I met him in 2008/2009 @ 11 Downing Street when Alistair Darling was the chancellor a few of us were invited to No. 11 and he was mingling with us after the ceremony. A very short man - very polite and friendly, though and was very interested in what I was saying; so I didn't really get to ask much of him. I didn't realise who he was until we finished chatting someone told me he was the wealthiest landowner in London; or something along those lines. Turns out he had a lot of the secret MOD communication cables and exchanges running under the basements of some of his properties that's how trusted he was. I think his son took over his portfolio, now.
One of the curious elements of being born into incredible wealth is that it either makes you or utterly breaks you. I’ve known people from both sides of that equation- a friend whose father left him over £300 million and it turned him into a paranoid, selfish, self-obsessed prat. I barely speak to him any more- a guy who watched a good fiend of ours almost driven to suicide by a divorce settlement yet didn’t lift a finger to help him. The other person is a chap I’ve known since I was a student, his father was an earl and one of the wealthiest landowners in Britain. He’s a gentleman to the core. He’s given away tens of millions of pounds over the past twenty years and always with the caveat that he never be named with the donations. He’s a devout Christian and feels the money is a colossal burden. I think money is very much like alcohol- it accentuates whatever you already are; if you have no moral core then it’ll be bloody obvious when you suddenly have two or three hundred million in the bank.
He certainly was. Our paths crossed while in Territorial Army uniform I was a corporal at that time. I had no idea who he was until afterwards. Working to clean a vehicle in the unit garage at Fenham Barracks I was aware of someone working in the one adjacent, that belonged to a different unit. I intended to take a break, put the kettle on and have a brew. But being on my own I stuck my head around the door and asked the lad next door if he fancied a brew. The chap was in green overalls, stripped down to the waste as it was a warm day. Neither of us had rank on display. I can't remember how he took his tea but I filled a pint mug for him, with a couple of custard creams. We had a brief chat because we were both busy. He cracked a couple of Land Rover based jokes, as he was working under the bonnet of a 110. After exchanging the usual banter, I went back to the job in hand. That was it. Other than the accent, there were no signs the man was anything other than your ordinary soldier. No airs and graces. Just your average Tom doing maintenance on a Landie. I must have had hundreds of similar encounters. This one stands out because afterwards a rather worried S/Sgt from my unit, told me who I'd just met. Since then I have learned a great deal about Westie. Those he served with rated him very highly indeed. Little wonder he rose to become the most senior officer in the reserve. May he rest in peace.
fantastic man. He came to my school to give D of E awards and he said he wanted to meet all the girls and talk to them . He was interested in their work. No fuss just a genuine fellow who we all loved .He will be sorely missed
@@suea7387 Id rather be wierd and unpleasant than someone who blindly gives respect to an elite child trafficking cartel.. cheers... it used to be a mark of morality... now its 'weird and unplesant'... so sorry to be an unrelenting irritant to you... I am the SALT... as the bible instructs... You are the sugar... ; )
But when witnesses will swear that they were with them with their pants on, at the time of their alleged use of a prostitute, people who still accuse them can and will be sued for defamation. Just saying...
Heavy smoking had the last word and Gerald Grosvenor died of lung cancer :( . Interesting man who, with his wife, refused to send his children to boarding school where he suffered hell.
Interesting and intuitive man. An attractive but unusual face. Sleepy beautiful eyes. The Duke was an unassuming and shy person so it took effort for him to assume the Duke of Westminster's many duties and obligations. Appreciate his aristocracy articulation. One of the few UK accents easily understood. Unfortunately in this interview, the Duke was more intelligent than the interviewer. Difficult sparing with her PC carping and redundant questions. The interviewer even insinuated it was presumptuous of the Duke to use private charities to usurp the prerogative rights "responsibility" of centralized government to control and allocate the people's money.
A very interesting interview. I was, however, amazed to hear him say "pacifically" three times when clearly the relevant word was "specifically". Its most surprising to hear this kind of mistake from one who is so well educated and speaks so fluently and eloquently.
Nobodys any bodie, realy, im alow life,.ahh, studie, psalm, 39,'psalm' 90, ,quiet interestin, its money, that causes class, war,,.well ye, teck all lollie from queen, she,d.be.like.me a lowlife,, ahhh, dya like that one,
It’s called “Received Pronunciation” also called “RP”. It’s the same accent that was used on all BBC News channels until about twenty years ago. It’s still very common among the British upper-class and in British academia.
Selina Scott was considered to be an above average interviewer in her day. This is the second I’ve seen and heard, and both are quite dreadful. When she co chaired the newly televised Mann Booker prize she admitted to not reading any of the short list and then asked the judges table “ so, who do you think will win”. 45 minutes before the reveal. So to ask a patron in the first few seconds “will you be making up the short fall if you don’t make the full £10.000000
Well documented yes but based on very flimsy 'evidence. Some of those girls were paid by the News of The World to tell them what they 'wanted to hear'. Or should I say, they were paid to say things that fitted with the NOTW's narrative.
He wasn’t loved for his money; he was loved because he used his life to support dozens of charities for over fifty years. He had the option to do absolutely nothing and yet he used his life AND money to promote and support work for the blind, and a dozen other causes. He was a kind, hardworking, decent guy. Are you?
yes back in the 1990s it was different times. the late duke was a kind generous man who never blew his own horn I will never forget when he took on Margaret Thatcher on the poll tax, May his son do as good a job, I can see why the Grovenors are a private family this man and the Percys are too. The yellow press needs to mind their own business.
Duke seemed to be very sensible and eloquent 😮😢 i want see his other interviews
He wasnt. He was thick as a brick.
@@admiralbenbow5083Really 😂😂 someone's jealous
@@Tezzmeuster Of what? A man with one O`level ?
@@admiralbenbow5083 All that 'philanthropy'... total scammers.
I met him in 2008/2009 @ 11 Downing Street when Alistair Darling was the chancellor a few of us were invited to No. 11 and he was mingling with us after the ceremony. A very short man - very polite and friendly, though and was very interested in what I was saying; so I didn't really get to ask much of him. I didn't realise who he was until we finished chatting someone told me he was the wealthiest landowner in London; or something along those lines. Turns out he had a lot of the secret MOD communication cables and exchanges running under the basements of some of his properties that's how trusted he was. I think his son took over his portfolio, now.
One of the curious elements of being born into incredible wealth is that it either makes you or utterly breaks you. I’ve known people from both sides of that equation- a friend whose father left him over £300 million and it turned him into a paranoid, selfish, self-obsessed prat. I barely speak to him any more- a guy who watched a good fiend of ours almost driven to suicide by a divorce settlement yet didn’t lift a finger to help him. The other person is a chap I’ve known since I was a student, his father was an earl and one of the wealthiest landowners in Britain. He’s a gentleman to the core. He’s given away tens of millions of pounds over the past twenty years and always with the caveat that he never be named with the donations. He’s a devout Christian and feels the money is a colossal burden. I think money is very much like alcohol- it accentuates whatever you already are; if you have no moral core then it’ll be bloody obvious when you suddenly have two or three hundred million in the bank.
He was actually a really lovely man
He certainly was. Our paths crossed while in Territorial Army uniform I was a corporal at that time. I had no idea who he was until afterwards.
Working to clean a vehicle in the unit garage at Fenham Barracks I was aware of someone working in the one adjacent, that belonged to a different unit. I intended to take a break, put the kettle on and have a brew. But being on my own I stuck my head around the door and asked the lad next door if he fancied a brew. The chap was in green overalls, stripped down to the waste as it was a warm day. Neither of us had rank on display. I can't remember how he took his tea but I filled a pint mug for him, with a couple of custard creams. We had a brief chat because we were both busy. He cracked a couple of Land Rover based jokes, as he was working under the bonnet of a 110. After exchanging the usual banter, I went back to the job in hand. That was it.
Other than the accent, there were no signs the man was anything other than your ordinary soldier. No airs and graces. Just your average Tom doing maintenance on a Landie. I must have had hundreds of similar encounters. This one stands out because afterwards a rather worried S/Sgt from my unit, told me who I'd just met.
Since then I have learned a great deal about Westie. Those he served with rated him very highly indeed. Little wonder he rose to become the most senior officer in the reserve. May he rest in peace.
He was a Good Man
He seems to have been unusually diligent in community/ public service and charity
Decent chap - may he rest in peace.
He also served for decades in the Territorials
fantastic man. He came to my school to give D of E awards and he said he wanted to meet all the girls and talk to them . He was interested in their work. No fuss just a genuine fellow who we all loved .He will be sorely missed
He was a great man, very humble and approachable
I bet he did... any of them ever go missing?
@@helenwalker2986 What a weird and unpleasant comment.
@@suea7387 Id rather be wierd and unpleasant than someone who blindly gives respect to an elite child trafficking cartel.. cheers... it used to be a mark of morality... now its 'weird and unplesant'... so sorry to be an unrelenting irritant to you... I am the SALT... as the bible instructs... You are the sugar... ; )
@@helenwalker2986 oh do behave you ridiculous cretinous mong
What a great man. This man was so authentic.
He speaks so clearly that the English subtitles, usually surreal, corresponds to what he is actually saying.
+Beirut27 All the better to order hookers down dodgy Transatlantic telephone lines :)
If he did which his lawyers denied, threatening to sue because on the alleged night he was somewhere else.
When do obsecenely rich married guys caught with their pants down not send lawyers to deny everything and threaten everyone?
But when witnesses will swear that they were with them with their pants on, at the time of their alleged use of a prostitute, people who still accuse them can and will be sued for defamation. Just saying...
+Beirut27 I wonder whose hourly rate was higher, the prostitutes, the lawyers or the "witnesses"...
This guy’s wealth stretches back through the generations to the 1000’s. (ie: 1021 years ago 😵💫)
Great man, he will be missed.
Did ya no him, like a what,, he seens rate enoufe, don he, bless him,
I love his eyebrows 😍 It gave him a lot of personality to his face.
I shared a flat with 2 nieces of his. Same eyebrows.
The new young Duke is very handsome as well!
May you please REST IN PEACE = requiscant inipace Le Duc De Westminster - your enormous hard work has sown the seeds into tomorrow and beyonds
Very clear speaker
A great humble man and very approachable
Heavy smoking had the last word and Gerald Grosvenor died of lung cancer :( . Interesting man who, with his wife, refused to send his children to boarding school where he suffered hell.
Why was he bullid at school, I was,.and.still. am, n.am ,59, hmm,
Interesting and intuitive man. An attractive but unusual face. Sleepy beautiful eyes. The Duke was an unassuming and shy person so it took effort for him to assume the Duke of Westminster's many duties and obligations. Appreciate his aristocracy articulation. One of the few UK accents easily understood. Unfortunately in this interview, the Duke was more intelligent than the interviewer. Difficult sparing with her PC carping and redundant questions. The interviewer even insinuated it was presumptuous of the Duke to use private charities to usurp the prerogative rights "responsibility" of centralized government to control and allocate the people's money.
Most people are more intelligent than interviewers
As a member of the Wrexham tropical fish society I’m outraged!
He financed the entire new Liverpool city centre. Wealthy but generous
A lovely interview . Saw him several time in his Range Rover GG1 .
I've just found out. May he rest in peace.
A very interesting interview. I was, however, amazed to hear him say "pacifically" three times when clearly the relevant word was "specifically". Its most surprising to hear this kind of mistake from one who is so well educated and speaks so fluently and eloquently.
Nobodys any bodie, realy, im alow life,.ahh, studie, psalm, 39,'psalm' 90, ,quiet interestin, its money, that causes class, war,,.well ye, teck all lollie from queen, she,d.be.like.me a lowlife,, ahhh, dya like that one,
He wasnt well educated. He had one O level.
She sounds like Joanna Lumley and he sounds like David Niven.
I never noticed that until you said it.
*There's Nothing Beyond the wit of Man😊
in his later interviews he sounds consdierably less posh
I would have loved to have waxed and trimmed his eyebrows
Caterpillars for sure
No, he doesn’t have a vane microbe in his body. Such a naturally attractive man
A forty-year-old GCG was steaming hot
Terribly sad that he died early..he sounds wonderful and inconceivable why his death could not have been evaded..
Taking the time period into consideration, I can't help but think he's being guarded.
Iam not a native English speaker may i ask u about his account... what kind of British accent its .... so lovely and appealing to ears❤😊
It’s called “Received Pronunciation” also called “RP”. It’s the same accent that was used on all BBC News channels until about twenty years ago. It’s still very common among the British upper-class and in British academia.
Hugh Grosvenor should accept interviews
Smart, eloquent, articulate, aristocrat (23/7/23 1:40am)
Is this Mr. Grosvenor? His son just got married, 34 yrs after this interview? Hope his son sounds so bright and eloquent.
Good dude,,with great kids
Selina Scott was considered to be an above average interviewer in her day. This is the second I’ve seen and heard, and both are quite dreadful. When she co chaired the newly televised Mann Booker prize she admitted to not reading any of the short list and then asked the judges table “ so, who do you think will win”. 45 minutes before the reveal. So to ask a patron in the first few seconds “will you be making up the short fall if you don’t make the full £10.000000
Donald trump had a bit of a spat with her
The interviewer sounds like Selena Scott...
he was unhappy at the end
At this time he was going at it hard
How very eloquent he was for a man with only one O level
2 O levels english and history
What's got more hair? The eyebrows or the combover?
The topic is incredibly tedious, boring, outdated, and of no interest to me. However, it was a great pleasure to listen to him
For me too it was pleasure to discover this man 😊
Absolutely. Very well put.
Nice
'Makes me proud to be British!'
Superior eyebrows
真有钱啊…
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Like all his kind the real charity is themselves , although its well documented he's donated £1000 to hookers to help keep them gainfully employed...
well said.
Well documented yes but based on very flimsy 'evidence. Some of those girls were paid by the News of The World to tell them what they 'wanted to hear'. Or should I say, they were paid to say things that fitted with the NOTW's narrative.
I don’t understand why the British love wealthy ppl so much. So downtown abbey like
He wasn’t loved for his money; he was loved because he used his life to support dozens of charities for over fifty years. He had the option to do absolutely nothing and yet he used his life AND money to promote and support work for the blind, and a dozen other causes. He was a kind, hardworking, decent guy. Are you?
shame about the unibrow
job-shy
Who is the interviewer?
Selena Scott(?)
Yes that's what I thought. Selena Scott.
Ha ha ha , ‘visually handicapped’,!!!!🥴Does he realise what he said.
Jesus Christ is coming to judge you
Monobrow I'm guessing werewolve. C'mon the royals are vampires theres a connection somewhere.
He was not royal.
So all the people who have a monobrow are werewolves? Lol no, it's just a gene that causes that and many people have them.
Not with his short life, surely
Rude and simpleton comments to be sure... 🙄
Not a bad interview, although as a visually impaired person I find his use of the term 'handicapped' to be nothing short of disgusting
Different times.
+Jack Black (Jackblack1313) please watch your language
+Jack Black (Jackblack1313) please stop using that derogatory term!
yes back in the 1990s it was different times. the late duke was a kind generous man who never blew his own horn I will never forget when he took on Margaret Thatcher on the poll tax, May his son do as good a job, I can see why the Grovenors are a private family this man and the Percys are too. The yellow press needs to mind their own business.
People don’t say handicapped anymore ? Lol what do they say
It's so amazing to find who my family is & to be able to find more on UA-cam
Non il duca, ma l uomo che c'è dietro è davvero intelligente e molto affascinamte 🎼🌈🎼