a hell hole now.

  • @stevena.2306
    @stevena.2306 Жыл бұрын

    here after the crown season 5 episode 2

  • @dahomiee
    @dahomiee Жыл бұрын

    This speech will be tempus fugit

  • @philipc67
    @philipc67 Жыл бұрын

    Terrific speech, regal majesty combined with human warmth. Imelda Staunton, despite her dumpy look, has some good moments in Season 5 of The Crown (which of course must be taken with a large grain of salt because of its historical inaccuracies and fictional episodes) but I think they got Diana all wrong: too tall, bony and gauche, almost a caricature.

  • @younesskhazzar
    @younesskhazzarАй бұрын

    الملكة الجميلة الحكيمة ❤

  • @MJ-qb5ph
    @MJ-qb5ph Жыл бұрын

    God the queen had an awful family

  • @MrCarlSir
    @MrCarlSir Жыл бұрын

    Was there a backstory to her reference to the Mayor's wife? Had she been unwell or was it just a customary inclusion?

  • @whocares_bear
    @whocares_bear Жыл бұрын

    Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say

  • @pudinxd6428
    @pudinxd6428 Жыл бұрын

    Ahoraa este discurso salio en the crown 5

  • @Degjoy
    @DegjoyАй бұрын

    I am very against the Royal Family but I thought the Queen spoke beautifully here.

  • @antoniosinisterra6807
    @antoniosinisterra6807 Жыл бұрын

    🙏🙏🇬🇧❤️

  • @vvyyzvv
    @vvyyzvv Жыл бұрын

    2:45 youre welcome

  • @jasonskerritt5258
    @jasonskerritt5258 Жыл бұрын

    Had a bit of a Sore throat

  • @DavidBerto

    @DavidBerto

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, because of the fire (and smoke) at Windsor

  • @crackfare1989
    @crackfare1989 Жыл бұрын

    Ate too much taco bell and the same title was given for the speech coming out the other end.

  • @BloodMoonASMR
    @BloodMoonASMR4 ай бұрын

    2:30

  • @MianMoeedAhmed
    @MianMoeedAhmed11 ай бұрын

    Here Queen Elizabeth is 66 years old but looking like 46 years old

  • @trobinski1842
    @trobinski18427 ай бұрын

    God she's good...

  • @p1rgit
    @p1rgit Жыл бұрын

    i wonder if any body was so naughty as to make...er... This joke? Sir Terry Pratchett did, much later, but i mean, nearer to that year? somewhere. y'know, that one: 'annus horribilis' translates as 'horrible year'. 'anus horribilis' does not. i think that Prince Philip might have thought about it, but almost sure even he did not voice it. at least not near any mass media.

  • @karemaykojella6006
    @karemaykojella6006 Жыл бұрын

    Annus horribilis Yeah because it was pain in the ass

  • @AndreaCandido-tp4kk
    @AndreaCandido-tp4kk2 күн бұрын

    ... no iDEA whaTs,about year 19 92? in our life was no FirE CaThasTrophe never

  • @orion8835
    @orion8835 Жыл бұрын

    This entire speech was so ridiculous. At the time it was considered absurd and preachy. A way for the Queen to try to jolly up the utter nightmare that was the Windsor family at that time. She was so sweet, humorous and poised. She excelled at diplomatic manipulation via these sorts of speeches. The lessons carefully hidden within so well. However with the hoarse throat she did sound somewhat defeated. Yet she strangely seemed very girlish and vulnerable in this. It is clear she was from all accounts very girlish. A very difficult life.

  • @vhscopyofrainman163
    @vhscopyofrainman163 Жыл бұрын

    Annus Horribilis is how I feel after taco bell

  • @barbaraporter8652
    @barbaraporter8652 Жыл бұрын

    Detroit, Michigan. U SA No , but really we are most geographically located on the average mind & ar a sh^ton the s a me

  • @saad2fan161
    @saad2fan1614 ай бұрын

    Contrôle

  • @mtmadigan82
    @mtmadigan82 Жыл бұрын

    I don't see the big deal. I got some antibiotics for both times and it cleared right up.

  • @Martin-sp4zf
    @Martin-sp4zf Жыл бұрын

    Did she have piles? I've had them and they are horrible.

  • @user-sy9ev8hh5k
    @user-sy9ev8hh5k Жыл бұрын

    2:45 notice how they chuckled when she said the phrase cuz it sounded just like the word "anus".

  • @odnaZCS

    @odnaZCS

    Жыл бұрын

    They laughed because of the meaning of the phrase not because of it sounding like another word lmao

  • @olivia-performanceartist3693
    @olivia-performanceartist3693 Жыл бұрын

    Queen complaining about her first world problems.

  • @ri8255

    @ri8255

    Жыл бұрын

    You must have comprehension issues. She's not complaining. She never did.

  • @olivia-performanceartist3693

    @olivia-performanceartist3693

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ri8255 are you okay?

  • @OffGridInvestor

    @OffGridInvestor

    10 күн бұрын

    It was a CRAP year for her full of scandals and embarrassment. You've likely got zero clue on the protocols and the fact she was meant to be the face of AN EMPIRE which at that time still technically existed for a further 6 years. She wasn't complaining, she was APOLOGISING. Its obvious you've got no idea what led up to this speech. Besides, she's got to give several speeches yearly, required by tradition. Technically the royal in power STILL runs the country/empire DIRECTLY but hands over that power to parliament. And there's a yearly process for that too.

  • @AlinaIatagan-ou1zx
    @AlinaIatagan-ou1zxАй бұрын

    Price Phillip and I..?

  • @AlinaIatagan-ou1zx
    @AlinaIatagan-ou1zxАй бұрын

    Nici aici nu văd bine ?!

  • @radenmas7594
    @radenmas759418 күн бұрын

    2:45