Absolutely magnificent production. Brilliant cast. If only we could still get similar series of this quality on TV today. Thank you Dee for making this available.

It’s ironic when Edward Eddie died Queen Alexandra was in mourning for a long time BUT VICTORIA says “ she’s should come out of mourning “ RICH from a woman grieving 60 years plus for her husband Albert and was never seen for 30 years !

@Chuck0856

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps she learned from her experience.

@infonut

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chuck0856 ... more like she was a selfish inconsiderate bore whose successful reign can be chalked up to her husband and a well working government.

@Patrick3183

2 жыл бұрын

Do as Victoria says not as she does

@docmagnus

2 жыл бұрын

Forty years, not sixty.

@henrikkjuus90

2 жыл бұрын

Victoria herself were of the opinion that the loss of a spouse was far more devastating than the loss of a child. She said as much in a letter to one of her daughters (can't remember which, but it might have been Vicky) when their child died.

Lovin the last scene.....that's our Queen's grandparents smooching in the garden! Aw xxxx

@DCFunBud

4 жыл бұрын

And HEAVY petting!

@retroguy9494

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure that when they were younger, Liz and Phil did plenty of 'smooching' themselves!

Watching this amazing show from India in 2023 in the cusp of Victorian and Edwardian era, shot in the 70s. Incredibile, how it is still so relevant, and we can connect with it.

I love Charles Dance as Eddy. The whole cast was great.

@chatticheswick4939

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up on that. I didn't recognize him. Perhaps it's because he wasn't yelling at anyone.

@chatticheswick4939

Жыл бұрын

37:54 Ahh, yes... that's the Charles Dance I know.

I wish there could have been a series like this about George and May.

@user-bb8zc3wo9b

2 ай бұрын

Me too!

Love this series. And surprise, a very young Tywin Lannister! Surprised to see Charles Dance so dashing and a redhead, too.

I just love the relationship between Alix Princess of Wales and Oliver Montague. Such genuine admiration and devotion from a true gentleman! I really enjoyed watching the scenes where they interact.

Eddy and George look JUST LIKE the real people!

@stevebbuk

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they do, and outstanding performances from Annette Crosbie, Timothy West and Helen Ryan, all glamorized a little though still authentic enough characterization, the secret of this series' success.

Gosh these shows were well made; and all those excellent old actors.

Eddie, the king we never had. He died very young and as he was engaged to Mary at the time, George took her on and married her.

@alwellus

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder where the "Cleveland Street Affair" figured into all of this.

@infonut

2 жыл бұрын

A queen is a queen. Even a second hand one.

@johnpickford4222

Жыл бұрын

@theresapierce3934: Tell us something we don’t know.

Conniving Lady Brook. Lascivious Edward.

“You and I, Mr Gladstone, are lamer than we used to be.” 😂😂😂

“Your wife grieves too much Bertie, you should not let her become a recluse.” - hypocritical old crone.

48:28: Lord Rosebery's words !! Such wisdom and thoughtfulness. Hats off to the scriptwriter of the episode or whoever wrote them.

No one's perfectly innocent here, but Lord Beresford is right: the prince had no right to interfere in the business. Especially as he was only doing so because he wanted Lady Brooke for himself.

@sunshinemax2676

4 жыл бұрын

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@herondelatorre4023

2 жыл бұрын

@@sunshinemax2676 " . " Huh ???? I don't understand. Could you please explain????

@thegamerteo0560

Жыл бұрын

​@@herondelatorre4023 it means he's agreeing with you.

Poor Oliver his unrequited love for Alix.....

@thegamerteo0560

3 жыл бұрын

who is he?

@joankonkle6972

3 жыл бұрын

@@thegamerteo0560 The nice man who talks to Alix all the time and asks her to dance.

@shyoko4330

3 жыл бұрын

@@thegamerteo0560 Colonel Hon. Oliver Montagu (1844-1893)

@thegamerteo0560

3 жыл бұрын

@@shyoko4330 thank youuu

Watching Charles Dance as Prince Eddy is like watching the soul of Tyrion in young Tywin's body.

Something symbolic about how Edward's long years of occlusion by his mother- even while she hid away at Windsor- is announced at the start of the series. It is named after him, but top billing goes to Annette Crosbie as Victoria.

Very very very sorry for Alex!

Lady Brooke did not last long as Edward's mistress since she could not refrain from bragging about it. She was known in society as "Babbling Brooke". Mrs Keppel, at least, was discreet. Lady Brooke also happened to be a descendant of King Charles II through two of his mistresses.

@fayeslover

6 жыл бұрын

Howard Glen Alice Keppel is also Camilla's great-grandmother

@Patrick3183

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic nickname. Wonder who came up with it

@retroguy9494

Жыл бұрын

'Babbling Brooke!' 🤣😂Oh I so LOVE the way that Victorians threw shade! No crass vulgarities, but they made their point!

Georgie and May’s story and proposal is like a pro-teen nerds romance in a school dance, it’s kinda cute 😅😌

I don't know how I totally forgot about the series! Thanks for sharing!

Enough to make Old Charley look tame, but Andy is toast from here to eternity.

@SymphonyBrahms

2 жыл бұрын

Charlie the Cheater and Cruella de Homewrecker are just as bad as Randy Andy.

@Patrick3183

2 жыл бұрын

@@SymphonyBrahms so is Diana the lunatic

@zzzbbbooo

Жыл бұрын

This series takes place between 1841 and 1910 - nothing to do with Charles, Diana/Camilla or Andrew, FGS!

Thank you Miss Dee for you kindness in sharing this fantastic series , my mind and heart is with our dear Queen Elizabeth the second ,whom passed on the 7th of September ,2022 as she is laying in state a Buckingham Palice , her funeral to be September ,Monday the19th , May she Rest In Peace ,it’s hard to believe that Queen Victoria was her great , great grandmother , God Bless you miss Dee .fr.Canada .

@retroguy9494

Жыл бұрын

Queen Elizabeth the eleventh? I must have missed something. Where did the other nine come from?

@heatherbowlan1961

Жыл бұрын

@@retroguy9494 your a very rude ,do you just spend all your time looking for mistakes in spelling or etc. you must have a very boring sad existence ! I truly feel sorry for you. Now I mad a tiny mistake can you find it ??? LOL

@DramaQueenBree

Жыл бұрын

@@heatherbowlan1961 Word of advice if you wish to scold someone actually spell write.

@Nmax

Жыл бұрын

​@@retroguy9494 that must be the year 2922 😂😂😂

@retroguy9494

Жыл бұрын

@@Nmax LOL Well, I see she edited her original comment and correctly put it as 'the second.' 😂

I cried a bit with and for Alix- at Eddy death - but had to smile when Georgie kisses May hand .

I am surprised that they dont mention that it was the Prince's fault the tramby croft affair got out...he had told his mistress, Daisy Brook (also known as the babbling brook). She was rumoured to spead the story.

This man had an extremely good life but he destroyed it by smoking and eating way too much

This first aired on Tuesday May 27th 1975 at 9.10pm - 10.10pm on the ITV network in Britain.

Charles Dance looked so much like Eddy, only more handsome, of course.

@piplebref4607

4 жыл бұрын

DCFunBud it’s an uncanny resemblance.

@zzzbbbooo

4 жыл бұрын

No.

@DCFunBud

4 жыл бұрын

@@zzzbbbooo Looks like you're out voted 22 to 1.

When this serial adulterer became King, he also became the Supreme Head of the Church of England.

@leescott8506

5 жыл бұрын

Henry VIII was a serial adulterer & wife killer. He broke from Rome & became the first Supreme Leader of the Church of England.

@pedanticradiator1491

5 жыл бұрын

the majority of Kings of England, Great Britain and the UK have been adulterous

@alecblunden8615

5 жыл бұрын

@john grogan You seem to be confusing the Roman church with that of England.

@SaxonC

4 жыл бұрын

brian rodney they called him Edward the Caresser! lol 😂

@JD-Media

4 жыл бұрын

You mean every royal family in the world.

I think that first key might have meant as much as the crown did later on.

It is sort of funny how blown out of proportion the whole card cheating scandal was.

@Patrick3183

4 жыл бұрын

adelaide beeman-white they should’ve not got upset about it, they were not supposed to be gambling in the first place

@JD-Media

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering why the show was suddenly focusing on it for so long, felt like they needed to fill time or something lol.

@josephpanzarella1417

4 жыл бұрын

@@JD-Media It's perhaps the dullest event depicted in the series. I wish they hadn't spent so much time on it.

@Patrick3183

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephpanzarella1417 it was a huge deal when it happened too

@infonut

2 жыл бұрын

Being the future head of the Church Of England, gambling would be considered VERY scandalous. Ive always maintained these were blown up as such to keep the publics mind off the real criminal activity going on in Parliament and other areas of state.

Lady Brook's yellow dress looks like my senior prom dress.

I love that Queen Victoria keeps getting fatter with each episode. hehe

@InnannasRainbow

8 жыл бұрын

+Trent Campbell Queen Victoria was quite a large woman. She hated any form of exercise and she saw no reason why she shouldn't indulge her sweet tooth.

@tc2334

8 жыл бұрын

InnannasRainbow So I'm told. I also hear that she was a "gobbler". Often finishing her plates before her guests, after which the servants would hastily pick up everyone's plates no matter much or how little food was left.

@tc2334

7 жыл бұрын

I know. I've seen a pair of her bloomers. haha She was abut as wide as she was tall.

@MerleOberon

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe the reason she always wore black wasn't just for mourning Albert?

@tc2334

7 жыл бұрын

MerleOberon hahaha I wonder...

Funny seeing Tywin Lannister as Prince Eddy here. The 29 year old Charles Dance hadn't quite honed his acting skills yet.

@fizzao1342

5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Gariépy I think it was more that Prince Eddy was rather a cipher. It’s a bit of a dull part for an actor.

@TheDeviantLord

4 жыл бұрын

Holy guacamole...that is Charles dance?!? I didn’t even recognize him

@joankonkle6972

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheDeviantLord I saw someone in an earlier episode comment to that he was there and I hadn't recognized him either. He was hard to pick out due to the mustache and the bad job he does here. It is like he is a different person.

Edward great king. queen gave him somethings to do. wouldnot fool around. play poker..queen put him down. his father put him down/

I feel that this was Albert Victor’s actual personality. Not the aloof buffoon history portrays him as. He seems like he he was much more engaged than George just from photographs.

@huwwilson650

4 жыл бұрын

Who protrayed him as an aloof buffoon? He wasn't. He was actually quite interesting. He was much more interesting than his brother. He was also very likely a homosexual and was embroiled in the Cleveland Street scandal as a result.

@tristanmullen8015

4 жыл бұрын

Rhys Hoffman many people portray him as an aloof buffoon and suggest he was mentally disabled.

@huwwilson650

4 жыл бұрын

@@tristanmullen8015 I've never seen him portrayed that way but I could be wrong. Who does?

@tristanmullen8015

4 жыл бұрын

Rhys Hoffman historians. Lots of them. I don’t know where it comes from, but I’ve heard it many times.

@huwwilson650

4 жыл бұрын

Tristian Mullen - I've never heard a historian describe him as aloof. Which historian? Who exactly may I ask?

42:48 Alix grieves too much?....ALIX grieves to much?!? Lady, you're STILL in mourning over your husband who died 30 years prior and nearly caused a republican confrontation over your excessive reclusiveness. You don't get to criticize others for grieving too much.

@Patrick3183

8 жыл бұрын

When You're queen you do

@maryb.goouch2815

8 жыл бұрын

+Bite Me Don't you mean that VICTORIA grieved too much?

@biteme9486

8 жыл бұрын

I was referencing Victoria saying that Alix grieves too much, which pissed me off cause it's the pot calling the kettle black

@gidzmobug2323

7 жыл бұрын

Bite Me Victoria spent several years as a recluse after Albert's passing. And was roundly criticized for it.

@Vic35102

6 жыл бұрын

Bite Me i agree

Lady Brook is quite the practiced minx. Not a patch on Alix.

39:18 -- "Thank Heavens that's over. Squalid business. A lot of fuss about nothing, to my way of thinking." The lament of every Prime Minister that has had to deal with royal scandals.

i think Queen mary was a good choice for George

@SirChezarie

8 жыл бұрын

Considering they were pushed on each other under sad circumstance they did very well .

@carmenlottner297

5 жыл бұрын

@@teresar.8913 there was a precedent:Henry VIII married his elder brother's widow 375 years earlier

@alecblunden8615

5 жыл бұрын

@@carmenlottner297 On the basis that her marriage to Arthur was not consummated.

@Valentina-Steinway

3 жыл бұрын

@@teresar.8913 : I don’t agree with you that she was a skank. It was a good union, and contrary to his father, George V was very loyal to Mary. He was a little too strict on his kids , causing George VI to stutter etc.... They both wanted it. It’s not like she threw herself at him. It was a matter of honor, something these days most people know nothing about.

@Valentina-Steinway

3 жыл бұрын

Also, It was said that George was smarter than Eddie. Maybe it all worked out for the best, since we had our Queen Elizabeth 2 etc.....

Lord Charles is kind of a...knucklehead

I did not notice Prince Eddy was young Charles Dance!! Now I kinda see it!

Thank you.

Tywin Lannister as Prince Eddy.....I almost didn't recognize him.

I grew up around the African American Edwardian Atlanta Georgia leadership generation that was cultivated through Gammon Theological Seminary and Clark College. Through these two Institutions which were Missions Schools Under the control of the Methodist Church North, I can very much discern the academic life and cultural traditions of the Anglo-American experience was propagated through these freedmen schools into our African American experience.

@Patrick3183

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. The entire historical culture of the USA is England-based.

@donaldrichardson9132

2 жыл бұрын

@@Patrick3183 As a 65 year old African American male who was being groom in the tradition of the African American Male Tradition of the English Edwardian culture before intergration that cultivated men as W.E.B. Duboise when he cultivated the sociology department At Atlanta Georgia and was a part of the talent tenth of of our race, I can see that I had been born during the earlier years of the Baby Boomers , I would have had a better chance to have absorbed more of the best traditions of our African American male talented tenth tradition and would had a stronger leap board in the time tables set aside for African American males into the upper intergrated classes of the social, political and political institutions of American society. Having born in 1957 among the latter baby boomer, the high academic standards imposed upon the African American male talented leadership was dismantled as the civil rights movement became more aggressive for intergration. So by the time of the 1969 court order intergration in Georgia, the Government through generation started to condition the African American community not to strive for moral and academic excellence with regard to The best in African American manhood that once had so as W.E.D. Deboise and others of his generations and after. In stead, our United States since 1969 have cultivated the African American male for Organized crime and the prison market system or the convict the lease system and elevated the African female and the White female. That is why we are having problem with the masses of the African male with regard to organized crime. I miss the time table for the African American male of my generation and got left behind amongst the cultivated African American male criminal. I have been amongst but not a part of their world. The fact that from my birth in Atlanta from 1957 to 1963, I was able to be expose the remanent of the Talenteth African American male leadership Before they died out that I have able to build my life upon. Thankyou for your comments.

@Patrick3183

2 жыл бұрын

@@donaldrichardson9132 black people especially black men in America are definitely being sold out , by the democrats. Why and how did the image of the black man go from DeBoise to a THUG

I quite like Alex.

@VolumedMusicMan

6 жыл бұрын

adelaide beeman-white Historical photos show she was really gorgeous.

@REALcatmom

6 жыл бұрын

I do too.

@18:02 I love how the queen looks at Eddy when he leans back casually

@SirChezarie

8 жыл бұрын

+Tony Mcneil We are not amused.........

Complete with two future starship captains - Gareth Thomas as Roj Blake in *Blake's 7* , and Carolyn Seymour as a Romulan captain in *Star Trek TNG* - funny old world, isn't it ?

@Nmax

Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@johnpickford4222

Жыл бұрын

@martinlagrange8821: STAR TREK was not a “funny old word” but the next world.

Dr. Watson from the Brett series of Sherlock Holms makes appearance

@2anthro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, couldn't remember that actor's other role I had seen him in!

Henry James wrote brilliantly about scandal among the upper classes. Try The Reverberator, A London Life and What Maisie Knew. He was ahead of his time and you will be amazed by what he saw coming more than 100 years ago. 4/22/21

@Patrick3183

2 жыл бұрын

4/7/22

King Edward the Caresser! lol 😂

@SymphonyBrahms

2 жыл бұрын

Prince Charles the Cheater.

Now I know about Mary of Teck's background of marrying her fiancé's brother.

@jmj5388

3 жыл бұрын

Queen V. Thought that Mary of Teck was “good royal marriage material” and did not want to let her go after her first fiancé died.

@Patrick3183

2 жыл бұрын

@@jmj5388 Mary of teck was the daughter of Victoria’s first cousin princess Adelaide , her uncle’s daughter. Mary was of true royal blood

@pedanticradiator1491

2 жыл бұрын

@@Patrick3183 but on her fathers side she was not considered fully Royal in Germany as her grandfather had married a non royal lady

@valeriesmith2129

Жыл бұрын

Funny to think that the royal family now could have been different if Eddie, Duke of Clarence had lived.

Oh damn, it´s Gareth Thomas!

42:06 Oh Brother! George is so sad for his Brother Eddy and Mary was sad too. They are so cute George and Mary a cute love story and they are Bertie and David's parents and Elizabeth's grandparents

@herondelatorre4023

2 жыл бұрын

Beatrice Sanfilippo : And Charles's great grandparents, and William's great great grandparents, and George's great great great grandparents.

@johnpickford4222

Жыл бұрын

@beatricesanfilippo6925 and @herondelatore4023: PLEASE, POST SOMETHING OF KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST. Everybody knows the relationship of George V and Queen Mary to their descendants. This is nothing new. Are you that desperate to post on KZread that you have to post the obvious and show how little you know?

10:12: the future George V so studiously reading a book?? HA! Not likely...

@Taopuppy

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe he was reading a book about stamps.

@brianrodney5202

6 жыл бұрын

His two main pastimes, I believe, were collecting stamps and shooting birds out of the sky.

oh dear Prince Eddy

@larchitecte5287

Жыл бұрын

His death was far too fitting

OMG I see that today we take the family relation of cousin more seriously than the 19th century royals. Prince Eddy was considering both of his 1st cousins as brides. Princess Victoria's daughter and Princess Alice's daughter.

@gidzmobug2323

7 жыл бұрын

Tony Mcneil It was thought that Alix of Hessen would be a stabilizing influence on Eddy. She turned him down.

@MerlynH

6 жыл бұрын

Katheryne Koelker Sadly she wasn't much of a "stabilising influence" on her husband Tsar Nicholas 11!

@leescott8506

5 жыл бұрын

@@gidzmobug2323 : She turned Eddy down to marry Czar Nicholas II. That didn't work out very well for her.

@blessOTMA

5 жыл бұрын

The English royal family dodged a bullet when Alix of Hesse turn down Eddie. If they had married, then Hemophilia gene she carried , which she got from her mother, the English Princess Alice, would have come back to the English royal family.....but it didn't. The gene was spread to other royal families instead...

@jasperhorace2693

4 жыл бұрын

I believe it is still legal to marry a cousin today. It just isn’t very common.

Interesting how “The Firm” haven’t lost their skill of banding together in times of trouble. In those days, to accuse a gentleman of cheating at cards could see him challenged to a duel.

@esmeephillips5888

Жыл бұрын

No, dueling had been outlawed, and was frowned upon even if conducted across the Channel. England was seen as a country where the rule of law prevailed and civil peace was maintained under an impartial constitutional sovereign. Affairs of honor between subjects were to be judged in the courts or by 'the court of public opinion' ( social ostracism), not determined by sabers as in despotic Germany or pistols as in republican France. Italy, with its family feuds, offered a worse hint about what dueling could lead to.

Those Edwardians were morally scandalous with an S major seriously lol😂 King Edie though so much fun a great actor to have played him me thinks.

Does anyone know the name of that Polka? Thank you!

wonderful acting. Helen Ryan particularly fine.

I wonder if that husband and wife (with the love letter) ever made it back into society? I think word got out about them threatening the Prince of Wales and they continued to be shunned.

@iTube22100

9 жыл бұрын

I haven't understood this affair. I'll be grateful if somebody would explain it to me. The wife of Lord Beresford wanted to sue her husband (but did the law allowed her, see the case of Lady Norton) for having had an affair with Lady Brooke. The Prince, after being asked for help, tried to convince Lady Beresford not to do it and that would be in the benefit of his husband. To the contrary Lord Beresford turned against Bertie on his own detriment. What am I missing ? Thanks

@pfschuman

9 жыл бұрын

iTube22100 Lord Beresford had an affair with Lady Brooke, but broke it off to go back to his wife. Lady Brooke wrote a nasty letter to him, which his wife ended up opening up and reading since her husband was out of the country and supposedly had given her leave to open all letters. Afraid that the wife would use the letter against her, Lady Brooke cozied up to Bertie and tried to get him to persuade the lady (or her lawyer) to give it to him, and when they refused, he made some vague comments that Lady Beresford interpreted as meaning she and her husband would be shunned from society by being shut out of the Prince of Wales' social circle should they not surrender or destroy the letter. I think the husband was more reacting to the threat of being ostracized and felt Bertie had no right to punish them for the fact that Lady Brooke had written a nasty, revealing letter and wanted an apology, which Bertie felt was either not necessary, or that the Beresfords were overreacting and wanting too public and specific an apology. In this society, no one really cared WHAT you did, you just had to keep up the appearances and gentlemen were NEVER to reveal openly that they had engaged in affairs, supposedly to 'protect' their ladies. Some time later, when the Prince of Wales' horse won a major race, Beresford's brother approached him to congratulate and literally begged him to allow his brother to present his congratulations as well, so they were finally 'reconciled' to a point, but I doubt they were ever really happy in each others' company again.

@iTube22100

9 жыл бұрын

pfschuman Thank you very much for your explanation

@Patrick3183

8 жыл бұрын

+iTube22100 Bertie had no right to ask for the letter. Daisy involving Bertie was a flagrant abuse of Bertie's power and social influence.

Geoffrey Palmer as the lawyer 😊- from As Time Goes By.

Lord Rosebury is Dr. Watson! Edward Hardwicke!

11:51 26 year old Tywin Lanester!!!!!

Bertie was such a playboy

What is not known is that Prince Bertie and Princess Alexandra (of Denmark) had, prior to their marriage, consummated their relationship and by December 1861, her pregnancy was obvious. Prince Albert furiously confronted Bertie which was covered up by suggesting it was a fling with an actress, to protect the virtue of the Danish Royal Family and the moral standing of Queen Victoria. Alexandra was sent to South Africa where she met the intended foster parents and in June 1862, their son was born, unannounced, baptized with an assumed name and sadly left with the foster parents. Alexandra returned home to become engaged to Bertie and eventually they married, thus legitimising their eldest son, whose descendants recently discovered the irrefutable DNA evidence of their zero distance between them and the Royal Family relatives. Irrefutable DNA evidence of their zero distance between them.

Lord Beresford is Blake from Blakes 7!🤣

I almost didn’t recognize Charles Dance.

@annoldham3018

Жыл бұрын

He was handsome 😍. Still is.

Too bad the REAL juicy scandal of 1889 was left out of the series... The male brothel of Cleveland Street in London, run by Lord Arthur Somerset and featuring none other than playboy Prince Albert Victor, Bertie & Alix's eldest and, before his death, #2 to Victoria's thrrrrone. ... Then, of course, there's the somewhat less evidenced story that Eddie was Jack the Ripper.

@princerarerewharekura4401

9 жыл бұрын

Voltarine DeCleyre agreed! i would have liked to have seen how they scripted that 1 lol.

@Master_Blackthorne

8 жыл бұрын

+Voltarine DeCleyre You might be able to prove that the Duke of Clarence was gay, but not that he was Jack the Ripper---since he was in Scotland at the time of one of the murders. It was probably Donald Trump.

@adelaidebeeman-white1608

8 жыл бұрын

+Master Blackthorne great Donald Trump jab!

@jasonaw2

7 жыл бұрын

I think they left it out because it had been only a few years since homosexuality was decriminalized in the UK at the time of the show's premiere so it would have been a touchy subject for a glorious production.

@SuperTweezy5

6 жыл бұрын

It was actually stupid and juvenile.

This is vastly superior to modern productions in so many ways, but even in the 1970s they couldn't get the titles right. Lord Charles Beresford was the younger son of the Marquess of Waterford, and his wife was Lady Charles Beresford, not Lady Beresford. I remember my father complaining about this at the time! It's so easy to get right: just consult the newspapers of the time. And 'ma'am', being short for 'madam', is pronounced 'mam', not 'marm'.

@pedanticradiator1491

Жыл бұрын

Lord Charles Beresford was later given his own peerage Baron Beresford

I wish I had a cigar punch like lord Salisbury had

"Cor Blimey" ............. "Some" Royalist has deleted my comment !

Can somebody remind me who is the man pouring the wisky (or whatever) in his face at 16:14 ? Thanks

@westlock

8 жыл бұрын

That is Frederick Treves playing Christopher Sykes, a Member of Parliament who is chiefly remembered for spending all his money (and then some) trying to maintain his position in high society. Treves is remembered for his heroic actions as a 17-year-old merchant sailor when his ship was sunk during the famous Pedestal Convoy of 1942.

@iTube22100

8 жыл бұрын

Howard Glen Thank you

@merriemisfit8406

8 жыл бұрын

So the ACTOR Frederick Treves appeared in TWO productions in which his 19th century relative, the acclaimed DOCTOR Frederick Treves, was a character!

46:08 Edward Hardwick. Dear Dr. Watson.

@ginnylorenz5265

Жыл бұрын

opps! Spelling error. HARDWICKE. How could I like him so much and spell his name wrong??

the marquess of salisbury was 193 cm tall

@Patrick3183

9 жыл бұрын

really??

@bunney3272

9 жыл бұрын

Patrick3183 yes

@bunney3272

9 жыл бұрын

Patrick3183 in his youth. curzon was also very tall so was bismarck, de gaulle,

@Patrick3183

9 жыл бұрын

Sir George Severn i have no idea how tall 193 cm is.

@SJ-oi7tk

9 жыл бұрын

Patrick3183 three and a half miles

One of homewrecker Camilla's ancestors was Edward VII's mistress. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

32:46 Watson I presume. Hardwicke. Yes, I'm sure it's him! Sneaking up on me like that.

When Alex mentions thay "awful chamber pot lady" who is she referring to?

@zzzbbbooo

Жыл бұрын

A Miss Chamberlayne, an American debutante, another Bertie conquest.

@esmeephillips5888

Жыл бұрын

An echo of Wil!iam IV and his longtime concubine Mrs Jordan.

I Didn't know Tywin Lannister had a moustache when he was young

@indigohammer5732

Жыл бұрын

He’s “acting”. It’s the job of an “actor” (that’s what they’re called) to pretend to be different people from all sorts of different times and place. As you pointed out, the man you saw had “acted” in a made up story about a made up place with made up people. Actors can be busy people who can play different people

@Jon.A.Scholt

Жыл бұрын

@@indigohammer5732 Wow, why are you taking such a light-hearted comment so seriously? Yea, I know Charles Dance is an actor, thanks for letting me know.

Princess Margaret of Prussia was Eddy’s and George’s cousin. They about her like she’s a stranger.

@notnek202

4 жыл бұрын

Ber P. Margaret was a daughter of Victoria’s beloved daughter Vicky. All three of Vicky’s younger daughters were frequent visitors to the U.K. her nickname in the family was Mossy. That’s how she would of been referred to by family members. Not as Margaret of Prussia.

@notnek202

4 жыл бұрын

Ber P. There is no question that Princess Alexandra despised the Prussians. She was very bitter that Denmark was crushed by Prussia in the Prussian-Danish War 1864. But she adored Vicky & Fritz. The problem was cousin Willy who many members of the British Royal family couldn’t stand. His cousin Princess Alice of Albany said it best “a very pompous man who was very rude & jealous of the British Empire”. But he did love his grandmama.

Can’t believe they used fluorescent light for this. It’s not very convincing.

Towards the end when Queen Victoria is sitting with her son future King Edward VII, and she mentions that the liberals have won again and says "you know what that means" the smirk on his face 😂 Gladstone really irked her 😂 "And for the fourth time!" 😂

Typical Victoria!

Is She wearing a hand watch?? At 29:34?

@pygiana16

5 жыл бұрын

Women’s wristwatches date back to 1868. Patel Philippe made some. And there were earlier individual pieces. Breguet made one for Napoleon’s sister in 1810.

@Patrick3183

4 жыл бұрын

grgadelnice I think it might’ve been an onyx cameo bracelet

How would they have known how Queen Victoria actually spoke ?

@johnpickford4222

Жыл бұрын

@markknight1011: She left recordings of her voice in case there dramatizations of her life.

00:16:15 Can someone clue me into as to who these two snobs are?

Did this series cover the deaths of Victoria's 2 children, Leopold and Alice? Be surprised if that was omitted as these early 70s series adhered to historical accuracy.

@joankonkle6972

3 жыл бұрын

Not so far. When did they happen?

@LunaBasset1

3 жыл бұрын

Alice died of diphtheria in 1878. Leopold died in 1884 as a result of haemophilia when he fell from his horse and sustained a knee injury

@herondelatorre4023

2 жыл бұрын

@@LunaBasset1 Interesting fact about Princess Alice. She died on the same day as her father Prince Albert did. That day was on Dec. 14th.

@Patrick3183

2 жыл бұрын

They omitted this info. It is too focused on the life of Edward vii

@herondelatorre4023

2 жыл бұрын

@@Patrick3183 True, apart from Edward VII, the series was also mostly focused on his mother Queen Victoria, his father Prince Albert, his wife Queen Alexandra, and on three on their six children Prince Eddie, Prince George, and Princess Victoria. They did talk somewhat about the two other children Princesses Louise & Maude but not very much. Their youngest child Prince John died as an infant and was not mentioned at all.

10:09 This convo happened in 1890... 2 years after Prince Eddy... in 1888 .. was in real life actually suspected of being Jack the Ripper. YIKES!!

@johnclayden1670

5 жыл бұрын

... This was only mooted in 1962. He was not in London on the dates of the murders.

Alix was a pretty princess than all the british women becos she's a Danish lady

Eddie was lucky. He managed to get out when the getting was good.

@joankonkle6972

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know why you say that. Yes WWI was coming but he would have survived and his family still reigns today, unlike most European royalty.

@gidzmobug2323

Жыл бұрын

Potential heir? Eddie was second-in-line after his father.

Hopefully the ladies had dudes on the side too.

@Patrick3183

4 жыл бұрын

D Stuart they did not

@Valentina-Steinway

3 жыл бұрын

Alix did not.

@maidaursuladawn44glasgow3

Жыл бұрын

Thing is they were the ones that could get pregnant no pill on those days

Eddy was gay.

@larchitecte5287

Жыл бұрын

His death was far too fitting.