My grandma, who is only one year younger that Queen Elizabeth, actually saw her when she was on this tour! I wonder if my grandma might have actually be somewhere in the crowds on this video! My grandma says she was amazed when she saw the Queen and it hit her how young the Queen was - as young as my grandmother herself. Crazy to think about. My grandma is now 95.

@ToxicHaste_

5 ай бұрын

What an amazing story. I hope you and your grandma wealth, health and prosperity. And lots more years too.

As a Sri Lankan It's crazy to see that this woman had been alive all these years, like she was almost a Time traveller. She would be missed ❤️

@lbcthinkingoutloud3427

Жыл бұрын

Not any more 😂

@BlueberryCookieYT

11 ай бұрын

That was rude :/

@drmether9150

3 ай бұрын

@@BlueberryCookieYT. Nothing would ever be as rude as colonisation 💀

What a legend she was,can't believe she has gone through all these historical times R.I.P queen♥️👑

Lovely Sri Lankan (Ceylon) history... ❤️🇱🇰

Good old days when politics were decent

@sasinduratnayake2609

2 жыл бұрын

And when politicians actually cared about the welfare of the country.

@tilinapreliskahawe8628

2 жыл бұрын

How the queen of ceylon is white??

@VintageCarEnthusiast5625

2 жыл бұрын

@@tilinapreliskahawe8628 ceylon was part of the British Empire. The Queen was the Queen of Britain and also the other territories.

@tilinapreliskahawe8628

2 жыл бұрын

@@VintageCarEnthusiast5625 you england empire my ass, you guys stolen everything from sri lanka india and africa must give our shith back.

@senuljayaweera

2 жыл бұрын

I strongly agree

ඔවුන් හිටියනමි කියලත් හිතෙනවා

@troll2637

Жыл бұрын

Yeah man. අපේ උන් නිකන් වඳුරට දැළි පිහිය හම්බ උනා වගේ වැඩ කරන්නේ.

@5ksubswith1vid99

Жыл бұрын

@@troll2637 you voted for these leaders.

@john_____

8 ай бұрын

හිටියට කමක් නෑ ඉන්දියාවෙන් වහල් සක්කිලි දෙමළ්ලු ලක්ෂගානක් ගෙනත් සිංහල මිනිස්සුන්ගෙ ඉඩම් වල පදිංචිකරන් නැතුව 🤔

@WilliamLi-nd4lz

2 ай бұрын

@@john_____ they were not slaves. THey were indentured workers, which was an extremely common way of labour white and coloured alike

i was very happy when i remember we welcomed queen in our own way

As a former Sri Lankan living in the U.S. since 1984, this video brings back fond memories of the Queen's visit to Ceylon in 1954. I was 16 years old and remember seeing the Queen and Prince Philip on their way to St. Michael's Church, Colpetty on a Sunday morning. My wife and I last visited Sri Lanka in 2019 just before the pandemic hit. It is sad to see what has become of this beautiful Island since the departure of the British. I can only hope and pray that sanity and peace will prevail among all races and religions, as President Wickremesinghe works to bring the country together.

@sadarum9905

Жыл бұрын

Great story and sorry to point it out but how can someone be a "former" Sri Lankan? Once a Sri Lankan always a Sri Lankan, or did you just forget your roots or something after moving to a foreign country? If you were born in Sri Lanka and was brought up in the motherland it would honestly irritate me to know that you consider yourself as a "former" Sri Lankan just because you moved nations. I was born with a foreign passport yet I consider myself as a proud Sri Lankan.

@wajiraruwanlatha4512

Жыл бұрын

Very sad Sri Lankans left country hope all the communities live peacefully back in 50tees

@blessingjohnchelliah4317

Жыл бұрын

@@sadarum9905 I was born in India, but raised in Sri Lanka so that makes me an Indian by birth and a naturalized Sri Lankan. I have now been a naturalized U.S. citizen for over 3 decades.Although Sri Lanka is not my motherland , my affection for the country is still strong and have visited the Island several times. The last visit with my Sri Lankan born wife was in 2019, just before the pandemic.

@asirimaduranga8697

Жыл бұрын

President wickremesinghe will build my ass.

@troll2637

Жыл бұрын

Sri Lanka is indeed beautiful as long as you live in another country.

I was by the side of Town Hall Colombo with my parents to watch the ceremony in April 1954 I was a student at Nalanda Collegeiate Colombo My parents my brother and sister and close relatives were with us Again I saw her in 1981 she visited Sri Lanka at Town Hall Colombo ceremony held I was with my wife Ranjanie and my daughter Dushanthi and son Hasantha So I saw her twice in 1954 and in 1981

As a Sri Lankans, seeing my ancestors gives a different feeling

Rest In Peace Queen Elizabeth.. 🙏❤

ස්තූති. ගොඩක් වටිනවා.

I should love to meet Queen Elizabeth and honestly - honestly - get her opinion on the almost complete loss of her Empire over her lifetime. I imagine she's made her peace with it at this point, but I doubt she was always so resigned to it.

@Twst3628

2 жыл бұрын

I want to know how she actually sees other races

@rubberducky4074

Жыл бұрын

@@Twst3628 She was a good friend of Mandela & I think she was honestly happy to see the empire gone as it helped establish the voluntary Commonwealth.

@NickVenture1

Жыл бұрын

Today the British became independant from the Ceylonese! 🙂🥳🤩

The year my father was born. She's still alive. Amazing.

@diamondwastaken7924

Жыл бұрын

Not now man

@MihilRanathunga1990

Жыл бұрын

@@diamondwastaken7924 So very sad.

@diamondwastaken7924

Жыл бұрын

@@MihilRanathunga1990 yeah :(

@r------

Жыл бұрын

Not anymore, so sad

They stayed at the Polonaruwa Rest House during their visit, which is now an expensive boutique hotel. I stayed there in the 1980's . . . . .

Beautiful young Queen so unruffled and serene!

beautiful our lanka

බ්‍රිතාන්‍යය අධිරාජ්‍යයේ ඉතුරු උණු කැනඩාවයි, ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ, නවසීලන්තය කොච්චර දියුණු ද.

Protected by Britain 😂👍🏾

My mom wasn’t born yet 😁 this is more my grandma teenage period 🥰 RIP queen Elizabeth ll!

Long live the Queen of Ceylon! Your Majesty, please be Ceylon's monarch again! We're tired of a presidency with absolute power.

I was born in 1954,So it was written in the history,.Wow

Proud Ceylon

What a lovely lady the Queen was.

My grandpa was a kid at that time and he has witnessed the queen's arriveal because he and his parents participeted this event.

Munta pawada dama dama idala wadak na.jana jeewithaya diyunu karanda wada nokara.

British Ceylon was a colony of United kingdom Ruled by George V,Edward VII,George Vi and Queen Elizabeth-2 and got independence from britain in 1948

@Desertfox18

Жыл бұрын

George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria also.

Sudda raja karanam api sathutin thamath . Kamba horu tikak raja karana ape rate jeewath viima puruwe kala pawak.

👸🏼💕

😃👍❤

🙂

R.I.P Queen Elizabeth

Queen visit Srilanka but Royal family not helping Srilanka peoples 😡😡😡

❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇱🇰

❤️

Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth ❤

Golden days

I Proud about my County ❤️

"Protected" lmao. But RIP Your Majesty - you were a good queen.

God save the queen

@user-mz1me1xr9z

2 жыл бұрын

For what She is in the hell now

@thisulwickramarachchi2380

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-mz1me1xr9z she's still alive..

@user-mz1me1xr9z

2 жыл бұрын

@@thisulwickramarachchi2380 in her mind

1954 එදා...අද 2022 මෙදා...එදා මෙදා කියල අපේ ලොකු වෙනසක් නෑ,,,,සුද්දො සුද්දියො ආවම බෙර ගහල පාවඩ දාල පිලිගන්නෙ😂😂😂

@-lokaridmaya

Жыл бұрын

Ammo😂

@a.hcrishanchandima6270

Жыл бұрын

@@-lokaridmaya බොරුද මං අහන්නෙ 😆

@-lokaridmaya

Жыл бұрын

Aniwaren

@a.hcrishanchandima6270

Жыл бұрын

@@-lokaridmaya කවද අපි වෙස්ටන් පෞෂත්වය ඉගෙන ගනීද නේ...උන් කවුරු ආවත් අතට අත දීල welcome කිව්ව එච්චරයි

@ceylonks

Жыл бұрын

ඒ කාලෙ මහා ගොන්නු ඉදලා තියෙන්නෙ අප්පා 😂

What happend to srilanka now . We are so unlucky to be SriLankans now

RIP queen

Rest in peace her majesty the Queen. Thank you very much for what you did to our country. Still we are enjoying the benefits. If not we don't even have a railway system in Sri Lanka with all these corrupted politicians.

Why did she give up Ceylon 😢😢😢

එලිසෙබත් රැජිණ තරුණ කාලේ ලස්සනයි නේද.හැබැයි ඉතින් අපේ රට සූරා කාපු කාලකණ්නි,උන් වගේම ප්‍රධාන පවුල් කිහිපයක් හදලනේ උන් ගියේ,දැන් උන් අපේ රට සූරා කනවා

Democracy Law and Order Made people's quality. After 75 yrears ????

Many people state that it would have been better if we had british rule cause we didnt have ethnic problems then. But remeber that s because all the sinhalese people were harshly discriminated and only sinhalese who converted to their religion and embraced their culture were given the right to education, jobs, opportunities. Majority of the tamils were also given those opportunities. Those poor sinhala people who had no power or education couldnt fight against this. I believe that the sinhala only act gave the opportunity for the sinhlese. But tamil also should have included as an official language cause they also our people. People are so delusional, that they cant see british actually destroyed our country by divide and conquer policy and looting our resources . They built are all those roads, railways for their benifit not for the people.

I admire the lady and the way she handled her job, but I object to the statement that Britain protected Ceylon for 150 years. It exploited the resources to the hilt and caused problems by bringing the whole island together under one administration in 1833 when until then the Tamil kingdom in Jaffna was administered as a separate territory from India. (As was the case with Portuguese and Dutch). This is the cause of the racial problems that ensued as the representations of the Tamils in parliament was not enough to have any consequence.

@HLANGL

Жыл бұрын

"... until then the Tamil kingdom in Jaffna was administered as a separate territory from India ...": The kingdom of Jaffna appeared only in the 13th century AD, until then there had not been such an entity in the north. It continued to operate as a separate regional kingdom until it was captured by Portuguese in the early 17th century. This regional kingdom had been ruled by the Tamil dynasty "Aryacakravarti"/"Aryachakravarthi" which happened to cease/end with the execution of its last ruler/king Cankili II by Portuguese after defeating him and capturing the kingdom. This "Aryacakravarti"/"Aryachakravarthi" dynasty obviously had its origins in India, true, may have had some strong links with them during the subsequent few centuries (13th century AD - 17th century AD) too, still the fact that "The Tamil kingdom in Jaffna was administered as a separate territory from India ...." is incorrect and it's nothing but a misinterpretation of historical facts .... As far as the late Queen Elizabeth ii is concerned, there's no argument whatsoever regarding the fact that she seems to have had been truly a remarkable person from the outset, and led truly an exemplary life throughout until her very demise. Even just the fact that how she held her nerve amidst all the turbulence within the British royal family itself during the past several decades to see that it got through to its present day situation conveys what a remarkable human being she had been. RIP ....

@john_____

Жыл бұрын

Jaffna was a part of Vijayanagar empire of India "🧐 Aryachakravarthi Was from India and invaded North Pennsylvania of Ceylon , 🧐 Before that, king parakramabahu 6 of kotte United Ceylon and named one of his disender (sapumal Kumaraya who defeated Aryachakravarthi in battle) as YAPA in" YAPA PATUNA" (Means ruler of a land of Pennsylvania under the kotte kings you can see even the flag of " Vijayanagar Empire" 🚩 and so called Jaffna kingdom flag are same 🧐. Evan "Sankili" was from India, "ponnambalam Ramanathan" was born in India and later migrated from India to sri lanka

@ponniatm

Жыл бұрын

John The first Arya chakravarti was Vijaya Koolangai Sinhai Arya Magan in 1240 whom the Sinhalese call Magha. 14 descendants later, Sepumalkumaraya ( the son of an Indian Tamil adopted by the king, whose Tamil name was Chemoaha Perumal) was sent on a surprise attack against a peaceful king in about 1447ce. The hope was that he would be killed in battle and he would not then become the heir to the Kotte throne. He ruled in Jaffna for 14 years and is known to have built many Hindu temples. Pararajasekeram returned with an army of mercenaries and expelled Sepumal Kumaraya. He returned to Kotte and took over the throne on the death of Parakramabahu IV and took on the name Bhuvanekabahu Bahu VI. Your narrative is interspersed with facts out of chronological order. The fact remains that the Sinhalese and the Tamils are now fighting over irrelevant matters. We should stop this. My dispute is with the British, not my fellow countrymen.

@ponniatm

Жыл бұрын

Oops 1214 not 1240

Good to voching happen New ganine England Civil rights civil only low

The biggest reason behind British captuer Sri Lanka was the inner fights. Sri Lanka was not an easy country to defeat. If you read the Histroy in the country, you can see it. The way I see, From Portuguese to Dutch to British, It was never easy. The Country had Strong kings and even the forest protect the last kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka. But in the End British manage to captoer the King. How? They use the inner drama in the country to win the war. The way i read, The Senhalees people who live back then hate the Nayakkar King Sri Wikrama rajasingha. Okey I understand that. No one want a man from another country to rule thire country. But to settle the issue, What they di was stupid. They ask the help Of British. Meanwhile British was looking away to finger the matters in the country. and they finaly had the chance. and to worse the situation. One of the sinhalees high ranking person show the place the King was hiding to the british. They thought that if the British take away the King, one of them can be the King. But that was whare they got wrong. British never give the country back to the people. And that was when Sri Lanka finaly lost. I heard they had a history more than 5000 years of brave skillfull kings to queens. But what they did with the British was Stupid i think. Well This is a big lesson to anyone. Always remember. if you have a problem try to slove it by your self. this reminds me the way Magadha over power Licchavi in India. Not the same story. But kinda. I hope Sri lankens learn a lesson from the Histroy. Never let another country to invole in bigger matters in yours.

0:18 "Protected by Britain" 💀

@WilliamLi-nd4lz

2 ай бұрын

it was.

@samithufernando

2 ай бұрын

@@WilliamLi-nd4lz Do you think colonialism is protection?

@WilliamLi-nd4lz

2 ай бұрын

@@samithufernando Its not. Im from Vietnam, a former french colony. But.. Colonialism in Sri Lanka was drastically different from anywhere else. The British that ruled sri lanka did care about the country, a lot. Sri Lanka had reached self governing far before the independence in 1948, most of the top ministers were Sri Lankan. The goverment was structured not only for the benefit of britain but genuince servitude towards the Sri Lankan people. Britain is solely responsible to booming the Sri Lankan population from 400,000 to 5 million within mere decades. They undertook some of the largest infrastructure projects in its history. The best universities and schools in the country were built by Britain. They built hundreds of schools and dozens of hospitals scattered all across the country serving rich and poor alike. Plus due to being a british protectorate, not once in that century did they face the threat of an invasion.

@samithufernando

2 ай бұрын

​@@WilliamLi-nd4lz I'm from Sri Lanka. British took our independence in 1815, after the Kingdom of Kandy got defeated. Europeans (Portuguese, Dutch, English) had started ruling coastal areas of our country from 1505. But none of them were able to threaten the independence of the country. After the British lost the first Kandyan war of 1803, Thomas Maitland was appointed the governor. Who used John D'Oyly to strategically gain control over the Kingdom of Kandy. He learned the Sinhala language, and using various tactics was able to gain the favor of the nobility. He also used spies to obtain confidential information. Using the tensions between the king and the nobility to their advantage, the British conquered the entire island in 1815. Sri Vikarama Rajasinghe, the last king of the country is often shown as a villain. Many things that he did, including using capital punishment, which might now seem quite uncivilized due to our current societal standards, were part of the royal law based on traditions. At that time the king was distanced from the commoners, and the British were successfully able to convince the public that the king is a villain, and the British were the saviors. Since the British took over the country with the help of the nobility, both parties signed the Kandyan convention. But the British did not follow the convention properly, which caused rebellions in 1818 and in 1848 due to oppression and unfair taxes. I would highly suggest you read regarding these rebellions to understand how oppressively the British controlled the country. Do not ever come to the assumption that any of the colonizers did anything to their colony because of their love for its people. Tell me one thing they did like that. It is always for their benefit. Also, the population of Sri Lanka was 1.33 million in 1815 and 7.59 million in 1948. This data is from OurWorldinData. British did not boom the population; it was simply a matter of time. Please understand that nobody wants to do anything for free. They all need something in return. Don't think that the largest empire in history conquered parts of the world to 'protect them.' The country was impoverished when they left it. The impacts of colonialism still reverberate. Colonialism was directly or indirectly responsible for almost every problem in the country. The cruelty of colonialism outweighs any advantages of it. I suggest you read more about the actions of the British in our country. Thank you

Putugeci palana samaya celon

0:17 protected by britain? Haha😂

@WilliamLi-nd4lz

2 ай бұрын

Yep.

Came for what to loot or what

@NickVenture1

Жыл бұрын

Kiss your Gotaba

මටනම් ඕකුන් දැක්කම ලේ කකියනවා..අපේ දේ අපිට විනාශ කරපු පරබල්ලො බැල්ලියො

@danirurajapaksha7990

2 жыл бұрын

Ha hutha ube ammata Enna kiyanako Ra wela me pathe

@rw2548

2 жыл бұрын

Ape උන් awrudi 74k tisse kare hodata. Sudda nathnam කෝච්චි පාරවත් නෑ බම්

@user-mz1me1xr9z

2 жыл бұрын

Ow appa

@user-mz1me1xr9z

2 жыл бұрын

@@danirurajapaksha7990 aa Rajapaksha kenekne

@dhanushka9314

2 жыл бұрын

Ape deh apta winsha kale un newei yko. 74 years Rata palanaya karpu horu .. sinhla horu 😂

ඉන්දියාවට වඩා ලස්සනට තිබ්බ අපේ රට DS ලා , ඩඩ්ලිලා, කොතලාවලලා කවදාවත් උඩරට සිංහලයන්ගෙ පාරම්පරික දෙය පරිස්සන්කරා, හොර බණ්ඩාරනායකලා=(නීලම්පෙරුමාල් ) වගේ සිංහල මිනිස්සුව ගොනාට අන්දලා , දේපළටික කොල්ල කෑවෙ නෑ , සේරම "දන්දෙන්න" කිව්වා ,දකුණු ඉන්දියාවෙ සරම ජාතික ඇදුම කරලා , සිංහල නායකයින්ට සරම් ඇන්දුවා "මිෂනාරි" බාලිකා පාසලකින් 8ටේ පන්තියට අධ්‍යාපනය ලැබූ "සිරිමා" කියන මෝඩ ගෑණි 1971 වෙනකොටත් සිංහලේ (Ceylon ) කියල තිබ්බ අපේ රට ශ්‍රීලංකාවක් කරලා අපිව කොහෙද යන ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයො කරා😈 රට අස්තාවර උනා, ඊටපස්සෙ ඒ ලංකාව කියන ඉන්දියාවෙ නම රැකගන්න අව්රුදු 30ක් LTTE එකත් එක්ක යුද්ධය කරන්න උනා ,JVP එක විප්ලව කරන්න ගත්තා ,ජීවිත ලක්ෂ ගණනින් නැතිඋනා ,අන්තිමට අපි කොහෙද යන ශ්‍රීලාංකිකයො උනා, 🤬🤔😥😥😥මේක රාවණාගෙ රට ලංකාව උනා🤣🤔😥 1971 චෞර ඉඩම් පනත් ගෙනල්ලා කොල්වින් ආර් ද සිල්වයි, N.M පෙරේරයි එකතුවෙලා, අපේ රටේ මඩුවන් වල දිසාවට, බින්තැන්නේ රටේ රාල.., වැනි උඩ රට සිංහල නායකයින්ට අයිති වෙලා තිබ්බ ඉඩ කඩම් සියල්ල රජයට පවර ගත්තා ( දැන් ඒ ඉඩම් වල රජයෙන් දෙමළ , මුස්ලිම් ගම්මාන හදලා පදිංචි කරනවා🤣😥) දිර්ඝ කාලයක් තිස්සෙ පාරම්පරිකව ජීවත්උන සිංහල මිනිස්සුම්ගෙ ඉඩම් දේපළ සියල්ල කපටි කමින් පවරා ගෙන සිංහල ජාතියෙ පිය උරුමයත් අපිට අහිමි කරපු , ලස්සන අපේ රට අපායක් කරපු කපටි ඊරිසියාකර කාලකණ්ණි මාක්ස් වාදීන්ට අහූඋන ගොං ගෑණි🤮 අන්තිමට ඉන්දියාවෙන් වතුවැඩට ආපු තොන්ඩමන්ලා අද private ජෙට් අයිත්, ඉඩම් විෂාල ගණනක් හිමි බිලියන පතියන් වෙලා🤔 (සිරිම ගෙ සීයා කොහොමත් උඩරට ගිවිසුමේ "යිරත්වතෛ" කියලා දෙමළෙන් අත්සන් තබා ඇත. 🤣)

@Chathuraranasinghe418

2 жыл бұрын

The name Lanka for our Motherland could be found in both several Chronicles and Sinhalese Literatures as > Lankadveepa in Deepavamsa Written in 4th Century AD > Lanka in Salalihini Sandésa > Lanka in Epic Ramayana, Composed in 5th Century BC But the only change made my Madam Sirimawo was “Sri” Since History, our Country was being called by people in many Names, as ⬇️ Ojjadipa Varadipa Mandadipa Amaradvipa Lankadveepa Thambaparni / Thambapanni and Taprobane by Greeks and Romans Periplus & Palaisimundu Sinhala-dvipa Sihala-dipa Serendip Sinhala Illankai Ceilavo Ceylon Lanka And Today as Sri Lanka

@Chathuraranasinghe418

2 жыл бұрын

The name Lanka for our Motherland could be found in both several Chronicles and Sinhalese Literatures as > Lankadveepa in Deepavamsa Written in 4th Century AD > Lanka in Salalihini Sandésa > Lanka in Epic Ramayana, Composed in 5th Century BC But the only change made my Madam Sirimawo was “Sri” Since History, our Country was being called by people in many Names, as ⬇️ Ojjadipa Varadipa Mandadipa Amaradvipa Lankadveepa Thambaparni / Thambapanni and Taprobane by Greeks and Romans Periplus & Palaisimundu Sinhala-dvipa Sihala-dipa Serendip Sinhala Illankai Ceilavo Ceylon Lanka And Today as Sri Lanka

@john_____

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@@Chathuraranasinghe418 Ceylon =Lanka 🧐 🤣🤣🤣 What a joke made by indian row agent politicians 🤣🤣🤪

@mudithawanninayaka3323

2 жыл бұрын

Uba danne ne sirimavo mathiniya lankawata karapu dewal.gobbs brithanya palanayen mudagaththa. Rata thawath diyunu kara. Ubala wage ewun hinda thama mehema wela thiyenne

@user-mz1me1xr9z

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@@mudithawanninayaka3323 e widihata palane karannam meka goda Ita passe un thama palane kawe panwalata chande aran wiwurtha arthike athikarala

Now its a dump

@WilliamLi-nd4lz

2 ай бұрын

It developed significantly after indpeendence, its economy boomed and tons of infrastructure was developed. Achieved significantly low poverty, achievd 100% basic sanitation, electricity, and clean water for all citizens. But you are right, Unlike Indians, Sri Lankans actually had a deep love for the crown. There were a significant amount of people that wanted the brits to stay after the independence.

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