Fact Fiend - That Time The Queen Asked For a Handout From The Government

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  • @MiniRiz
    @MiniRiz 9 місяців тому +32

    The Crown estate pays HM treasury £300m per year in revenue, HM treasury pays back £89m in sovereign grant to run monarchy. You should do some research.

    • @FactFiend
      @FactFiend  9 місяців тому +236

      Oddly enough I’m not particular enthused with any amount of money that could be earmarked for hospitals or paving roads paying for the King’s nonce brother to fly around in a helicopter.
      Nor am I all that happy with some big-eared dipshit in a million pound hat graciously deciding to pay a small fraction of what he earns in revenue on vast swathes of land he inherited and didn’t pay tax on.
      - Karl

    • @sovietmoose5624
      @sovietmoose5624 9 місяців тому +15

      Aka publicly funded assets have their profits mostly end up in private pockets while other states have their public asset profits go entirely into public coffers

    • @3crowsinatrenchcoat
      @3crowsinatrenchcoat 9 місяців тому +31

      "The face eating leopards didn't eat all the face"

    • @MiniRiz
      @MiniRiz 9 місяців тому +9

      @@FactFiend So not such a fan of facts then?

    • @sleepingkirby
      @sleepingkirby 9 місяців тому +37

      @@MiniRiz His point is that the money that the Crown makes came from land that was inherited. Which overshadows and voids the significance of any money given from the Crown.
      Or are you not a fan of reading comprehension?

  • @WilliamBadgreen
    @WilliamBadgreen 9 місяців тому +35

    My brother and I were talking about how much longer she'll live.
    I said she probably had a good 5 years left.
    Her death was announced a few hours later.

  • @craigsi16
    @craigsi16 9 місяців тому +74

    "Lol get fucked" is probably the funniest thing Nisha's ever said on this channel 🤣 20:08

    • @MichaelWasnotTaken
      @MichaelWasnotTaken 9 місяців тому +6

      Came from space with that dunk.

    • @AltonV
      @AltonV 9 місяців тому

      Yeah, that sent me

  • @TheMadWhit666
    @TheMadWhit666 9 місяців тому +48

    My favourite fun fact was ruined by the Queen's death...
    The chick was ACTUALLY older than SLICED BREAD!!... only by two months.. but still!!!

    • @bluehero-96
      @bluehero-96 9 місяців тому +15

      My favorite fact is that Christopher Eccleston is the Queen's favorite Doctor Who, even though he is vocally anti-monarchy.

    • @michael.471
      @michael.471 9 місяців тому +11

      @@bluehero-96 “Parasite in chief in her idiot hat.”
      -Christopher Eccleston

    • @casteanpreswyn7528
      @casteanpreswyn7528 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@michael.471I knew there was a reason he was so high on my list. Lol

  • @robertnixon7447
    @robertnixon7447 9 місяців тому +34

    As an ex member of the cadet corps (air) I also had to swear an oath to the crown. Therefore the queen also has an army of 13-17 year olds.
    Also a note about the cadet corps in the uk; the air cadets are considered an official group of the Royal Air force, the army cadets are consider an official group of the Royal army, the marine cadets however rare are considered an official part of the Royal marines, the sea cadets are NOT considered part of the Royal navy.

    • @ammoboy716
      @ammoboy716 9 місяців тому +1

      I was a sea cadet in canada and we had to swear Loyalty to canada and the crown. And all cadets are somewhat apart of the military

    • @casteanpreswyn7528
      @casteanpreswyn7528 9 місяців тому +1

      This is...disturbing for multiple reasons.

  • @aylanganeko1371
    @aylanganeko1371 9 місяців тому +117

    If Britain abolished the monarchy does the commonwealth automatically do the same? I just love the idea of Charles seeking asylum down under.

    • @ProfDanielVargas
      @ProfDanielVargas 9 місяців тому +5

      I can definitely picture Prince Andrew going down under with many but that's a whole different story.

    • @tyrannicpuppy
      @tyrannicpuppy 9 місяців тому

      Fuck off. You lot can keep him. Lol.

    • @calum5975
      @calum5975 9 місяців тому +1

      Nope, and in fact it's pretty easy for Britain to abolish the monarchy, in theory. In Canada it is effectively impossible, they're stuck with it no matter what.

    • @ProfDanielVargas
      @ProfDanielVargas 9 місяців тому +2

      @calum5975 well, unless they revolt, I mean, coups exist. There are no political impossibles if there's enough pressure, force or violence involved.

    • @Reece_Hart
      @Reece_Hart 9 місяців тому +1

      Given how much we can't stand him the whole idea of that is hilarious

  • @MumboJ
    @MumboJ 9 місяців тому +3

    I always maintained that when the Queen dies, Charles should become King for a day.
    He's waited his whole life for this, we can give him one day, have a big coronation party, and then abolish the monarchy.
    (when I was younger I'd say "have a big party and then pass it on to William the next day for another party, maybe have a joint coronation event")

  • @djpandaburr230
    @djpandaburr230 9 місяців тому +7

    8:45 we need that wiki weekends/days of the queens powers and abilities 😂😂

  • @IHopeThisHauntsU
    @IHopeThisHauntsU 9 місяців тому +24

    It does bring me reassurance that the queen will never die, and has never died.

  • @tyrannicpuppy
    @tyrannicpuppy 9 місяців тому +9

    Aussie here. Definitely not a Royalist either (not really for or against them), but I've always had a respect for ol' Liz. She had all of that power (debatable as it may be to what she did or didn't actually weild) but she lived her life under the belief that she was a servant of the people. She held herself to that expectation. I'm sure there was loads of dark shit covered up during her reign, but she always maintained this veneer of proprietety throughout. Charles is never going to match that regality.
    We voted a few years back now to remain in the Commonwealth, and I truly believe that if that happened again now Charles wears the crown, it would have a very different result. Elizabeth just had this air about her that none of the rest of that family can match.
    Could be that I'm still fairly young. Only 36 years, but all of those years were lived under the Queen of England. And now she's gone it feels weird to try and assign that ingrained respect to someone I've spent three decades watching comedians take the absolute piss out of. How do you respect a King that you've always seen as nothing more than a posh twat living in his mother's shadow?

  • @FurTheWorkers
    @FurTheWorkers 9 місяців тому +22

    The UK should just posthumously make her the honorary queen forever: the Lich Queen Elizabeth II.

    • @noti7510
      @noti7510 9 місяців тому +1

      "the queen may be a monarch, and therefore horrible, however, she is iconic. we have put her back on her seat, we will not be accepting any more royals.
      sincerely, the uk"
      if I were a british citizen, I would deny charles windsor (well, his name is apparently charles george, of the house of windsor, but I like charles windsor) any title, and whenever anyone referred to a king, I'd say, nah, there is no king. I'd make it my mission to spread this belief as far as I could, ideally getting up to the people serving charlie and getting them to stop working for him. if we all stopped respecting him at once, we could stop having to pay for all this monarchy stuff and finally do without. sure, he could technically call on the police, and the armies, and also those of canada and aus and nz, but as long as noone there respects that order, we should be fine.

    • @FurTheWorkers
      @FurTheWorkers 9 місяців тому +1

      @@noti7510 Agreed. They should place a Madame Tussaud-style wax figure on the throne, and just let it be a tourist attraction. Royalty is so outdated and backwards. The fact that any European nation still has one is absurd.

  • @fury-cd9wr
    @fury-cd9wr 9 місяців тому +24

    Man it’s been a long time sense I’ve seen a video miss this channel can’t wait to binge

  • @Cheese-Goblin
    @Cheese-Goblin 9 місяців тому +206

    you missed the point of the french riots! it wasn’t that the retirement age was raised, but that they bypassed parliament to do it

    • @florianschneider3982
      @florianschneider3982 9 місяців тому +6

      No difference

    • @TestarossaF110
      @TestarossaF110 9 місяців тому +9

      ​@@florianschneider3982 ???? wdym

    • @abcdefghijkl123454
      @abcdefghijkl123454 9 місяців тому +18

      @@florianschneider3982 You clearly do not undestand the importance of the division of powers in a democracy

    • @florianschneider3982
      @florianschneider3982 9 місяців тому +3

      @@abcdefghijkl123454 The French had several revolutions, each time voting for a presidential republic.
      If they don't want anyone to be able to bypass parliament, they should have opted for a parliamentary republic.

    • @Aurora_Lightbringer
      @Aurora_Lightbringer 9 місяців тому +7

      ​@@florianschneider3982 So you've just described the difference?

  • @joshlong8802
    @joshlong8802 9 місяців тому +2

    The story I had heard about the pharaoh was that the nation he was being sent to (France, I think) has super strict laws about people entering the country needing passports

  • @reecosuavey420
    @reecosuavey420 9 місяців тому +1

    That Nisha "lol get fucked" killed me.

  • @PhilDaw
    @PhilDaw 9 місяців тому +1

    The Governor General had disolved Australian Parliament in 1975. Technically, as the Governor General is an executive representative of the Crown, the Queen had excercised her right to disolve the parliament of a Constitutional Monarchy

  • @mmhhjj34
    @mmhhjj34 9 місяців тому +7

    Remember when they tried to lower the speed limit and put up extra speed cameras and the French ripped down every speed camera in the country and camped on the motorways

  • @Duplexx9730
    @Duplexx9730 9 місяців тому +2

    She did dissolve Parliament under Prime minster Whitlam in Australia back in the 70s. Walking out of Parliament after the dissolvment, Prime minister Whitlam when talking to the press famously said "Ladies and gentlemen, well may we say 'God save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General''. The blame was put onto the Governor General for decades until secret letters between the Governor General and the Queen came out in the 2000s showing the queen had requested for Dissolvement of Parliament. So she has used her powers before and likely on other occasions aswell its just never talked about.

    • @Duplexx9730
      @Duplexx9730 9 місяців тому

      P.S - She was right to do so as well, Whitlam was an absolute tossa.

  • @33point3rpm
    @33point3rpm 9 місяців тому +6

    1:50 I beg to differ karl, 1975, the Queen sacked the Prime Minister of Australia through her Representitive, the Govener General. Thwamp!!, just like that, parliment disolved. I'm not sure how much say the Queen had in the matter, but she definately knew what was going down

  • @FirePixieInTheDark
    @FirePixieInTheDark 9 місяців тому +6

    I've gone this far in life saying "The Queen" & I will always* talk about her like she's still here!
    I refuse to adjust & my kids kids will yell at me but I don't fucking care.

  • @duncanflorence5895
    @duncanflorence5895 9 місяців тому +14

    I miss Carl standing. I enjoy seeing people less comfortable while they work

    • @robertnixon7447
      @robertnixon7447 9 місяців тому +1

      This is such an underrated comment😂

  • @DarlingDeliveries
    @DarlingDeliveries 9 місяців тому +7

    8:53 the queen is doctor doom confirmed 😂

  • @samuelparis7218
    @samuelparis7218 9 місяців тому +21

    Surprised this wasnt a "bad for buisness: f*cking dying"

  • @armedkevin1178
    @armedkevin1178 9 місяців тому +4

    If you look at it the right way, Karl's passport implies a séance.

  • @wafflefraud7596
    @wafflefraud7596 9 місяців тому +1

    there is a fun statistic i saw is that after the queen died support for the monarchy has fallen by like 20%

  • @spikesagitta
    @spikesagitta 9 місяців тому +7

    Swans have drowned a man..I don't like my odd in surviving an attack by one.

  • @meltingskeleton2082
    @meltingskeleton2082 9 місяців тому +5

    As an American, a deep southern Louisiana native...It is fine to use Pounds in my eyes. If anyone sees this, please just use native language and slag. It's more factual knowledge.

  • @---l---
    @---l--- 9 місяців тому +1

    I hope someday Fact Fiend and Andrew Zaltzman are on the same podcast. Either Andy on Untilted Side Project, or Karl on The Bugle.

  • @davidmartin6004
    @davidmartin6004 9 місяців тому +4

    swans are still protective species it is not legal to kill them in the uk under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act

  • @RobinRhombus2
    @RobinRhombus2 9 місяців тому +2

    Brittain should pull a North Korea and make Elizabeth II the eternal leader of the country.

    • @hoboman8616
      @hoboman8616 8 місяців тому +2

      I'm weirdly okay with this

  • @Codex_Regius
    @Codex_Regius 9 місяців тому +10

    We just crowned a new king in Denmark and we like him🤴🇩🇰
    The Queen didn’t die, she just abdicated. Partly because she is getting old but also so her son could rule before he got to old. Admittedly it’s probably easier to like a King who hasn’t grown bitter and resentful while eying his mother’s throne 🤷‍♂️

    • @puzzledotgamer5461
      @puzzledotgamer5461 9 місяців тому

      Omg you understand all the jokes we made about charles then xD

    • @Codex_Regius
      @Codex_Regius 9 місяців тому

      @@puzzledotgamer5461 I believe I do 😂😂

    • @puzzledotgamer5461
      @puzzledotgamer5461 9 місяців тому +1

      @@Codex_Regius we believe she didnt die but they put her on a throne to keep her going ala God Emperor of Mankind style XD

    • @Codex_Regius
      @Codex_Regius 9 місяців тому +1

      @@puzzledotgamer5461 Let’s be honest, right now it would be the best thing for the British monarchy 😂😂😂
      I just laughed so much I almost shat myself 🤣🤣 I clearly didn’t know!!
      I love British humor 🇬🇧🫶

    • @puzzledotgamer5461
      @puzzledotgamer5461 9 місяців тому

      @@Codex_Regius everyone thinks that way btw haha

  • @mattday2656
    @mattday2656 9 місяців тому +4

    now you have me wondering what canada goose (cobra chicken) tastes like

  • @casteanpreswyn7528
    @casteanpreswyn7528 9 місяців тому +2

    If I remember correctly, that whole "pharoah passport" thing never actually happened.
    Edit: double checked. It's not that it didn't technically happened, it's just that the image is fake.

  • @NickScaramuzzo
    @NickScaramuzzo 9 місяців тому +2

    You know that when it comes to a zombie apocalypse, you know that Buckingham Palace will be resided in.

  • @spellbound_1
    @spellbound_1 9 місяців тому +2

    I love how i just decided to fry up some baked beans, and then I saw this pop up on my feed.😂

  • @evilallensmithee
    @evilallensmithee 9 місяців тому +1

    The Crown owns the land, unless you’ve changed it since Crazy George’s day, the monarch own the land and you purchase the right to use it, but are subject to the assumption of this right in what is referred to Imminent Domain. If you did change it some the American Revolution, did Britain purchase the land or did the crown gift it?

  • @joeobrien196
    @joeobrien196 9 місяців тому +7

    Me thinks a knighthood for Karl might be delayed a bit.

  • @djpandaburr230
    @djpandaburr230 9 місяців тому

    "and nothings changed since"
    In the background just msde it even funnier

  • @asdatrollys8944
    @asdatrollys8944 9 місяців тому +3

    The only way I’d accept Charles is if he managed to make British empire 2 electric boogaloo.

  • @shaunbufford1306
    @shaunbufford1306 9 місяців тому +1

    You can put the king on your money and call them Chuck's bucks

  • @MamaWheelz
    @MamaWheelz 9 місяців тому +1

    Been a while since I watched, and it's nice to see y'all again ❤

  • @stephaniec9539
    @stephaniec9539 9 місяців тому +2

    I love all these facts about the monarchy, being a Canadian i wasnt aware of some of them!

  • @aidenprice7383
    @aidenprice7383 9 місяців тому +1

    As an American, it would really suck to have a leader you couldn’t arrest :/

  • @Cosmic_Ray_
    @Cosmic_Ray_ 9 місяців тому

    Actually, the Queen's not dead, she's just on an extended vacation. Charles just keeping the position warm until she comes back.

  • @dragoneyegaming-
    @dragoneyegaming- 9 місяців тому +2

    The studio is looking great 🔥 never give up

  • @Jason-fm4my
    @Jason-fm4my 6 місяців тому

    I always think of the Crown Estates as a more prestigious branding of the best slice of National Trust Treasure houses. If the Monarchy was abolished, the government would pay the money directly to the national trust instead and the Royal Family would just be yet another multi-millionaire family flying about in helicopters. They would just have to get into another business to keep their standard of living the same or transition fully into non-governmental real estate management.

  • @Zenek143
    @Zenek143 9 місяців тому +1

    You just know some sad person who doesn’t have boundaries is going to go to Sheffield to try and run into karl

    • @ProfDanielVargas
      @ProfDanielVargas 9 місяців тому +1

      What do you mean someone is going to do that? There have already been some people who have done something like that!

    • @Zenek143
      @Zenek143 9 місяців тому +1

      @@ProfDanielVargas that was my point. After hearing his stories. I was saying that as soon they hear a location you know they will get the “bright” idea to try and pay him a visit. Was surprised he said the city he lives in after his experiences.

    • @ProfDanielVargas
      @ProfDanielVargas 9 місяців тому +1

      @@Zenek143 Well, they've talked about this kind of thing in the channel before and the unfortunate encounters Karl's had with some rather unwise people in the past, like recently I think he mentioned in a video about a comment someone made, not in real life, but that once on chat during a live stream someone asked him if he could come over and for his address after Karl mentioned about the plans he had for Halloween and that the person in question said they though it sounded great and that they would like to spend Halloween with Karl. That's the only example I can think of right now, but I'm sure I've heard him talk about other encounters with people on the street, people following or stalking him and/or his family and stuff of the sort.

  • @BEARDEDAXEMODELS
    @BEARDEDAXEMODELS Місяць тому

    The Queen exists in Warhammer... There's a model and rules and everything. She's called "LILLIBET" because no one wants to be sued but still...

  • @Mike.M.
    @Mike.M. 9 місяців тому +1

    So are we doing weekend at Queenies in Buckingham Palace.

  • @aylanganeko1371
    @aylanganeko1371 9 місяців тому +3

    I adore the new green screen!

  • @chrisslater1985
    @chrisslater1985 9 місяців тому +1

    The black watch do not owe to the crown

  • @michaelzorz2344
    @michaelzorz2344 9 місяців тому +8

    Mr. T IS THE NEW QUEEN!

  • @timelesswisdom.
    @timelesswisdom. 9 місяців тому +8

    The more I learn about the monarchy the more I’m disturbed by it

  • @ToxicatedLum
    @ToxicatedLum 9 місяців тому +17

    Their entire existence is a handout

  • @johndoe-sf6hk
    @johndoe-sf6hk 9 місяців тому

    lol entitlement is a hell of a drug

  • @cow365
    @cow365 9 місяців тому

    Before I watch, I'm gunna predict this was about the Boat

  • @beard78748
    @beard78748 9 місяців тому +1

    There is nothing more pointless than a monarchy

  • @sage1682
    @sage1682 6 місяців тому

    Why doesn't she just sell some pearls and diamond encrusted silverware

  • @davidprovan2756
    @davidprovan2756 9 місяців тому +1

    I would pay extra to have my passport say her majesty and the Queen did such a good job. It would not surprise me if we’re not interested in the monarchy until we get another queen.

  • @sonderone3135
    @sonderone3135 9 місяців тому

    Give the crew better mics so its easier to hear them please.

  • @DarlingDeliveries
    @DarlingDeliveries 9 місяців тому

    15:29 "Beach"

  • @manualuser
    @manualuser 9 місяців тому +1

    Please do not slap a swan to death.

  • @TheGreatKingChiba
    @TheGreatKingChiba 9 місяців тому

    Well you know what they say.... God damn the Queen 😂

  • @thebillygoatgamer7053
    @thebillygoatgamer7053 8 місяців тому

    Rip Big Wangers

  • @lbryant2261
    @lbryant2261 9 місяців тому

    Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl but she doesn't have a lot to say...

  • @stankrewinkel3563
    @stankrewinkel3563 9 місяців тому

    U should get the hole gang a mic it is a little hard to hear them

  • @tymenvanessen3119
    @tymenvanessen3119 9 місяців тому +3

    you guys should just vote to rejoin the european union and adopt the euro. that way you dont have to use five pound notes with charles face.
    it's the perfect scheme.

  • @SunblokAnsand
    @SunblokAnsand 9 місяців тому

    I know the its not that old yet, but I wonder how long it will take for David Icke fans to find this video and start commenting....

  • @nintendoswitchbrit4201
    @nintendoswitchbrit4201 9 місяців тому +5

    the fact that our old people are so stubborn that they would rather freeze to death in their own homes than turn the heating on is kinda morbidly funny to me I'm sorry if you have lost a family member or loved one this way but it really does sound like a Simposons sketch

    • @robertwatts7894
      @robertwatts7894 9 місяців тому

      its not that there stubborn its that they dont have the money to afforded heating.

    • @nintendoswitchbrit4201
      @nintendoswitchbrit4201 9 місяців тому +1

      @@robertwatts7894 I doubt that they where so poor that they could not turn the heating up a little bit as to not freeze to death ( for the most part) or buy some warm clothing my mum doesn't have the best paying job ( I get more money than her just from disability living allowance) and she adopted one of my nephews and has a morgage and she can keep a 3 bedroom house warm

    • @robertwatts7894
      @robertwatts7894 9 місяців тому

      you know all that how? @@nintendoswitchbrit4201

  • @OwenAnderson-u2o
    @OwenAnderson-u2o 9 місяців тому +1

    When you back on green screen?

  • @bluehero-96
    @bluehero-96 9 місяців тому +1

    The queen isn't dead. She's serving time in heaven for tax evasion.

  • @gervasiomartins9148
    @gervasiomartins9148 9 місяців тому

    Warhammer mentioned

  • @Pyron420
    @Pyron420 9 місяців тому +4

    I know yall make fun of Americans (good on you) but hearing about the political isuues of other countries is so cathartic. From Brexit to Australias "plastic recycling" it feels like it's not just mine in the shit.
    Edit. I also admire the French for taking no shit

    • @dirkz.duggitz1567
      @dirkz.duggitz1567 9 місяців тому

      Idk what's worse, Australia losing an actual war to emus, or Gavin Newsum getting re-elected.

  • @thegamedevcave
    @thegamedevcave 9 місяців тому +4

    i mean now that the queen is gone i do like the idea of the British getting rif of the monarchy maybe it'll kickstart some other monarchies in europe to also end... would be awesome XD

  • @nontrashfire2
    @nontrashfire2 9 місяців тому

    untill the 13th century English law was written i French

  • @timdavidson8191
    @timdavidson8191 9 місяців тому

    The queen is dead, long live the queen

  • @SC-ho6py
    @SC-ho6py 9 місяців тому +2

    wow first?

  • @bigpurplepops
    @bigpurplepops 9 місяців тому

    England: Severe housing and food crisis…
    King Charles: “Lets cheer them up with a ~100,000,000£ coronation! They’ll like the tax money going there!” :)

  • @VA_Nightshade
    @VA_Nightshade 9 місяців тому +1

    Harry and William are actually liked. This is well known over here. But they present themselves well, and served in the military. William also does charity work for the crown. that all aside, nobody, britain or else where, like charles or his wife. nobody likes his brothers. They only like the sons.
    And, to be devils advocate, you guys should keep the monarchy (cause money), but restrict their abilities. Honestly, all it would take is one powerman ruler, and a corrupt enough parlament, and you would have to forcefully remind them of the Magna Carta.

    • @anna-flora999
      @anna-flora999 9 місяців тому

      I'm not sure if continuing tu waste money is a good argument to keep the monarchy

    • @Zen-rd9np
      @Zen-rd9np 9 місяців тому

      The best argument against the idea that they generate more money is to compare Napoleon’s palace in France against Buckingham palace.
      More visitors and more income from napoleon’s place, people like to look round the whole thing not just a few show rooms.

  • @JohnQ5
    @JohnQ5 9 місяців тому +1

    God save the Queen and her fascist regime.

  • @alicebunnymera
    @alicebunnymera 9 місяців тому +2

    Lizzys in a box.

  • @TiberiusWallace
    @TiberiusWallace 9 місяців тому

    The woman was the biggest benefit scrounger this country has ever seen.

  • @DukeVengeance
    @DukeVengeance 9 місяців тому +1

    Fact Fiend have turned woke?! Squire!! Fetch my pearls! I need clutch them!

  • @existentialangst8339
    @existentialangst8339 9 місяців тому +6

    Oh shit you have everybody there! 🎉