AMERICAN REACTS To 10 Reasons Why Queen Elizabeth II Was a Badass!
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- In this video, I react to 10 Reasons Why Queen Elizabeth II Was a Badass! From driving herself and riding horses well into her mid-90s her royal status meant she never needed a passport or a license, she truly lived life on her own rules. Her service in WWII proved she didn’t just talk about duty-she lived it, all while keeping a glorious bright sense of humor.
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What people often fail to realise was that her Majesty was a masterful diplomat for Great Britain. She knew every world leader on earth. She was universality respected. A true iron lady. RIP this great person, sadly missed by all who had the great fortune to be her subjects.
She was a great Lady! With her our Continent lost a great deal!
@@theborderer1302 perfectly put. Thank you.
Well said
It’s a good job you realised and told us 😉
The fact she was never meant to be queen but did it bigger better and longer than any other monarch shows why she was so respected and so heavily mourned. Plus her stepping up to let snoop dog into the uk after him being denied is straight up amazing. Makes me proud to be British.
The crown usually finds the right person and the UK and the west have a lot to be thankful that the crown found its way to her father's head and then her
Yes, she was a car mechanic at the end of WWII and was still able to put that Land Rover to rights when it broke down in Windsor Park in her 90s!
She would help stranded motorists and they had no idea it was her until she left.
She was one hell of a driver and scared the crap out of the Saudi King on his visit....
"King Abdullah was surprised to be driven by a woman, especially a queen. Rumor has it that the Queen's speeding on narrow Scottish roads startled the King. He reportedly asked through the interpreter to slow down."
She was 72 at the time 🤣🤣🤣
HM Queen Elizabeth II loved driving a Land Rover Defender, as it was pretty much the same as it had been since WWII, so she knew exactly how to fix it. When Land Rover announced that they would stop making the Defender, they had to supply the palace with multiple spares of every part so that Her Majesty didn't have to give up her favourite car.
3:26- During World War II Queen Elizabeth II was trained as a truck drivers and a mechanic
@@JJerseyGirl*medic and mechanic
She scared the shit out of some Saudi Arabian prince, by driving around Balmoral flat out. He had been talking about how women weren't able to drive properly and should not have licences. A few months later the Saudis brought in driving licenses for women 😅
Whoo ha! Prince was a young, dare I say entitled, man. He probably never forgot the driving incident. Also in "The Queen."
one UA-cam reaction I heard to her driving around the Saudi prince was to call her a "boss queen". on point.
Yeah apparently the Saudi Prince had white knuckles holding onto the door and hand rail above the jeep door cos the Queen went off road and was whirling about like a rally driver. She didn't have to go off road at all yo get to where she was going she coulda stayed on the paved road way ut took a sharp turn and went off road jeep jumping all over the place throwing em all about at high speeds through the fields n brush n water logged patches. Apparently she winked at her equiery when she got out with a wry grin.
I met her old piper she nicknamed 'pipes'. He told a story that one day when playing the daily pipes outside at Buckingham Palace on a cold winter morning the Queen her lady in waiting and a foreign dignitary walked passed her and the pipers kilt blew up and he could t stop playing to push it down. Later that day in the Palace the Queen was walking by him stopped gave him a little nudge amd saidnto him 'Oh, pipes, I have to say it 'looked' like it was a cold morning this monring!' (Obvs his 'manhood' shall we put it was feeling the cold and decided to retreat haha.) She gave him a little wink and giggle and just walked away. Lol.
And people say the late Queen had no real power. That's an iron fist in a silk glove, right there. She really did make one proud to be British ♥
@trispritchard she had soft power totallyy but no real political power. Though I'm sure the later prime ministers during her reign would've listened to her her thoughts n opinions on whatever the topic at the weekly meetings and the bites returned with the 'red box' every day.
The world mourned when she died. She was a great lady.
Hopefully, she resides in heaven and smiles down on us all.
@@LeanneAnderson-e5c Very honorable lady who truly gave all to her country.
NOT ALL. TRUST ME!💥💪🏾💯👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾
@@theborderer1302I doubt that very much!💥💪🏾🤬👎🏾
@royalnubian62 well aren't you special 🤦♀️
The way she responded to shots fired while the Trooping the Colour was happening…on horseback! Legend.
@@kimberleygirl7533 She, Queen Elizabeth II was a true Queen in her every action. Loved and respected by many 🌹
She was riding side saddle, in full military regalia. When the shots were fired, she didn't flinch or glance sideways. She simply steadied her horse, and carried on. The woman had nerves of steel.
@@mbd6054she passed it on to her daughter, when someone attempted to kidnap Princess Anne, from her car. He had already shot her personnel, and when he ordered her out at gunpoint she replied “ not Bloody likely”
It's at least twice as hard to ride side-saddle as it is to ride astride. You need a very good sense of balance as well as really strong core muscles. I was prone to 'going out the side door' when astride, let alone side-saddle.
@ yeah! It’s awesome riding for sure.
Of course she drove herself! I used to live in a village fairly close to where some of her 'private friends' lived, and a hotel where she and her husband stayed privately. Pal of mine was a water bailiff on the fishing rivers in the area and spoke to her fairly regularly in the early 2000s.
There's a story that when she had King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to visit while she was staying at Balmoral, it was just after he'd refused to sanction proposals to legalise women driving in KSA. HM offered to take Abdullah on a tour of her favourite place; he never imagined that she was going to drive the Landie herself, taking him up hill and down glen on a rip-roaring off-road tour, testing the Landie to its utmost while Abdullah pleaded with her to slow down.
She was a very astute woman, who had ways of making her views clearly known while saying absolutely nothing that anyone could possibly take offence at!
@Sine-gl9ly lol, good on you Queen Elizabeth II
Now that is a true story, he was terrified but without reason as our Queen was a pro!
There’s only ever going be one monarch that will go down in history as utterly selfless by totally dedicating 70 years of her life to her duty , her charities and her people. We will always miss you Queen Elizabeth ‘The Great’ ❤ 🇬🇧 X
We lost our lovely Queen Elizabeth II but she is still
In our hearts. Can I just say I’ve never seen your channel before but you seem like a really lovely respectful sincere young man with a beautiful smile. As for the moon landing that cracked me up.
Now you understand why we Love her so much and respect her and want to protect her and her family against people attacking them. Especially when they know nothing about her. We are proud of them and our Queen. May our Majesty RIP 🙏❤️🙏
Queen Elizabeth II was badass, and she deserved all the respect she got in her life. She really deserved it by her actions! May she rest in peace!
You said that you "salute the Queen ", I salute you. This was a fantastic reaction, your respect for our late great Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II was beautiful. Thank you so much ❤, take care, Tony here in the UK 🇬🇧 ❤
Without doxxing myself I live relatively close to one of the places where some of her race horses were kept temporarily. I was walking the dogs there once, through the middle of a footpath, I saw a big Land Rover coming down the other side quite slowly, it pulled up alongside me, and I swear to god the Queen was driving. She gave a wave and drove off.
@@MrWillyMrBrightside I totally believe you. When I lived in the village near her 'private friends' we'd quite often see a very, _very_ clean navy blue landie being driven by an elderly lady with a very familiar face, along the field tracks we'd routinely walk our dogs along.
@Sine-gl9ly Many years ago a family friend was working as a forester in the Balmoral Castle area when he and his colleague, walking along the road, came across a stopped Land Rover. What they saw as they approached was a man standing by the car with his arm in a cast. All they could see of the other person was their rear end sticking out from the engine, obviously repairing the engine. They asked if they could help and they were told no, thank you. It was only when they moved on they saw the royal standard flag on the front of the car. It turned out it was the Queen touring the estate with her ghillie (gamekeeper).
Bless her, she was amazing, I once heard someone say when talking about her majesty, you shouldn't ever mess with a lady who has her own air force
With regard to Justin Trudeau making the Queen feel old, another funny thing about it is that she first met him when he was a toddler in nappies as his father Pierre was then Prime Minister of Canada!
The Queen made the remark with affection. She and Trudeau were amicable acquaintances who met quite often.
Im an American but have been following the royal family pretty closely since H&M left. When the Queen died, Macron said there are many queens in the world but QEII was The Queen.
Yes. She was.
She saw the mistakes of her ancestors and did something to help. She decolonised, set the colonies free. But (unlike other empires) wanted to stick around and help rebuild what had been destroyed. She created the Commonwealth. It was voluntary to join, and a partbership where wealth is shared. To make sure that those poorer islands had decent education, healthcare and human rights laws.
She was ahead of her time. She danced with a black man when it wasn't seen as acceptable. It was in 1962 when the U.S. still had legal segregation.
Of course the above is why H&M's accusations were so harmful and hurtful. Even worse that H waited until after she died to go onto British TV and say "my family aren't r#c1st".
@@timtreefrog9646such a shame that you can't make a single comment without bagging Harry.
So childish!
You need to grow up and get a life!
@@timtreefrog9646 honestly if I could get a hold of the ignorant overseas couple, I would have a thing or 2 to say to them. 😡😡
Monarchs of Britain are always The Monarchs
Queen Elizabeth II lived and ruled for a record number of years for multiple reasons! Hard work, discipline, dedication and love of the UK and The Commonwealth.
A wicked sense of humour also helps! 🤣🤣
R I P QEII The Great.
M 🦘🏏😎
I cried the day she passed. She walked the walk and talked the talk. She was smart, sure and had an incredible sense of humor! She EXPECTED others in her family to WORK and they did and her daughter, the Princess Royal, Ann, is the hardest working royal of them all. Her granddaughter, Zara Tyndall, is an Olympic Silver Medalist in horse jumping, and she still rides at that level today. 💙
The guy that broke in to the palace twice sat on her bed. She spoke to him and he asked for a cigarette. She said she would call down and have some brought up. The staff member taking the call knew The Queen didn't smoke so there must be something going on for her to ask for cigarettes. That was how security were alerted to him being in her room. Her staying calm probably saved her from being harmed or worse.
When she was still a young Princess and the war was hitting London every night as you have seen from other videos, the government wanted the then Queen (the mother of the lady in this video) and the Princesses to be evacuated to Canada for their safety. They said they would not leave their people to fight alone, so stayed in Britain. They were given pistols to use for protection if an enemy invasion happened. They were said to practice at shooting rats for moving target practice. Pretty badass? I feel they were maybe told not to be taken alive, which doesn't bare thinking about.
Her Majesty The Queen had a very good sense of humour. One day when walking on a trail where anyone could walk, she and her one security guy met a couple from the US. They didn't recognize the Queen in her raincoat and headscarf. The couple asked had the two every met The Queen. Her Majesty quickly said "No, I haven't but he has" pointing to the security guy. The couple gave The Queen their camera to take a photo of them and the guy that met The Queen. He then took one of the couple and the old lady, who WAS The Queen. She was said to have remarked she would love to see their faces when they realized they had met her and actually had a photo of themselves with The Queen.
The Queen’s mother was known as the most dangerous woman in England during the war because she had a pistol in her purse and knew how to use it. The girls were not taught to use pistols during the war. The Queen Mother, Queen and her sister refused to leave the king behind in England and go to Canada. The Queen Mother was actually glad when Buckingham Palace got bombed saying “I can finally look the Eastenders in the eye now” because they would go visit bombed out neighbourhoods in London during the war.
I had so much respect for her. Her military service was impressive and she was a good leader for the UK.
When you get past 90, every day above ground is a good day. 🙂
Not many world leaders know how to strip down a 3 ton truck.
She serviced her land rovers herself long after becoming Queen.
Elizabeth, the Great, sadly missed by many.🙏🙏
In WWII she was a motor mechanic I believe. Such a brave woman, still working days before her death from bone cancer. A role she didn’t choose but accepted with grace and performed with dignity long past the age when most people retire.
She worked in the ambulance service but had to mend the ambulances as well I believe served like others with no special treatment just as her grandsons wanted to as well
Martin McGuiness and colleagues spent decades trying to kill her ( and her family ) hence the wry response to him enquiring 🤨😁
I was born in the year she became Queen 1952, She was not born to be a Queen but became Queen due to a twist of fate.. She did an Awesome job of it too... The whole World mourned her passing.
Even I'd Edward had remained King Elizabeth II would still have been Queen.
Wallis Simpson could not have children.
Eventually she would have yes.
And she had to welcome every new PM and had weekly meetings with them. She gave State banquets to diplomats and royalty from so many countries. She was the head of the Commonwealth, but as well a working mother who raised 4 children. But most of all: the fact she respected everybody has made her a very loved person. If you commit on such a young age to serve your people and you do so flawlessly, you are a very special lady
The Queen had a collection of vintage cars and apparently she was the only one who knew how to maintain them!
Did you know that Queen Elizabeth was the first woman to take/get her Life Saving Award? She was an amazing woman. 🇨🇦
Our wonderful Queen z Elizabeth reigned impeccably for 70 years. No one on earth like her.
In an era where it was very much a man’s world she became Queen at the young age of 26.
Heads of states, Presidents Prime ministers, Royalty, , she knew them all. They all loved and respected her immensely..The Queen reigned with soft power. Non political, who unified everyone. Simply the greatest Monarch of all time, her unique, position , with a life dedicated to duty and service,. We were lucky to live under the reign of the irreplaceable Queen Elizabeth . She will always be missed , only One Queen. RIPyour majesty. ❤🙏🏼🇬🇧
She didn't have 30 Corgis all at the same time, it was over a span of 80 years, and it was one young puppy they had some trouble housetraining.
Rest in peace. Our wonderful Queen. 🇬🇧
Saying she was still alive to Martin McGuinness has a more subtle meaning. McGuinness was an IRA commander who fought the British Crown - her cousin Lord Louis Mountbatten was blown up and killed by the IRA while on holiday in 1979. Six others on the boat, two being children were also killed. Her first public duty was in WW2 inspecting the Coldstream Guards at Windsor, while aged 16 - She became their honorary Colonel-in-Chief that day, and that regiment provided her pall bearers at her funeral. I served as a soldier, in HER Majesty's Armed Forces. RIP "boss" or as my HK chinese wife called, "my English mother".
@HankD13 She was the Colonel in Chief of the Grenadier Guards, and the pallbearers at Queen Elizabeth II's funeral were eight soldiers from the Queen's Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. They are now the King's Company. Queen Camilla is Colonel in Chief of the Coldstreamers.
@@mbd6054 "Also killed were Mountbatten's 14-year-old grandson Nicholas Knatchbull, and Paul Maxwell, a 15 year old teenage boy from Enniskillen". Depends on what age you consider children. Maybe you should check yours?
@@HankD13 There were 3,500 deaths during the Northern Irish 'Troubles', 1,800 at the hands of Unionist paramilitaries, and 1,700 at the hands of Republican paramilitaries. Do you intend to recount each of these incidents in a fair and balanced manner? This isn't the forum for such a topic, but your choice to quote an isolated incident needed a reply.
@@mbd6054 Touchy. I was a British soldier, and lost two friends in the troubles, Cpls Derek Wood and David Howes, signalmen like myself. I had no intention of speaking of their murders, just the comment by the Queen to McGuiness, for those who might not understand it. Sorry if it upset you.
@@HankD13 It's very doubtful you were any such thing. You're simply a troll, attempting to stir ill feeling, for your entertainment. Goodbye.
"I'm still alive." was a reference to how Martin McGuiness as an IRA commander tried to kill her.
That is untrue. Martin McGuinness did no such thing. No attempt was made on the Queen's life by the IRA. You should be utterly ashamed to make up such a lie.
Her daughter (Princess Anne) is just as tough as Queen Elizabeth!
When Princess Anne was ambushed in 1974, going home from an event, her driver was shot, the kidnapper told her to get out of the car. She said 'Not bloody likely' and resisted until help came.
Princess Anne would make an amazing queen!
Love princess anne
I love Anne. She would have made a fabulous Queen.
@@thehangmansdaughter1120 I agree! Anne would have made a great Queen!
When the Queen died the Nation grieved. That was 30 dogs during her lifetime. Security was really beefed up after the intruder.
*World grieved.
She was the best landlady I've enver had, R.I.P your majesty!
Another true tale of HM. Putin was due at a State Banquet in his honour at Buck Palace. He was, very rudely, late. Among others kept waiting in the reception lineup was David Blunkett, then Home Secretary. David Blunkett was blind, and had a guide dog; at that time I believe it was Sadie. HM, being a huge dog lover, always, ALWAYS used to ask after Sadie whenever she met her Home Secretary, and she was made totally welcome. She'd already had a quick word with Sadie and given her one of the corgi's treats when Blunkett arrived.
Anyway when Putin arrived and he and Blunkett were introduced, Sadie - usually THE best behaved of dogs - gave either (stories vary) a couple of sharp barks at Putin, or growled at him.
When David Blunkett next met HM, a few days later, he said to her 'Your majesty, I must apologise on behalf of Sadie, I don't know what came over her, barking at a guest at your banquet.'
She laughed, said there was nothing for him or Sadie to apologise for, and mused that 'dogs do have such _interesting_ responses to people, don't they?' ....
😂😂😂 and you still believe this fairytale 😂😂😂
@DimiKgianni19.. Yes I do because it was fact NOT fiction. Dogs can, and do, sense many things that we cannot.
This vid brought tears to my eyes we miss the queen so much
All men were conscripted in WW2 for either the armed services or the mines unless they worked in specific trades. My uncle was an aircraft designer and pilot; when he tried to join the RAF, he was refused and sent to work for the Air Ministry. Those too old, too young or otherwise unable to join the armed forces served in the Home Guard; the Home Guard had secret Auxiliary Units which would hide in underground bases in the event of invasion to carry out guerrilla warfare. Women were conscripted into the armed services, to work on farms, in forestry, or in factories on war work. Older women or with young families worked with the Red Cross or Women's Voluntary Service. There was also a secret network of informants who would feed back information on enemy troops in the event of invasion.
Princess Elizabeth wanted to do the same as other women of eighteen who were being conscripted into the forces. That was the argument she used with her father, that she couldn't skip what every other eighteen year old woman had to do. The compromise was that she slept at Windsor Castle in case of paratroopers trying to kidnap her. That was why the royal women learned to shoot in case of invasion or attempted kidnapping.
Shooting has been a family pastime for the Royals since the year dot. They would go shooting in Scotland for the table, the venison, duck and pheasant served for dinner would have been shot by the family and fish caught by them too.
@skwervin1 Handguns and rifles, particularly military rifles, are slightly different to shotguns and the Queen and the princesses were unlikely to have used handguns. There are records of Queen Elizabeth being taught to use a rifle and a handgun, and it's not unlikely that Princess Elizabeth was also taught.
Prince Phillip served as a destroyer captain during WWII in fact one of his biggest sacrifices was giving up his Naval career to mary the queen. He was an exceptional Naval officer who genuinely loved his job unfortunately when he became Prince Consort he necame too important to risk.
He was a genuine war hero
@mogznwaz Agreed anyone who knows anything about Naval operations especially during WWII understands destroyers were where the real danger was. Large and powerful enough to be sent everywhere but small and numerous enough to be risked in dangerous operations. Their biggest weakness was submarines found them easy to track because of the constant clanging of steel balls inside the hull.
God rest her soul. She was the Queen of the World. RIP your Majesty.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died 8th September 2022 aged 96. UK Head of State is now His Majesty King Charles III.
The day that Diana's funeral held. September 8th.
She didn't have to have a driver's license or passport.
My father died at 92. He drove up to the day he was bedridden. He drove across country at 90. My mother had to stop driving in her eighties because of strokes, but up until then, she drove thousands of miles to see family yearly.
I don't know who you know who is older, but my parents and my husband (age 86) didn't and don't complain. Nor do I, though I am only 63.
I love you liking and loving the Queen! At Trooping the Colour, A yearly celebration of the Monarch's birthday, she rode her horse every year until she was quite old...side saddle. One time, A man in the crowd shot a gun, and her horse shied, but she had him under control in less than five *seconds* and continued on. The gun was shooting blanks, but she didn't know that, kept her cool, and kept her horse and herself in check.
As for WWII, she wasn't in the fighting. But, she learned to take an engine apart and put it back together again.
The Queen's mother, during WWII, practiced shooting in case Germany invaded. Buckingham Palace was hit by bombs twice. Rats came to "play" in the mess, and she practiced her shooting by shooting the rats. Many people sent their children to the country or, many aristocrats and other wealthy people sent their children to the states for safety. The Queen Mother, as she was known after King George VI (Queen Elizabeth's father) died, said, "My children won't leave without me, I won't leave without my husband, and he will never leave." The princesses did stay at Windsor Castle, which was safer than Buckingham Palace, but they stayed. Hitler said she was the most dangerous woman in Europe, because she had a way of bucking people up and she and the King were out daily talking to those who had been bombed and doing what they could to help keep the spirits of the people up.
The Queen's only daughter, Princess Anne, was the "victim" of an attempted kidnapping in the 1970's. Her body guard was shot and she tried to protect him, while the man who attempted the kidnapping said something to the effect of, "You are coming with me." She gave him a look, and said, "Not bloody likely." She was all of twenty-four. She also competed in the Olympics, as did her daughter.
Pretty impressive women!
There’s a couple of good stories that weren’t included here. One, the Ruler of Saudi Arabia came to stay at one of her country homes (Balmoral, I think). Saudi women were not allowed to drive. The Queen could not comment on this, no matter what she might have personally thought. She invited the Ruler to a tour around the estate. he arrived to get in the car, only to find the Queen at the wheel. She took him round all the dirt back roads at max speed, driving like a maniac, but very skillfully. Apparently scared the crap out of him, but silently made a point about women’s ability to drive.
Second story: Back in in 1981, after the annual Trooping of the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade, the Queen, at the head of all her massed Household Cavalry Regiments, and all the military bands were returning to Buckingham Palace when a lunatic jumped out of the crowd and shot at her. Picture this: This tiny lady, no safety helmet, perched sidesaddle on Burmese, her favorite horse of all time is being shot at. Burmese momentarily panicked at the sound of the gun going off, but the Queen got him under control, and proceeded to serenely continue her ride back to the Palace. Turned out, the lunatic had managed to get his hands on a gun, but due to strict gun control laws couldn’t get real amo, just some starter pistol stuff. He was banking on the noise scaring the horse and throwing her hard to the pavement, which would have certainly have killed or seriously injured her. She was 55 years old at the time, and handled that situation with the strength and fitness of a 20 year old. Years later, when Burmese died, she had a life-size bronze sculpture of him made and set in the grounds of Windsor Castle. (Burmese, BTW, was a gift from the people of Canada, bred At the Royal Canadian Mounted Police stables where they bred their own police horses.)
@@lap8329 Burmese was actually a 'she' - a mare - not a 'he'. In addition, HM was not 'perched' when riding sidesaddle - once you know how to do it, sidesaddle is MUCH more secure than riding astride. In fact odd though it might sound, its very security is one of its dangers, in that if a horse falls, a sidesaddle rider is very unlikely to be thrown clear, as very often happens to a rider who is seated astride.
@ Interesting. For some reason I had thought Burmese was a gelding, no idea where that notion came from. I said “perched” because that is the general public perception as most people have never actually seen a sidesaddle, and that is what would have been in the mind of the would-be assassin. I tried sidesaddle out of curiosity back in my riding days and, as you say, the risk of that right leg being trapped in a fall outweighed in my mind the otherwise secure seat.
Queen Elizabeth II was a great woman, she lived through so much and still had faith in people. She had a great sense of humour and wasn't afraid to remind some leaders that she had been there before them and would outlast them 😂
She also survived public attempts against her so calmly it would and did surprise soldiers (which she passed on to King Charles and the Princess Royal) to become the longest reigning monarch. It was so sad when she passed away, I think we all thought she'd live forever like we do our grandparents. To this day I still catch myself saying the Queen instead of King and Her Majesty instead of His.
I still catch myself saying “the Queen’s guard” when I watch videos of the royal guards 💂💂♀️💂♂️
I love this! You’re a very cool to be interested in history & explore it in this way. Yes, Queen Elizabeth II was a badass!
All UK passports and driving licences are issued in the name of the monach therefore she does not need them. The late Queen Elizabeth II learnt to drive and service cars when she was a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1944. She trained as a driver and mechanic and was given the rank of honorary junior commander (female equivalent of captain at the time) five months later.
My favorite story about the queen was when she paid a state visit to the US during the presidential term of George H. W. Bush. When she exited her plane and stepped up to the podium to give a few remarks, it was obvious that the microphone and podium were set for someone the height of the then-president... not the much shorter queen. All you could see was her eyes peeping over the podium. The protocol boffins were horrified, and worried about a possible international incident. Well... the next day the queen was to address a joint session of Congress. She was shown sitting in a back room, very much at ease, smiling, and saying something like, "Should I do it?" Well, she did it. When she stepped up to the microphone in the House chamber (which was at a perfect height for her) her first words were, "I hope you all can see me now." And the entire US congress fell out of their chairs laughing.
I also loved the story about when the queen was taking a walk in the countryside near Balmoral with one her most trusted bodyguards. They bumped into an American couple who were out for a walk, and stopped to chat. Clearly not recognizing her, the man asked her if she was from "around here." She said she lived in London but had been coming to a holiday home in the area since she was a little girl. So then they asked if she had ever met the queen. She said no, I haven't, but my friend here has. The Americans asked the bodyguard what the queen was like. He had known her long enough that he felt comfortable saying, "She can be a bit cantankerous but she's got a lovely sense of humor." The queen then posed for pictures with the tourists, and they were off. She was giggling about what would happen when they found out who she really was....
I really miss the Queen.
@@marianncadmus9572 I also miss her. Funny though I am an American but truly proud of your Queen. I know if she were here still, she would have handled the lackies and mixed up people in charge. Oh, what she would have to say.
I miss her terribly ❤
We now got a king mate, ol Charlie boy. I met him as a teenager 14 15 ish when he was a prince. Should check out her funeral and the processions of people from all over the world who queued for days to pay their respects. 👊🏻
QE11 was a trained army driver. She loved driving, especially cross country around Balmoral in Scotland, which is serious heavy terrain. She also liked to drive really fast!
Trained mechanic too!
"I'm still alive" she said to one of the people who had been trying to kill her or her family.
Really???😳😳
@@StracReactsYes, the person she met there in the video had been part of the IRA. They conducted a bombing campaign against British politicians, Royals and civilians. This video, was when tensions were defusing. The Queen played her role very professionally.
@@reluctantheist5224 I loved the look on his face when she said that to the merdering cnut lol
@@StracReactsthe IRA managed to kill her ' Uncle ' Dickie Mountbatten in the 1970's. Blew his boat up with a planted bomb and killed him, his grandson and his daughter in law. Queen Elizabeth was the first monarch to visit Ireland in 100 years when she went in 2011. It was considered too dangerous and inflammatory prior to that.
A lot of people didn't realise the significance of what she said to the former Irish terrorist, the smile on her face says she knew what she was saying
She was an amazing monarch and very beloved by the british people. she kicked ass and did it with grace and a cheeky smile. She was a trail blazer just like Elizabeth the 1st. both extraordinary women for their times.
Figure in a Corgi’s life span of about 10-12 years alongside the decades she lived explains how 30 corgis makes sense
It’s a pleasure to watch your reactions , really made me smile .
There's another great video about her taking a country's leader for a drive knowing his country does not allow women to drive and also mentioning the time she kept her cool when shooting scare startled her horse during a parade.
I never knew a world without her until now. 😢 May she rest in Majestic Power❤
I am from Scotland and I love your show, you make me laugh keep it coming😂❤🎉😊
The I'm still alive comment had a much very deeper meaning, the man she said it to was a high ranking member of the IRA and responsible for a lot of deaths, it's a shame us British soldiers didn't finish him at that time, now he's in northern Irish politics, hence meeting the Queen
Was just going to comment this she was the GOAT long may she rest 🏴🇬🇧
Tge corgis are fully trained. The story that claimed they weren't referred to untrained puppies.
Her daughter, Princess Anne, turned out to be a badass too. She stayed cool during a kidnapping event, the man even had a gun.
Princess Anne is like her Mother, the Queen. She loved horses and competed in the Olympics. She also rode winners in horse racing, competing in the Grand Military Steeplechase at Sandown Park Racecourse and the Diamond Stakes at Royal Ascot. - this is crazy - steeple chasing is dangerous because you have to jump so many fences during the race that there are often so many accidents and most steeple chase jockeys get broken bones and concussions and live on starvation diets. She is the hardest working Royal with more than 300 charities she personally works on (and I mean works on) and often covers 3 events in a day. Definitely her Mother's daughter.
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Princess Anne would be an amazing queen!
God rest her soul
As the late Queen owned all the roads in the UK she didn't need a Licence to drive on them. But, to be fair she only drove on her private estates, as she got older I believe.
The crown is the Queen 👸 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🏴
The then Princess Elizabeth served in the Auxiliary Territorials as did my mother. Actually, Princess Elizabeth was the reason that my grandmother okayed the ATS. My mother had originally thought the Land Army, but my grandmother didn't like that idea at all. She had heard things that she didn't like - apparently. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Did man go to the moon? Yes. Here in the UK, the landing was roughly four in the morning - without checking and just relying on memory. I was allowed to watch. My father had a connection with Verner Von Braun. They were both POWs at the same camp, until Von Braun was spirited away by the Americans. If they had wanted cabinet makers, my dad might have been spirited away too. Von Braun was a rocket man and the Americans wanted rockets! The next time that dad saw him was on an American news report. "I KNOW HIM! You tell the truth! You were abducted!" My dad said that VB had a habit of making cardboard aeroplanes and zooming them past the ears of the other prisoners. Dad caught a zinger around his earhole himself. My last really solid memory of myself and Dad is looking up at the moon and him saying, "Boy - I sometimes think he forgot my name! - There are men up there." He died less than three months later.
My Uncle whom was a bachelor was born in 1901 Bless him he was well educated travelled and lived all over the world and at 78 came to Australia to live with me and my 2 children at 85 got cancer would not have a Dr he knew it was bad I ask him how you going today HARRY and he would reply Better than the alternative love what a trouper again lived through two world wars and a depression they never complained and were Heroic loved the guy to bits I am now 81 I hope when its time I am as brave and stoic as he and her Majesty was Her is looking at ya
The queen don't have a drivers license because it's her country, she don't need permission to drive.(but she is fully competent to drive, and have driven cars from since WW2)
Strac when Prince Andrew joined his ship in the royal navy he said to the captain you can call me Andrew and the captain said to him and you can call me sir. That put him in his place.
It pees me off about the corgis not being house trained. It was one young pup at the time the guy wrote his book. They make it sound like all of them are chitting everywhere.
my 87 year old mom still drives as does her 90 year old bestie. Sometimes her 93 year old neighbor will give her a ride.
On one of the programmes they talked about some tourists whose car had broken down. The Queen, in her 80s stopped, looked in the engine, diagnosed the problem, then phone for someone of her staff to bring the necessary parts.
Queen Elizabeth was a Bad Ass in the war and is credited for working tirelessly behind the scenes to help get Nelson Mandela released and stop Apharteid in South Africa.
To the point where she quiety pressured the member countries of the Commonwealth that they should work to stop Apartheid too.
She was waaay more then "Harry's Grandma," the way Meghan and Harry's Ageism made her out to be.
There was a reason why most of the leaders of the world came to show their Respect at her Funeral.
She wasn't even supposed to be Queen. She had to self educate herself and would spend days learning about the countries, their leaders and issues of the people she met officially.
All while the beauracrats of the Monarchy tried to control her. But she refused to be controlled and be "just a figurehead," and became a serious player.
All done behind the scenes as she was not publically allowed to support a political side in public.
May be a good idea to do a reaction to the death and funeral.
I’d take the Corgi stuff with a pinch of salt, they didn’t have their own chef and the dogs were house trained.
I know someone who worked at Buckingham Palace so heard it from someone who knows.
One of the clips shows her changing gear. That will be a "stick shift" then.
Since she learned in the British Military in WW2, there's no doubt she learned to drive a stick shift. Whether she ever drove an automatic is less clear.
@@AndersonDawesWasRightShe drove both.
Still driving at 94 - yes, but this would have been around Windsor Park, near her home of Windsor Castle, and not on the open road.😊
During her lifetime the majority of cars in the UK were manual (stick shift). It was only in the last 10-15 years of her life that automatics became more prevalent. Even in 2022/23 only 19% of driving tests taken were in automatics (in uk if you can’t pass in a manual transmission, then your licence will only allow you to drive an automatic. ) it’s estimated that about 94-96% of the uk population drives a manual. The Queen 100% was one of them, as are the rest of the Royal Family.
You should see the video when a tourist was talking to her and they had no idea she was the queen. She was out for a walk and a tourist asked excuses me do you know if the queen is around today and she went no that old boot dosnt come around here often 😂
The Late Lamented Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ii didn't need a driving licence or passport as both documents are given in her Name, it would be like giving herself them.
The passport and the driving licence is issued by Her Majesty and The UK Government , her title is her drivers license and passport as almost everyone in the world knows what she looked like .
In case you didn't realize, she passed away in Sept 2022. Her son is now the king...King Charles lll.
Rest in Peace Queen Elizabeth ll.
My Dad 95 still driving, still riding, has full licence 😊
QE II was an exceptional woman ❤❤❤
She was a lady you didn't mess with, this lady used a stick when driving she learned to drive when she was in the Army, she drove trucks and repaired them too.
The camera quality is awesome! Yes, Queen Elizabeth led an interesting life. After her death, the British monarchy will never be the same.
Our Queen was an amazing diplomat. She arranged for the heads of the commonwealth countries to have an informal dinner together. They needed to decide on a plan regarding how to bring about the end of apartheid in South Africa. She didn't want to force the commonwealth to go down a path that they might be uncomfortable with. She never visited South Africa (since being taken by her family) until apartheid had been abolished.
Nelson Mandela also stayed with the Queen in Buckingham palace on his state visit as an honoured guest.
They were great friends, and called each other by their Christian names. I just love that! ❤
I miss Queen Elizabeth so much. She is an example of a great strong diplomatic fair woman who was religious and led by her beliefs in ethnics fairness and justice. An amazing person ❤
Yes, her father, King George VI, was a real man. Not only for refusing to knuckle under to Hitler, he was a veteran of the Battle of Jutland in WWI (the largest barroom brawl between battleships that there ever was). And, as the spare prince of his time, the battleship that he was in (HMS Collingwood) wasn’t very big or strong, yet he got bored during the battle and came out of the gun turret he was working in to watch the battle when his ship was not actually fighting. He was a great man.
Regarding the story about Justin Trudeau making the Queen feel old - Justin Trudeau's father was the Prime Minister of Canada, and he met her as a little boy and there he was as the Prime Minister.
Of course, they landed on the moon. The USSR has never suggested that the moon landing didn't happen and they were in the space race against the US.
I doubt she overindulged in alcohol. She was still very alert until the end of her life.
she was so pretty in her young age
Thank you young man your commentary was so respectful of our wonderful and much loved Queen Elizabeth
We miss her.
Corgis are the bestest doggos. They'll make you laugh every day. I miss the queen. ETA: Yes, we made it to the moon. I was alive back then.
I loved your reaction, she passed away on my birthday 2 years ago. It was a sad day
1). She didn't "fall in love with the species"... she fell in love with the breed!
2). 4 "cocktails" a day isn't that much! I seen MANY people down twice that throughout a day (including me in my younger days!). You stretch it out throughout the day and there is really no problem!
1:24 Did not think that was where you were going after 'My neck, my back'... 😅😂
Anywho, I always had a lot of respect for the Queen, as I think did most people. A wonderful and sensible woman, who understood what was needed of her, and who wasn't afraid to do it.
Old report. She never drove anywhere but on her own lands. She died in 2022 I think 🤔 her husband died before her. The Queen’s health went down. She was older and had been Queen for over 70 years. She really put her country first.
One of the greatest women in history. Closely followed by her eldest daughter Princess Anne. Now we have Princess Katherine to learn about great to maintain great. To be followed by Princess Charlotte. Wonderful.
I took that as the Queen meaning the IRA never managed to assassinate her :)