Here is a brief account for those wondering where the monarchy gets their money and how it is spent. In a nutshell, the taxpayers of the United Kingdom pay £1.29 each to keep the royal family and all that goes with it. A summary of the key financial figures from the 2022-2023 Royal Accounts: 1. Total Sovereign Grant: £86.3 million, divided into £51.8 million for core funding and an additional £34.5 million for Buckingham Palace maintenance. 2. Monarchy's Official Net Expenditure: £107.5 million, an increase of 5% or £5.1 million from the previous year. 3. Queen’s Funeral Cost: £1.6 million, funded by the Sovereign Grant. 4. Platinum Jubilee Expenditure: £700,000, including £300,000 allocated in 2022-2023. 5. Staffing: 517 full-time equivalent positions funded, an increase from 491, with a total wage bill of £27.1 million. 6. Housekeeping and Hospitality Expenses: £2.4 million, a rise from £1.3 million. 7. Official Royal Travel: £3.9 million, a decrease of about 13% from £4.5 million. 8. Helicopter Travel: £1.02 million for 179 journeys by the royal family. 9. Charter Flights to Rwanda: £186,571 for the King and Queen’s travel to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. 10. Charter Flights to Germany: £146,219 for the King and Queen’s state visit in March 2023. 11. Domestic Charter Flight: £25,687 for the King's travel from Aberdeen to Northolt in October 2022. 12. Sovereign Grant Cost per UK Resident: £1.29 overall, and 77p for the core grant excluding Buckingham Palace renovations.

@michaelmontagu3979

5 ай бұрын

Very good breakdown. The Sovereign Grant of course comes from the revenue of the Crown Estate which goes, in its entirety, to the Treasury. For those who say that a Republic is cheaper than a monarchy, the office of the French president costs €115 million whilst the office of the American president costs $750 million, with just air travel costing in excess of $100 million. All of which comes from general taxation.

@normanchristie4524

5 ай бұрын

We UK citizens have no idea what is spent on this family.

@karenreynolds7153

5 ай бұрын

That's a lot of typing! You must feel as passionately as I do. Thank you from Glasgow. Kx

@michaelmontagu3979

5 ай бұрын

@@normanchristie4524 It's easy to find it if you want to.

@archiebald4717

5 ай бұрын

@@normanchristie4524 Yes we do. It is published every year.

For someone who didn't want to be Queen, when she agreed to marry, well she sure took ADVANTAGE of all that the Windsors had to offer.

@pameladwyer2244

5 ай бұрын

She did want to be Queen, and schemed with a churchman, and a group of people to destroy their reputation. She “protested” that she and her husband just wanted a quiet life. She also ensured that David was not given a secondary position to help represent the RF.

@sophiachavez3377

4 ай бұрын

She always wanted to be Queen and chased Edward VIII relentlessly. That’s why she turned down George VI twice. She wasn’t looking for love; a crown was her goal.

@DMCM84

4 ай бұрын

@@sophiachavez3377 - but she was furious with Edward for stepping down because she didn’t want to be Queen

@anthonytroisi6682

3 ай бұрын

She would have been more furious if Edward VIII stayed on the throne with Wallis as his Queen. @@DMCM84

@carolkemp5935

18 күн бұрын

It reminds me of someone who recently decided not to join the Royal Family, but wanted all the trappings and money they could obtain.

A great reputation and an admitted snob and bigot. She was right when she said "underneath it all, I'm not as nice as you think I am"

@gipsi2001

5 ай бұрын

her face says it all

@user-te4of2fq5d

5 ай бұрын

@@gipsi2001 doesn't it ?

@nextwave1314

5 ай бұрын

That’s funny. It is what my ex boss, who had the persona of a mild, low key and intelligent man, said to me one day, “I’m not very nice”. I thought then, what a strange thing to admit to.

@user-te4of2fq5d

5 ай бұрын

@@nextwave1314 I was taught growing up, 90 percent of people will tell you exactly who and what they are if you "shut up and listen" . Then you'll know what you're dealing with. I'll be darned if they weren't right ! They did ! Your boss told you and many more people as well, if you were "listening".

@Carducci1959

5 ай бұрын

An absolute dragon!

She lived outside reality from the moment she was born. Never having a worry about who picked up the tab.

@mykoniichistorychannel

5 ай бұрын

And she damn sure didn’t care.

@niiwin6595

5 ай бұрын

Extreem illuions of superiority ..and the crowd cheers them on such arogance

@cateyu5547

5 ай бұрын

Yup, like moneys not real to people like that

@mfredcourtney5876

5 ай бұрын

Yes that's the life of royalty. Sorry.

@elizabethtobin6894

5 ай бұрын

@@niiwin6595 Is it any wonder they are so arrogant, when people are cheering them.

I don’t understand how she died with £4-7 Million debt, yet at the same time left £19million to her great grandchildren ? I don’t remember hearing about a Clarence House Garage Sale of all her private artworks and jewelry ?

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Good point Johnny!

@mollydooker9636

5 ай бұрын

Excellent accountants

@sophiachavez3377

5 ай бұрын

She gave it away long before she died to avoid inheritance taxes.

@normasarsby1350

5 ай бұрын

😅😅😂😅

@BetsyRoss1776

5 ай бұрын

she dodged taxes, saving that 4 the kiddies, but still spent on self like a drunken sailor.....

The only way the Royal family are thrifty is on their wages to staff.

She was addicted to horse racing, usually betting on horses from her own stable, which were not very good. She didn’t lose a few £, but losing £100,000 on a single race.Yet she paid her staff poverty level wages.

@lindabederio4603

3 ай бұрын

That’s how people in her realm behave. They spend a million dollars on something that they can’t afford, yet pay the people who work for them poverty wages. I never did like Elizabeth while she was alive, Now that she’s dead and certain facts have come to light: I have even less. Respect for her.

i will never understand how the British media talk and talk about those from working class estates claiming benefits yet they do not say a word about aristocrats and royals inheriting fancy estates and millions of pounds for doing nothing

@ludovica8221

5 ай бұрын

You clearly have no concept how the finances of the Monarchy works

@peterfreeman1585

5 ай бұрын

​@@ludovica8221 I think he does know how it all works and that is why he made a cryptic comment.

@robertlower6212

5 ай бұрын

They do everything to keep their estates and funds together. Hard work!

@shutup2751

5 ай бұрын

i'm not just talking about the monarchy though, i am talking about the aristocratic class in General@@ludovica8221

@childofthe60s100

4 ай бұрын

The media are up their "you know whats"!

There’s a sense of childishness and lack of accountability surrounding her unchecked spending, enabled by Queen Elizabeth.

@abbymonta650

4 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@feanorian21maglor38

4 ай бұрын

Another narcissist, taking advantage of way too empathic family members.

@carolrainbolt5669

3 ай бұрын

Queen Elizabeth could have put an end to her mothers spending by telling her mother “ NO MORE SPENDING”

My father had a contract with her. Whenever she went to the Royal Lodge (most weekends), he was obliged to go ahead of her and check that the traffic barrier was in working order, so it didn't risk detaining her. It used to delight him that she was paying him mileage to come and see his grandchildren.

@soulpowerful

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. What’s a traffic barrier?

@trudilm3864

3 ай бұрын

It's the arm that falls down across the road to stop the traffic. Keeping out all but authorised vehicles.@@soulpowerful

The Queen Mother’s life was one of extravagance without accountability or restraint.

@floydfarano3284

5 ай бұрын

Princess Margarete was no better.People of Egland must demand accountability of their money/

@ge2623

5 ай бұрын

It's good work if you can get it.

@MaryOConnor-kr1gv

4 ай бұрын

Why have a go at the Queen Mother after all this time?

The little people of the UK simply do not matter. At all. Rishi just sent more billions to the lost war in the Ukraine, Charles lives like Louis XV, whilst people shiver through winter and millions rely on food banks, and we have no opposition party to all the madness.

@p.sch.3922

25 күн бұрын

In your statement you mean Louis XIV not XIV i guess. But all Louis where the same anyway... by the end Monarchy says it all... But Britain without Monarchy means no income by tourists etc. King Charles did already cut down a lot. I for myself never liked the Queen Mother but thats my private thougt. We cant change the wheel but we can make us happy every day if we dont worry for things we cant change...

@carolkemp5935

18 күн бұрын

Homeless people live on the streets or get accommodation in hovels. Priority is given to the unwelcome who get billions spent on them, not the taxpayers it was meant for. Charles and his family spend like there is no tomorrow. Rishi and the government misspend public money, left right and centre.

The Queen Mother's spending was notorious. She never accepted that she wasn't queen anymore and couldn't live quite the same way she had. It was a huge worry to the Queen Elizabeth.

@michaelmontagu3979

5 ай бұрын

The late Queen allowed her mother to spend what she wanted, to try to make up for the early death of King George VI. Her late Majesty always knew that she would sort out her mother's finances.

@bubb5225

5 ай бұрын

QEII couldn’t or wouldn’t control her egomaniac mother, who invented the title “Queen mother” to let her daughter & everyone else know she would not be bossed around. QEII did nothing about it. Compare that to Q Victoria who, aged 18 or 19, kicked her controlling mother either out of the palace or to the other side of the palace to get her out of the way and show her who was in charge. Q Mother was responsible for bringing the disturbed Diana Spencer into the family, spreading mental illness into their genes. A stupid decision that is starting to destroy the monarchy as we can see today.

@michaelmontagu3979

5 ай бұрын

@brianschmidt9919 Small point. The Crown Estate is £5 billion in assets, but it's not the personal property of the Sovereign. The private estate is worth less than that of people like Richard Branson and other self made millionaires. It's still a lot but certainly nowhere near the top of the Sunday Times Rich List.

@splinterbyrd

5 ай бұрын

The QM ran what was essentially an Edwardian royal and imperial court, same as all European monarchies (the others were all massacred in revolution.) Money was not (for her) an issue. But the Windsors are no different from other zillionaire families around the world. Love her❤🤣

@stefanhelbig8726

5 ай бұрын

Didn’t she liked General Pinochet of Chile? Anyway, she was charming I think. RIP 🪦

She is recorded as saying she's not as nice as everyone thinks she is. Totally ignoring her 2 institutionalised cousins with learning difficulties their whole lives kinda proves it to me.

@Sparrowdean

5 ай бұрын

The institutionalised sisters, Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon, were the Queen Mother's nieces, not her cousins. They were the daughters of her older brother.

@abbymonta650

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I heard that she wasn't a very nice person at all!

@maryellengrayberg9146

5 ай бұрын

She rather erks me. Queen by marriage, then just "the mother of the Queen". A false sense of entitlement. Hard working English people supporting her squandering habits. Shameful!

@heatherprice588

5 ай бұрын

The cousins had more than learning difficulties plus it was a very different era then when children b with problems were put away.

@heatherstephens9295

5 ай бұрын

Please stop judging history on today’s standards. It’s not fair, who knows how we will be judged by future generations about things we are totally unaware of today 👍

The more a person learns about the Queen Mother the less you find to like or admire! In fact, she was a horrendous person--very vengeful, very uncompromising, very little if any consideration for anyone but herself, very entitled, very much only concerned with her own pleasures, very determined to ruin her daughters’s lives in every manner possible if they dared go against her wishes-- not someone to admire by any means, IMO

@michele-su6zy

5 ай бұрын

She was rather. The story of how she pursued her husband’s older brother is nothing short of embarrassing

@karenklehm1036

5 ай бұрын

The more I learn about Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon the more I like Wallis Simpson.

@happyascheese

5 ай бұрын

@@karenklehm1036 Your comment made me laugh out loud.

@karenklehm1036

5 ай бұрын

@@happyascheese Thank you.

@pameladwyer2244

5 ай бұрын

The Queen Mother was a narcissist who put on a sugary display for the public, and schemed to force the King to abdicate. She treated her daughter Margaret terribly, as Margaret had lesser status to Elizabeth. When Elizabeth became Queen, her mother fought hard to stay at Buckingham Palace. She didn’t want to give up her top position. She despised Phillip, because she couldn’t control him. She was a nasty piece of work.

She once stated”I’m not as nice as people seem to think I am”! Says it all………

She was a steely sly old fox was the Queen mum!....😂🇦🇺

The newspapers used to send her up as being a drunk and a gambler in the 80s. A lot of her debt was from gambling.

In the video is portraited as she were tall and slim. In fact the QM was petite and dumpy.

@wendymiller3364

5 ай бұрын

Hence the nickname cookie

@elizabethroberts6215

5 ай бұрын

@@wendymiller3364……yes, she was, but that’s not the origin of her nickname ‘Cookie’ by David & Wallis. It had to do with her ‘gestation’, & her ‘biological mother’………… Read book ‘The Queen Mother’ by Lady Colin Campbell, to learn about that scenario. She was a thoroughly nasty narcissist, who was exceptionally jealous of her two daughters’, amongst other horribleness by her………

@ludovica8221

5 ай бұрын

do you mean "portrayed"?

@Darrigrande

5 ай бұрын

Yes, my english ist not perfect. Greetings from 'Singen am Hohentwiel, Germany.

@taffyman6089

5 ай бұрын

My father's generation called her 'the bowlegged queen'.

I guess budgeting wasn't in The Queen Mother's vocab. She could rival various historical Royal Mistresses in terms of spending, Great video Jon and Happy New Year!

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Happy New Year Einez, thanks as always 😊

@florinelenaradamilea

5 ай бұрын

I can think of markle spending.

@lapislazuli7876

5 ай бұрын

@@florinelenaradamileathe difference is Markle is not being paid by taxpayers via the civil list anymore so she can spend how she likes. But QM was being paid by taxpayers so had no right to overspend and leave debts. It’s scandalous and atrocious behaviour. Completely morally unethical and corrupt. The Queen should’ve reigned her in, long before it became the problem it did. QM also should’ve had all those residences reduced to 1 residence only! Why 5 palaces? For what? An old bag widow living on her own???? She was an ex-Queen and had no right to all those palaces for herself. What decadence and what nonsense. The English and all the commonwealth are quite stupid people.

@einezcrespo2107

4 ай бұрын

@@florinelenaradamilea Meghan doesn't have deep pockets and she asks for freebies.

We knew the Queen mother was in debt, HM Queen often bailed her out! I thought this was common knowledge.

@annettewalter2273

5 ай бұрын

King Charles also bailed her out when he was Prince of Wales .She was remarkably out of touch with the ordinary person in the street and their daily struggles.

@johnnyhock

5 ай бұрын

Her attitude would have dovetailed perfectly with the last of the French Royals who were guillotined during the revolution ! Grotesque disregard for the cost of her luxurious lifestyle, public dying of starvation right outside her golden Palace gates 🤮

@neilmcbeath954

5 ай бұрын

@@johnnyhock Do, PLEASE, find me ONE instance of someone who died outside the gates of Clarence House.

@florence1395

5 ай бұрын

It’s very true that the Queen Elizabeth was very much the opposite so it must of been a worry, even though Queen Elizabeth was very very very rich indeed & could sort her mother’s debts!

@chrisgeenadriver1631

5 ай бұрын

Well I thought it was pretty obvious she was a spender. Didn't she get told off during some of her visits in WW2 for wearing very extravagant outfits whilst everyone else was looking rough.

It's disgusting how much money they spend on themselves while people in their own country cannot afford to eat and pay bills 😡

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Spot on Kerry, thanks for watching 😊

@susaneves1980

5 ай бұрын

That's why the royal family. needs to go all the money thay have billions and they are still taking money out of the uk tax payers it's disgusting when people are finding it hard to live from pay day to the next pay day they are parasites on the backs of the uk tax payers

@gudgengrebe

5 ай бұрын

They don’t seem to care. The most they do is utter bland statements and clichés. Never dig into their pockets unless they get a tax rebate.

@a.salmon8193

5 ай бұрын

The Brits seem to love their monarchy whatever they do.

@gudgengrebe

5 ай бұрын

Brainwashed from childhood. Alongside religion

She wasn't in debt , she left a large will in a trust managed by princess Anne. The "debt" is for tax purposes, if a person is in debt ( puts their money in a trust and let her expenses accumulate ) then that person doesn't have to pay any TAXES . And her children can clear that debt. So in short she went into debt to not pay inheritance tax while her accumulated assets sit in a trust . Fyi earlier royals didn't need to pay taxes but in the 90s the royals "voluntarily " announced they would be paying taxes after a public backlash. So this technical "debt" is to protect the will from taxation.

you could have at least used actual photos of the Queen Mother lol

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

It's a mix of actual photos, paintings and AI images that help to tell the story. Thanks for watching.

@tek5692

5 ай бұрын

@@HistoryRoadshow I apologize, I was harsh, because the research is truly perfect. There was nothing I could find incorrect in the content of your video, and I have been studying the monarchy for 30 years. Thank you for telling this story in an accurate way! I just find AI images slighting unnerving and suspect.

@cateyu5547

5 ай бұрын

Agree also, love the recreation of some of her party scenes because I imagine there’s few photos from those scenes. And I also find AI strange - though they made her more model like than she is it seems

i will never understand how working class britons who struggled to put food on the table were ok with paying for the luxury lifestyle of a snob like this

@neilmcbeath954

5 ай бұрын

During the blitz, she visited bombed out areas of the East End of London, and the "working class britons (sic)" adored her for it. After Buckingham Palace was bombed, she said that she was glad because it meant she could look the East End in the face. Nobody saw her as a snob. She became the grandmother of the nation.

@vanessabrooks8656

5 ай бұрын

@@neilmcbeath954 it was a strategic move on her part to be able to associate with deprived areas of bombed out London and the many who lost lives, loved ones, their homes and possessions. A well calculated emotional move which at the time worked beautifully in her favour…history now tells a different story….even at the time there were those who saw it for what it was.

@neilmcbeath954

5 ай бұрын

@@vanessabrooks8656 What a very warped mind you must have. The king and queen were not interested in making "strategic moves". They stepped up to the plate at a time that the United kingdom needed leadership from its monarchs, and they did so magnificently. Indeed, their example was such that even Adolf Hitler paid the queen a rather back-handed compliment, describing her as "the most dangerous woman in Europe". I would love to know why you make the dumbass assertion that "history now tells a different story". , and who, exactly, "were those who saw it for what it was". Can you name ONE?

@chrisgeenadriver1631

5 ай бұрын

​@@neilmcbeath954I thought that she was told off and told to dress more modestly.

@neilmcbeath954

5 ай бұрын

@@chrisgeenadriver1631 You have been misinformed.

The Queen Mother was a widow at 51, and yet, she never remarried and lived for another 50 years. By remarrying she would have put her yearly allowance from the Queen in jeopardy - along with her other state funded entitlements. She knew how to play the game.

Another fantastic video! Definitely didn't know about the queen mother's excessive extravagant spending, though it does make sense that her mind set was due to her beginnings

@susanallen5751

5 ай бұрын

She left her grandsons a huge amount of money, while the Queen was left to pay her debts.

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks

@OnomatopoeiaOlly

5 ай бұрын

@@susanallen5751 royal or not, always those types in every family. Makes me more grateful I was born a peasant who could never spend like that lol

I don’t begrudge staff in service, they work hard and earn their pay.

She was a nasty person very spoiled and selfish she still thought she was the queen and could stand that her daughter was out of respect or fear of her mother the queen never stamped her foot and put her in her place which really needed to be done

@purringthepiss

5 ай бұрын

And how would you know?

@childofthe60s100

4 ай бұрын

How about some punctuation - so that your comment makes sense??

@lukeharvey889

4 ай бұрын

How about when you try and make somebody look stupid, you don't also make yourself look stupid in the process. Anybody who understands English can read that without punctuation. Since you want to split hairs on a KZread comment section you should know that only one question mark will suffice.

Pocket change for them. (Notably, extravagant spending didn’t extend to her teeth!)

@susanallen5751

5 ай бұрын

Her mother took tetracycline for an infection when she was pregnant. The result was discoloured teeth when the baby’s milk teeth came through.

@karenreiter533

5 ай бұрын

I am certain there weren’t any antibiotics at all until penicillin was released in the 1940’s.

@soniagaviriacardona1703

5 ай бұрын

Hahah

@elizabethroberts6215

5 ай бұрын

……garbage! Her teeth rotted from the copious amounts’ of grog she drank. Tetracycline wasn’t around in 1900. Her ‘mother’ was NOT the person who bred, & bore her……… Read book, ‘The Queen Mother’ by Lady Colin Campbell, to learn what a thoroughly nasty narcissist she was…………

@Nstar365

5 ай бұрын

Exactly...rotten teeth lol

I had no idea she was in such debt. Happy New Year!

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

It's unbelievable that she was never kept in check! Thanks, Liam. Happy New Year 🎉

After the death of her husband I guess she didn’t have much to do except throw parties and spend money. I had no idea. Another great video, Jon!

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Thanks as always Trish 😊

@edeledeledel5490

5 ай бұрын

And drink lots of gin...

@trishphillips-johnson2500

5 ай бұрын

@@edeledeledel5490 I think it was champagne. She called it her “little treat”.

@normanchristie4524

5 ай бұрын

Eegh! One Cornetto! Ta pleb.

@lapislazuli7876

5 ай бұрын

@@trishphillips-johnson2500disgusting habits. Reeking of gin and cigarette smoke and probably drenched awash with old bag floral perfume to cover up her sins. Such decadence and moral decline. We need to get rid of this trash. They’re all so corrupt and decadent it’s sickening while the people face cost of living crises.

Hokie smokes, some of those hats she wore were outlandish! I cant even imagine spending or having that much money! Thanks Jon, great video! 😊

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

She used public taxpayers' money and abused her rights. Over half a million a year, unbelievable. Thanks Theresa 😊

@greg75002

5 ай бұрын

outlandish also is the use of AI-illustrations in this video

@johnvonundzu2170

5 ай бұрын

Many of the absurd hats here are pure cartoon history, like the slim waistlines and long slim necks - not to mention the improved faces attributed to the QM. She would have loved to look like her "version" on display in this video.

When you are dealing with people who have never had to work for what they have. It’s no wonder they have no concept of money. That also adds to the snobbery of those who live so lavishly . Why should I worry about them if it encroaches on what my position affords me?

The Queen Mother was supposed to maintain the historic castles, but she spent all the money on herself. Not cool.

@debidehm9129

5 ай бұрын

She sure didn’t spend any money on trips to the dentist!

@stringer-ik1pc

5 ай бұрын

Not as much as you've spent on peroxide.

@debidehm9129

5 ай бұрын

@@stringer-ik1pc good come back.

@Lizwindsor

5 ай бұрын

The RF have been and are consistently problematic.

@lapislazuli7876

5 ай бұрын

@@debidehm9129those teeth were rotten and grey from smoke and alcohol. Royalty so meant to be something you can look up to. But what were we looking up to? Moral ineptitude, decadence, slotfulness, lasciviousness, sexual transgression.

Let all the loyal royalist pay the bill!

@LeighChambers-de7cp

5 ай бұрын

I think you mean "royalists."

I always joked that the reason why QM lived so long was because she was living better down here than she would in heaven.

@childofthe60s100

4 ай бұрын

It isn't a joke!

The Queen Mother seemed to be spendthrift on Dentists 😂

@cateyu5547

5 ай бұрын

Lmao 😂

@clearskies2

5 ай бұрын

I don't think!

@gerardtoner9191

4 ай бұрын

Now now 😂

@user-ne3yw2cu6c

3 ай бұрын

Yep! She had Rotten Teeth which gave her an ugly smile... too cheap to fix her filthy mouth.

Nothing so lacking in class as these people who indulge themselves off the labour of working people. The Queen Mother was a particularly egregious example of someone so accustomed to privilege they lose sight of who is paying the bill for their gratuitously greedy and worthless lives. Very tacky.

@lornanicol2013

5 ай бұрын

I think that is still true...

@Carducci1959

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@ge2623

5 ай бұрын

They didn't lose sight of that. They never had it. They don't care.

I met the old “Giddy Biddy” once when she came out to lunch with a couple of her girlfriends at a restaurant I happen to be in. She seemed to be in good spirits, but she insisted that one of her girlfriends pick up the bill! I couldn’t believe it!🙀

@patti3855

3 ай бұрын

Why not she was obviously an appalling person.

@soulpowerful

3 ай бұрын

I love hearing stories like this

I believe the late Queen and King Charles both bailed her out. She had no idea what real life was like.

The absolute excess in the lives of these people is disgusting. If it's your own earned money fine, do what you will, but to spend the taxpayers money so frivolously is just terrible.

How come she allegedly left money to Charles e.t.c. also she had a huge bill for champagne through partying. The company knew the Queen would settle. What arrogance.

@einezcrespo2107

5 ай бұрын

It's mostly in assets like art and jewelry. She also had properties she owned which Charles inherited like Birkhall. Don't think the hats are included.

Even her butler said she lived a life of extravagance and excess. The queen indulged her mother when she should have pulled the reins.

The Queen Mother was not the sweet little old lady people thought. It irked her that she had to give up the title of Queen, hence Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was a title created for her. Nor did she want to give up Buckingham Palace and literally had to be forced to move into Clarence House. The QM continued to live life as if she was still Queen. Prince Phillip was always firm with her but I think the Queen indulged her and probably made to feel guilty for 'pushing her Mother out', I believe our late Queen was more like her Father.

@childofthe60s100

4 ай бұрын

ALL of them a waste of tax-payer's money - self-obsessed and greedy.

@robertlower6212

4 ай бұрын

She didn't want to be known by the official "Queen Dowager" moniker!

16:47 "The secret to contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have." You have 35 million dollars and a Monet for goodness sake!! Ya, I'd be pretty "content" with that, too! That seems a pretty flippant and easy thing for a Royal and someone spending millions of dollars a year of taxpayer's money to say!!

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more! Thanks Abby 😊

@pameladwyer2244

5 ай бұрын

She was steeped in entitlement!

@abbymonta650

5 ай бұрын

@@HistoryRoadshow Wonderful video!!!

Random party guest: "Queen Marie Antoinette spent the most in lavish parties" Queen Mother: "Hold my champagne"

@joemccall7344

4 ай бұрын

Brilliant comment!

Anne Boleyn died owing my family a hefty chunk of change for fabrics for her clothing.

@pikiesmith9236

2 ай бұрын

Wow love to hear more

Wallis Simpson called her an avaricious fish-wife. Looks like she may have been right.

@Mousearello

4 ай бұрын

She was described in the 1950s as looking like a Cook on her day off!

@suzannebouse8747

4 ай бұрын

She also called her a fat Scottish cook she was right about that as well

Why do the public PUT up with such nonsense. Ordinary people working and scraping to make ends meet, then HOMELESS. RIDICULOUS, do away with Monarch.

@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138

5 ай бұрын

Not a single homeless person would benefit from removing the Monarch. It would cost Billions of Pounds to buy their rights, entitlements and landholdings. Plus they are owed allegiance by the military, the police and Courts and the Monarch still holds various political powers. It would take decades to unravel even if the people wanted to get rid of the Monarch. 65% of British people still favour a Monarchy so this is extremely unlikely.

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Great answer Rosemary!

@Jenifer_G

5 ай бұрын

@@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138 Rosemary, have to start somewhere and little by little it can be dismantled. Try getting the privledged royals to get a real job. France did it and other countries, so no excuses.

@bonbonvegabon

5 ай бұрын

Only jealous conservatives say such silly things@@Jenifer_G

Apparently, one never stops learning. Very interesting.

Thank you for this amazing video on the Queen Mother. I wasn't aware of her exaggerated lavish spending on her extravagant and luxurious lifestyle. It seems she only knew how to spend dedicating her whole life to live at the fullest regardless. Your videos are always delightful while learning history. Happy New Year, Mr Marshall ❤🎉

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Hey Marie, hope you're feeling better, thank you as always. Happy New Year 😊

@helpinyerdasellavon

5 ай бұрын

@@HistoryRoadshow much better now, thanks for concerning. Always looking forward to your wonderful content. Cheers 🌞

Wow she was a plain jane!

@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138

5 ай бұрын

She was regarded as a beauty in her youth and her husband adored her.

Her death surprised me. I thought she was so pickled in gin, that she could go on forever.

@carldauupp

4 ай бұрын

her body never decomposed!

@gerardtoner9191

4 ай бұрын

Ouch

I'm shocked and a bit annoyed I work so hard and can't afford to heat my home in winter nor do I have hot water it's really hard in the winter months

If she was in so much debt how did she leave money to different ones in the family

@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138

5 ай бұрын

She set up Trusts for them.

@peachygal4153

5 ай бұрын

A media lie. She didn't. she may have intended to but she had nothing to leave but debts her daughter settled. Elizabeth did allow some of her personal effects to be given to family (Camilla wears her ring as an engagement ring. This was not her engagement ring but a much more extravagant ring she bought herself as her engagement ring was not grand enough)

Just sounds to me to be a classic case of an old person living her best life, by spending her children's inheritance. As The Queen paid off all the debts, but still inherited millions. 👍🤣

@janetpendlebury6808

5 ай бұрын

She inherited from her father, not her mother, her mother left debt for her to clear up.

@corringhamdepot4434

5 ай бұрын

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother has bequeathed her entire estate (which mainly comprises the contents of her houses) to The Queen. In her will, she asked The Queen to make certain bequests to members of her staff, and these bequests will be subject to Inheritance Tax in the normal way. The Queen has decided that the most important of Queen Elizabeth's pictures and works of art should be transferred to the Royal Collection. Some of these items, including works by Monet, Nash and Carl Fabergé, @@janetpendlebury6808

@corringhamdepot4434

5 ай бұрын

The Queen Mother's estate is believed to have been worth between £50 and £70 million. @@janetpendlebury6808

@sophiachavez3377

5 ай бұрын

She had enough millions to pay for her lifestyle, but she gave it away to her great grandchildren, mostly to William and Harry, to avoid inheritance taxes and to appear to be “generous granny.” The Queen did not try to reign her in. What’s 7 million dollars when one has a billion +?

@marilyn6556

5 ай бұрын

Yes, the Queen Mother was great at spending her daughter’s inheritance. The inheritance that Queen Elizabeth inherited from her father.

Queen Elizabeth II had so much money - paying a few million pounds for her mother was a drop in the ocean - however the Queen Mother seemed liked a nasty piece of work. She hated Wallis - think she hoped to marry David herself .... David & Wallis's marriage didn't destroy King George's health, but his smoking habit did- same as Margaret !!

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Can't disagree Bev, thanks 😊

@coopdivi

4 ай бұрын

It was the strain of being King during the war that started George's health decline, and that is one of the reasons why the QM and the rest of the RF never forgave Edward and Wallis. George was never prepared nor cut out to be King, as it was always assumed the charismatic and more confident Edward would rule. When Edward took the unprecedented step of abdicating because he wanted to marry Wallis, that thrust George into the limelight, together with the heavy responsibility of wartime leadership. As things turned out, it was Britain's gain, not loss. Edward always thought Hitler would restore him to the throne (as puppet King) if Germany won the war.

@bevleighlange3312

4 ай бұрын

@@coopdivi maybe however his habit of smoking 60 cigarettes a day obviously did not help his lungs - in those days people weren't aware of the problems smoking caused 🤔

@coopdivi

4 ай бұрын

@@bevleighlange3312 Of course, but the additional strain of Kingship during the war caused him to smoke more than he otherwise would have.

Loved how your visuals and music portrayed the beauty and splendour of such an iconic bygone era in this video. The Edwardian times had absolutely beautiful architecture and decor in my humble opinion, besides art and fashion wise, it's one of my favourites. You did a wonderful job 💖

@trevorcook9680

5 ай бұрын

Bloody parasite

I didn’t really are for all the fake pictures.

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

It's a mix of actual photos, paintings and AI images that help to tell the story. Thanks for watching.

Monarchy is the biggest symbol of inequality that still exists on Earth.

@blackcatdance4848

5 ай бұрын

Exactly right

@dickdastardly5534

5 ай бұрын

I can think of worse like Russian presidents big business owners unelected civil servants etc - although the queen mother was the obscene side of entitlement they do attract revenue and I’d rather have a president like Boris, Blair or some lettuce.

@ge2623

5 ай бұрын

Yep. And people LOVE it and protect it. Like dogs that bite at the rolled-up newspaper when they're being hit instead of the person hitting them with it. Sad.

@777jones

5 ай бұрын

I would argue that Nobel Prizes and Olympic medals are the biggest examples of inequality.

@Inge-99

4 ай бұрын

Depends on the country: not so much in Sweden for instance.

The Queen Mum also had (she likes 'also') alot of wealthy friends. She inherited collections of jewellery. She also inherited a movie star..

She always seemed to me to act and spend like “new money” rather than her daughter who seemed more like “old money.”

@mykoniichistorychannel

5 ай бұрын

Thank God Elizabeth took after her father in personality.

She did not give a damn about money. She spent like no tomoro.

It was a little unnerving to see actual photos of the Queen Mum juxtaposed with a lookalike, but was nonetheless enjoyable. In my opinion, the early loss of her husband the King after only 28 years of marriage may have allowed her to spend freely on herself as the last Empress consort of India and the British Empire.

@vh2337

5 ай бұрын

I agree. The boobs on display at the cocktail was a little over the top.

I’m more concerned by the feckless debt of 2.5 TRILLION debt run up by this generation’s politicians for our children and grandchildren to repay. It takes 34000 years to count to 1 trillion Also the cost of housing, because politicians permit banks to PRINT the money they lay out on mortgage. Without this, the average house would cost £75,000 rather than £300,000

@carldauupp

4 ай бұрын

absolutely right!

Would you have the royals wearing regular clothes and eating regular food? If so it may reflect a dissatisfaction with the idea of monarchy. If however, you’re in favor of monarchs, they might as well live as monarchs.

@jhfdhgvnbjm75

5 ай бұрын

I'll go for regular food and clothes please.

@childofthe60s100

4 ай бұрын

Outdated. outmoded and irrelevant when we have people who can't feed their families, heat their homes and we have British citizens living on the streets.

@carldauupp

4 ай бұрын

I am with you! I thought Charles' "economy coronation" incl. the horrible cotton lined old yellow ermine robe was appalling.

She was a spoiled lush… no wonder Prince Andrew is so problematic… must have inherited her attitude

@lekis5975

5 ай бұрын

They all did, the Queen included, but the media did a good job of hiding the queen's short comings, because she was the Monarchy. Otherwise truth be told she was just as self, spoilt, entitled and as much of a lush as her mother. You only have to look at how her children turned out to know the kind of person she was.

@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138

5 ай бұрын

QE11 joined the Women's army. Worked as a mechanic and drove trucks and ambulances during the War. Performed her duties every day of the year with the exception of Christmas day, represented the UK and UK Govt on an international stage and attended Church every week. She seem like a good person to me.

As I understand it the Queen Mother was an integral part in the raising of King Charles. I wonder if she encouraged his often seen alternative views in his gardening and lifestyle in a ploy to annoy the Duke of Edinburgh. The Prince was often heard complaining about the lack of masculinity of Prince Charles when he was young

@sophiachavez3377

5 ай бұрын

Philip was another one who thought he was better than everyone else. In the crown he says he gave up everything for the Queen. What a joke! He was a penniless Greek, virtually an orphan for most of his life. Had he not married the Queen, he would have entered the Greek military and remained a nobody. Marriage to the Queen gave him a family, palaces and a life full of unearned luxury and extravagance. Still, he complained.

@pameladwyer2244

5 ай бұрын

@@sophiachavez3377 The series, “The Crown”, uses a fair bit of creative licence - not good as a source of information.

@childofthe60s100

4 ай бұрын

Rather lacking in fact!!!@@sophiachavez3377

@jackiegardiner7422

3 ай бұрын

The Crown was a drama not factual and I think if he did say that he probably was referring too his navy career he thought he had many years left he never expected his father in law George sìx th to die so young it must have came with great regret he also had too give up his name you could say he wanted too have his children known as Mountbatton he was over ruled they had to be Windsor

She led a privileged life and had no concept of money. I would have a hard time talking to somebody like that. In my humble opinion Queen Elizabeth was not like that, but I’m certain Charles is.

@StamperWendy

5 ай бұрын

Charles created The Prince's Trust, which uninformed people think means he raises money for himself. It's to aid small businesses.

@brt5273

5 ай бұрын

You're certain Charles is, why?

@janetpendlebury6808

5 ай бұрын

King Charles is more aware of the real world and its challenges than either the Queen or Queen Mum ever were.

@snoopybluejeans

5 ай бұрын

@@janetpendlebury6808 = Totally agree. I see King Charles in more old worn coats, suits ect than I ever see him in suit and tie. He comes from a different generation and I think he's been lucky not to be reigning monarch for all these years . He's been happy to find his own passions, from painting to die hard food grower and becoming an environmental champion before it was cool. He stood his ground in being good steward of our food, environment and our husbandry. He gets my vote. I hope his son will follow suit.

@einezcrespo2107

5 ай бұрын

Charles is quite thrifty. He doesn't know how to use a computer and still uses pen & paper to write letters. He's known not to have a cellphone. Allegedly when Harry called The late Queen regarding money she told him to talk to his father. Charles is said to have replied "I'm not a bank." Charles founded the Duchy Organic brand now Waitrose Duchy Organic a partnership with the Prince Trust and Waitrose so he does have the concept of money. He is worth £1.8 billion.

She did nothing by heart but everything out of calculation. A manipulative, rather unpleasant person I always thought. She never had me deceived. The same goes for King Charles III. Diana knew what she was talking about in these departments.

@maryt2196

5 ай бұрын

I always saw Diana as manipulative...very calculated person...

@peachygal4153

5 ай бұрын

survival mode. She had to or she would have been gone long before her death. what else could she do in that den of lions?@@maryt2196

@mazsroy9

4 ай бұрын

@@maryt2196 yes, I agree. Diana brought a lot of problems upon herself and was manipulative.

The question is whether her debt was paid or not and by whom.

@elizabethroberts6215

5 ай бұрын

……yes, it was paid by QEII when the ‘puckled one’ died in 2002……

Very informative episode. Keep them coming.

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Mary Ann hope you had a happy holiday 😊

From Kentucky USA...Why didn't she serve Kentucky Fried Chicken at those wing-dings? Goes down good with Bud Light. BWAAAAHAHAHAHA...

“Smithers. Do I need to worry about this overdraft thingy?” “No Ma’am, the bank has lots of money. Gin and tonic Ma’am?” “Thank you Smithers. Would you be lovely.”

She was notoriously self-centered and extravagant. However, 7 million dollars in 50 years was pocket change for the Queen who was worth more than a billion dollars as is Charles and now William, too. Also, remember how many years that family escaped paying income taxes.

Thanks!

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

WOW thank you again for all your support it's truly appreciated ❤️

An edwardian privileged aristocratic woman who clearly had NO concept of money. She was born into money & became richer once she married the King's son & even richer once he became King. .... completely financially CLUELESS.

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Correct Dionne, thanks 😊

@dionnegonsalves8188

5 ай бұрын

​@HistoryRoadshow I mean no disrespect to the QM it's just the era / lifestyle she was born into, "accident of birth" so to speak. .... & subsequently remained clueless, & your informative Video clearly states this. Thank you. 😊

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

The world they live in is completely different to the one we know. You are quite right about her being clueless with money. I'm guessing that financial education was never one of her stronger subjects. Thanks again.

Happy New Year to you Jon! May God bless you abundantly! I had been told by media that the Queen Mother had been found to have accumulated a debt of 4 million pounds, after her death, and that the late Queen Elizabeth had to sell some land and paintings to pay off her mother's debt, discreetly of course. Am I correct in this please? Thanks again for your wonderful work yet again. 😊

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

The artwork went into the royal collection as for selling land, I can't confirm or deny that. But thank you for watching, and I hope you have a happy new year too 😊

I guess living to over 100 years old has disadvantages

The Queen Mother didn’t have to care about any consequences. She had her family to keep secret her bad behavior.

The fact is that there was and always will be a section of virtually every society for whom money is not an issue.

She was drinking plenty of alcohol and died at 101.5 year without any visible debilitating diseases. Then why doctors are telling us that alcohol is bad for health?

She was sitting on a gold mine of jewels. Even her wardrobe could be sold at ridiculously prices because of who she was. All she had to do was sell a piece or two and the "debt" would disappear. Her creditors knew this. And so did she. The provenance alone on any one of her jewel pieces or dresses or hats would bring in hundreds of thousands.

@lekis5975

5 ай бұрын

The Queen Mother was not Princess Diana, no one was interested in her wardrobe. All that talk that she was much beloved was just media hoopla. They were quite embarrassed when she died and there was no national outpouring of grief.

@moiraclegg3380

5 ай бұрын

I do like the fact that she didn't fire people, and people stayed employed by her until they were over eighty!

This was a tax dodge!

The poem written by Walden Parker, 100 Years From Now comes to my mind. Very sobering words indeed!

thank you WE!

Can I ask? Are these photos real? Or are they AI ?

@janetrouse8362

5 ай бұрын

I wondered it some of the photos were touched up to make her more attractive because in other pictures, I have seen through out the years, she didn't seem to be that good looking.

@raffinataonline

5 ай бұрын

Many of these are obviously not her.

@merrywalsh2809

5 ай бұрын

They are AI. We have a creepy future where even images are disinformation. They should be labeled as AI.

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

It's a mix of actual photos, paintings and AI images that help to tell the story. Thanks for watching.

@andrewlazenby8608

5 ай бұрын

Love watching, great content. But I think AI images distract from the good content and commentary as they are fake.

So she was the Empress of India, wonder what she did with all the wealth she stole from the Indians...

@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138

5 ай бұрын

She didn't. She never visited India. Money from Indian taxpayers went to the various Indian Governments for roads, hospitals etc. She was sent jewellery by the Indian Rajahs and the Nazim as presents ( many elite Indians were educated in England and moved in upper class circles). Lord Mountbatten ( Prince Philip's uncle)and his wife were Britain's envoys and were wined, dined and feted by the Indian Govt. Many colonial administrators were British and acted to influence/ control Indian politics and such as trade, etc The British benefited in India by being the Senior army officers, area Administrators, running the tea plantations, senior engineers, as tutors and educators, doctors to the Indian upper castes. But the money did not flow to King George and his wife. By this stage they ( the Monarchy)were the living symbols of British power in India but the Goverment and Administrators controlled the economy

The Queen mother had a drinking problem.

The AI Queen Mother pictures look more like Samantha Morton 🤔

She came from an era of being royal, that money didn't concern her. Good thing her daughter had a better understand of fiscal responsibility, and her son King Charles has an even better one. It's the changing of times so I believe the monarchy has kept up with the times.

@normanchristie4524

5 ай бұрын

Oh come off it! This is the most costly royal household in Europe and they have amassed £billions through successive Tory governments.

Tax payers money Home less sleeping hungry in cold snow foot paths under a plastic sheet

She was a monster - this spawn of "Cookie".

@elizabethroberts6215

5 ай бұрын

……true………

And how did common people live then. She didn't care. She lived in luxury. Can we narcissistic?????

@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138

5 ай бұрын

Well, my grandmother bought a rabbit for 6d and skinned it carefully. She sold the skin back to the rabbit man the next time he called. The rabbit was either baked or stewed and divided between herself, husband, and children. They grew their own vegetables and fruit and Granny made huge rice puddings, jam rolly pollies, Suet puddings, lardy cakes and rhubarb pies A chicken was generally treated the same way. Her husband, as the man of the house, received all the breast meat. The girls received one drum stick each, and Granny ate the wings. A roast did several days. The cold meat minced for cottage pie and / or roast beef sandwiches with the meat going firstly to my grandfather. Dripping was kept in a bowl for dripping sandwiches. My grandmother was a cardplayer and attended all the nearby whist-drives. The prize was usually a large goose, and Gran won most of them. Gran got work picking fruit or working in the fields at harvest time or helping in the Duke's kitchens when they had a large party. The children made money opening gates for the Hunt when the Duke rode to hounds. Everyone collected the drppings left by delivery carts or ridden horses or driven livestock for their gardens or to sell. My Grandfather walked the beat or rode a bicycle as the village policeman. The biggest case of his career was a trio of stolen geese that Granny looked after as they were "evidence" Granny's parents kept their own bee hives, garden and orchard and made their own cider and Great Granny baked and decorated wedding cakes for a living ( born 1850 's lived to be 99 years old). My father's parents employed servants who worked in the kitchens and on our farm as farm labourers. And my grandfather was responsible for his widowed sisters ( from WW1) and their children; and for his niece when his brother's wife scandalised the family by running off. He paid for a three storey house; a floor for each sister and for the boarding and school fees for his nephews and nieces. He bought a dairy farm with a cider orchard and shire horses for my father who was an overly indulged, restless and spoilt teenager in the hope that the reponsibility would settle him down. My father attended an elite private school in Bristol, sent his shirt collars to the " Chinese laundry" and had gold studs for his shirt fronts and was considered " County" and attended the Hunt Balls. He had his own sailing boat at one time and drove a beautiful convertible car. Like the Queen Mother, he was raised to an Edwardian lifestyle and never completely adjusted to postwar austerity, while my village raised mother helped work the farm, had a night nursing assistant job, and kept boarders to make ends meet. ( The marriage was not seen as a good match by his parents. My mother's parents were thrilled she had married "up") In the 1960s, he did what many improvident men did, abandoned his mistresses and extra marital families and debts and moved ( fled) to Australia with his wife and six - soon to be seven children. In Australia, he astonished us by learning to " lag" and weld and worked as a builder, being known as " Sam" rather than " Mr x" and he and my mother settled into a very happy prosperous blue collar Ozzie lifestyle.

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

This is an incredible story, thanks for sharing 😊

Why use all of the AI photos?

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

It's a mix of actual photos, paintings and AI images that help to tell the story. Thanks for watching.

@bnic9471

5 ай бұрын

The AI photos are distracting and uncanny valleyish, not adding much. This is an excellent video, though. I'd go lighter on the AI images simply to avoid a dated look. Everybody is using them right now, and they almost always come off as grotesque.

Krug? Kruge? Now I have to look THAT up...

@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138

5 ай бұрын

A brand of Champagne Way out of most people's price range. If I ever win Lotto I'm buying a bottle to celebrate.

@StamperWendy

5 ай бұрын

@@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138 Thanks! 😊

Thank you Jon and Happy New Year!! Keep up the great work!!

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Happy new year Cheryl, thanks 😊

Thanks for another great video and Happy New Year. I’m of the one castle per person group.

@brt5273

5 ай бұрын

😂 How about one castle and a few manor houses and country estates?

@HistoryRoadshow

5 ай бұрын

Happy new year Jane, thank you as always 😊

What a greedy, grasping person. She did it "because she could."

@brt5273

5 ай бұрын

Spoken from a position of infinite charitably and austerity for the sake of the common good, I'm sure😏