A Royal Life: Mary of Teck, Queen & Mother (1953) | British Pathé

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  • This Pathé segment from 1953, shows the Queen Mother, Mary of Teck, throughout the years. Starting with stills of her at age 19, it progresses to show her surrounded by the entire Royal Family inclusive of Queen Elizabeth II.
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    (FILM ID:2703.04)
    Stills of Mary when she was 19 and with her future husband Prince George of Wales. In Royal carriage with George 5th en route to their Coronation 1910. Still of them wearing their crowns. Royal coaches entering Palace. Mary and George appearing on the balcony, below the crowds cheer. A palace (?) with British flag flying. Queen Mary with Dignitaries and military, She goes up steps and is followed by George V.
    Being shown a piglet, inspecting Women's army, having her hand kissed by servants. At a school with girls in uniform marching past. A Wimbledon crowd, lady tennis player, Mary and George look on. Mary making public visits, being greeted by society, and the common people, mothers and baby's and little children. Arriving at Highland games, with her family. She is driven on a miniature railway. During the war at a military ceremony. She is with mothers holding their baby's. Behind glass she talks into a microphone and a ship in launched. Lowering the flag over Buckingham Palace, Mary being driven out in Royal car to attend to his functions. Mary and George drive through the streets in the Royal coach with cheering crowds. On the Palace balcony at their Silver Jubilee celebrations. Flag at half mast over Westminster, and George's funeral at Windsor Castle. Her son, Edward 8th's abdication speech. Shots of Edward and Mrs Simpson. Still of her five sons around a pram. Mary and her son David at Caernarfon Castle. The Princess Royals marriage to Lord Lascelles on the Palace balcony with crowds waving below. Marriage of Prince George the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina. Marriage of the Duke of Gloucester. Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York. Highland games with Royals and the young Elizabeth. The coronation of Edward with Royal family and the Princess's on the balcony. Marriage of Elizabeth and Philip. Mary looking old and attending the Ideal Home exhibition, greeting people and sitting in the Royal box at Wimbledon. Shots of Queen Mary with her family.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 939

  • @TheLuana06
    @TheLuana06 3 роки тому +2049

    She lived to see 6 monarchs on the throne: Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V, King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. That's impressive .

    • @advaitekbote2198
      @advaitekbote2198 3 роки тому +19

      When she died ??

    • @official_9101
      @official_9101 3 роки тому +25

      it is impressive

    • @TheLuana06
      @TheLuana06 3 роки тому +27

      @Luke Szweziuk Brilliant indeed and utterly fascinating in my opinion.

    • @007ndc
      @007ndc 3 роки тому +15

      And was quite a regal and formidable person herself

    • @lyndacrosfill6340
      @lyndacrosfill6340 3 роки тому +36

      She died before Queen Elizabeth's Coronation but she was history wrapped up in one person wonder what she'd think about the duke and duchess of sussex

  • @askelly2003
    @askelly2003 Рік тому +279

    She's almost forgotten nowadays, which is a huge shame! I only discovered her after watching early documentaries about our recently departed Queen as I'd seen her face in a lot them but wondered who she was...what I've learned is that without Mary of Teck, there would have been no where near the amount of public love and support for Queen Elizabeth II - they share so many similar traits (and also looks in my opinion), both put serving the public before their own personal matters and it would appear that Mary is almost single-handedly responsible for the success of the modern Royal Family. She survived 6 Monarchs, 2 World Wars, the death of her fiancé, the death of her husband, the death of 3 of her children also and the shame of her first born abdicating the Throne, all before sadly dying a few weeks before the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who she'd quite clearly mentored from a young age but lived on in her spirit - a remarkable woman/Queen!

    • @donsdesignideas6952
      @donsdesignideas6952 Рік тому +4

      Everyone will be forgotten someday.

    • @Twilight-cl3zc
      @Twilight-cl3zc Рік тому +4

      @@donsdesignideas6952 Sorry...who said that ? Oh I thought I heard somebody say something, my mistake.

    • @donsdesignideas6952
      @donsdesignideas6952 Рік тому +1

      @@Twilight-cl3zc No one will remember you 50 years after you die dear. Sad but true.

    • @JujuCapital
      @JujuCapital Рік тому +1

      @@Twilight-cl3zc 😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

    • @seanmaccionnaith3458
      @seanmaccionnaith3458 Рік тому +2

      She is not forgotten by oldlucifer.

  • @wuodalhasani8014
    @wuodalhasani8014 3 роки тому +127

    What a beautiful English the narrator speaks ...so posh and classy

    • @dennman6
      @dennman6 3 роки тому +10

      The narrator sounds like distinguished actor Felix Aylmer.

    • @iwasglad122
      @iwasglad122 3 роки тому +7

      @@dennman6 It is indeed Felix Aylmer!

    • @dennman6
      @dennman6 3 роки тому +6

      @@iwasglad122 I became more sure of that the longer I listened. He had a great comic turn as the Archbishop of Canterbury in Olivier's 1944 version of Henry V. He was also excellent and dry as the judge in 1964's The Chalk Garden with Dame Edith Evans, Deborah Kerr, Sir John Mills, and Hayley Mills.

    • @dinaworkman306
      @dinaworkman306 2 роки тому +5

      They all did then , now Alison and Co can't string two sentences together

    • @elizabethbower2168
      @elizabethbower2168 2 роки тому +7

      We all spoke like that in the 1950s

  • @stephenscull901
    @stephenscull901 Рік тому +217

    The father of my best friend growing up in Pennsylvania was among those American soldiers stationed in London after D-Day. They would later also be deployed to France. One day he went into a London bookstore and buried his nose in a book and completely oblivious to anything going on about him. It was the British custom that when a member of the Royal family entered a business, the commoners were to leave so that the store employees could devote their attention to the Royal. He was so absorbed in his book that he was completely unaware of anything about him. Suddenly he put the book back on the shelf and turned around to leave only to find himself looking in the face of Queen Mary, then the Queen Mother, and she in turn looking him straight in the eyes. He merely said, “Good morning.” Queen Mary smiled and replied, “Good morning.” He then promptly left. He relished that he had seen the person known originally as Maria von Teck.

    • @46FreddieMercury91
      @46FreddieMercury91 Рік тому +18

      Being American, he wouldn't have needed to worry about having to leave anyway, as he wasn't a royal subject

    • @user-lo2eb8vr8e
      @user-lo2eb8vr8e Рік тому

      . Потом

    • @astrology2290
      @astrology2290 Рік тому +4

      @@46FreddieMercury91 Being an American on foreign soil he was more than required!

    • @larry.bailye5510
      @larry.bailye5510 Рік тому +1

      @@astrology2290 tired of all this

    • @chocolatesouljah
      @chocolatesouljah Рік тому +1

      Lovely family history.

  • @Redtop1965
    @Redtop1965 3 роки тому +80

    She stood out with her statuesque and great posture. It was funny seeing young Elizabeth copying her grandmother's wave so now we know where the style came from.

  • @zzzbbbooo
    @zzzbbbooo 4 роки тому +709

    This ignored the fact that May was engaged to George's elder brother Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence in 1891. He died of influenza in January 1892, a few weeks before their wedding and she married George a year and a half later. It's too important a detail of May's early life to bypass.

    • @zyxw2024
      @zyxw2024 4 роки тому +69

      She was just owned property to impregnate.

    • @mkofftiger
      @mkofftiger 3 роки тому +7

      H.R.H. Albert Victor became the Duke of Clarence & Avondale...according to Queen Mary's biographer, to his everlasting humiliation: double given names and double dukedom.

    • @chrisrinelambert9418
      @chrisrinelambert9418 3 роки тому +21

      Yes your right and it is an important point and l believe that Mary tried very hard to be an English lady l think that George could be rather dull at times rather wrapped up with his stamp collection that was priceless.

    • @aquincum9482
      @aquincum9482 3 роки тому +3

      It is also rumoured that they had a threesome. They invented the doubledecker.

    • @heather1985october
      @heather1985october 3 роки тому +21

      @@zyxw2024 Hey JB you should have some respect for royalty. Queen Mary was a thousand times better than you.

  • @bobbersg8058
    @bobbersg8058 2 роки тому +45

    Queen Elizabeth II owes much to her paternal grandmother, Queen Mary. Both embraced their royal duties. Both were introverts at heart. Both raised large families in the public eye.

  • @chrisrinelambert9418
    @chrisrinelambert9418 4 роки тому +639

    I have always thought that our Queen is very much like her grandmother 😀

    • @manuelarita6801
      @manuelarita6801 4 роки тому +45

      Very much that! Far more influence from Queen Mary than from Q.E. the Queen Mother.

    • @nancydemoss8421
      @nancydemoss8421 4 роки тому +41

      Looks just like her too!

    • @joannebarratt7872
      @joannebarratt7872 4 роки тому +25

      Nancy Demoss she does doesn’t she striking resemblance 😍

    • @JustAThought155
      @JustAThought155 4 роки тому +30

      chrisrine lambert, I agree. I think she has the reserve and pose of her grandmother and the charm of her mother. Good stock!

    • @manuelarita6801
      @manuelarita6801 4 роки тому +13

      @@JustAThought155 l agree a hundred percent

  • @georgiapeach7666
    @georgiapeach7666 Рік тому +78

    She will never be forgotten! She was rather larger than life, the very example of Matriarch. She was a beauty with her own style as a young lady and an empress with power as she aged. The Family would not be what they are today without the respect she brought the Family!

    • @GodisMyNo1
      @GodisMyNo1 Рік тому +1

      Why are there no comments at all about her husband King George V who was the first modern monarch, a great king who saved the monarchy and paved the way for his son George VI and Queen Elizabeth? He is so underrated

  • @drewsaint8762
    @drewsaint8762 5 років тому +563

    Queen Elizabeth is such a stable and successful monarch greatly due to Queen Mary's guidance and influence.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 4 роки тому +36

      We live in fear for what Charles will be like as monarch, thankfully he will not reign for long as he is currently the oldest ever Prince of Wales

    • @Irishandtired
      @Irishandtired 4 роки тому +16

      @@johnking5174 How crappy does the UK have to be before you realise that QE2 failed you?

    • @glammie4
      @glammie4 4 роки тому +6

      She'd be spinning in her grave now. LOL

    • @shlomofishel3457
      @shlomofishel3457 4 роки тому +3

      Irishandtired elucidate?

    • @shanny4306
      @shanny4306 4 роки тому

      Irishandtired
      m.ua-cam.com/video/9iukDM5sN2U/v-deo.html

  • @reinacoffee8557
    @reinacoffee8557 5 років тому +349

    Three Queens in one movie. Awesome!

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 5 років тому +23

      There is a famous film of "The Three Queens" - Queen Mary Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Queen Eluzabeth 11 at the funeral of King George V1 in 1952. His mother (Queen Mary) died the following year.

    • @pneron2032
      @pneron2032 3 роки тому +3

      The fourth queen is the narrator.

    • @bibiandjoshua
      @bibiandjoshua 3 роки тому +1

      @@pneron2032 😂😂😂

    • @mykoniichistorychannel
      @mykoniichistorychannel Рік тому +5

      If only Alexandra was around for a couple more years.

    • @grandmapickles9223
      @grandmapickles9223 Рік тому +3

      It really is!

  • @mcewenca
    @mcewenca 4 роки тому +193

    Such a strong resemblance to our Queen now both in looks and sense of duty.

    • @yourmammu
      @yourmammu Рік тому +3

      Queen Liz II isn't a kleptomaniac btw

  • @judyrose2939
    @judyrose2939 3 роки тому +82

    I wish many of us had family movies like this to see our ancestry🙏❤️🌹

  • @mariafeodorovna4487
    @mariafeodorovna4487 2 роки тому +31

    4:34 wow that is the best royal wave I’ve ever seen haha she’s amazing

  • @jennybasa5817
    @jennybasa5817 Рік тому +16

    I loved how she was asking King George VI to teach Princess Margaret the correct way of waving to the crowd. Although queen, she is still granny first. So refreshing to see. There aren't a lot of videos about Mary.

  • @donna25871
    @donna25871 4 роки тому +51

    George VI is the spitting image of Queen Mary. It’s so noticeable in the photo at the beginning.

  • @WarRogers
    @WarRogers Рік тому +28

    Queen Elizabeth II talked to someone (Queen Mary) who actually talked to Queen Victoria. Kind of awesome when you think of things that way.

    • @connoroleary591
      @connoroleary591 Рік тому +3

      And she held King Charles when he was a baby!

    • @sdastidar9
      @sdastidar9 Рік тому +4

      I had this very same thought while watching the documentary!!

    • @talesle_roi7991
      @talesle_roi7991 Рік тому +3

      Yes, it goes on. Queen Victoria talked to her uncle William IV, who was already an adult in 1789 and witnessed the French Revolution, and the collapse of the Monarchy in France.

    • @GodisMyNo1
      @GodisMyNo1 Рік тому

      ​@@connoroleary591she talked to King George V too, why is king George so underrated??

  • @ufayad
    @ufayad 2 роки тому +26

    I wish I could travel back in time to have dinner or tea with people from this era, just to see what it was like. A Downton Abbey fantasy, if you will.

  • @audiio7961
    @audiio7961 3 роки тому +74

    Queen Mary looked absolutely stunning. She was taller than her husband. I'm going crazy for her beautiful curly hair.

  • @claymusic2205
    @claymusic2205 3 роки тому +283

    She watched the crown get passed down 5 times. From her grandmother in law, father in law, husband, elder son, younger son and to her granddaughter.
    She also watched 3 of her 6 kids die and the childhood of her Great grandchildren. The stories she can tell man.

  • @benmarleor
    @benmarleor 5 років тому +483

    I've always thought she looked as a queen should look.

    • @Gypsy839
      @Gypsy839 4 роки тому +33

      Yes even in old age she looked Queenly!

    • @Benyikoko
      @Benyikoko 4 роки тому +11

      Well said

    • @coonalisa230
      @coonalisa230 4 роки тому +6

      Is this a shade lol

    • @claudiariedel5777
      @claudiariedel5777 4 роки тому +8

      She's ugly each day,and not the sharpest tool in the shed.

    • @JLFAN2009
      @JLFAN2009 4 роки тому +29

      @Kat Jasper She was said to be more attractive in person than in her pictures. Not all people are entirely photogenic.

  • @Noutchka
    @Noutchka 3 роки тому +37

    George VI really resembled his mother physically. At 7:29, you see Queen Mary explain to Prince Albert that his daughter, Margaret Rose, is not doing the wave properly

  • @jgriffin282
    @jgriffin282 3 роки тому +60

    Elizabeth looks very much like her now.

  • @alisoncooper1421
    @alisoncooper1421 2 роки тому +74

    What a great tribute. She was, a stunner as, a young woman and viewing this I have just recognized how much alike The Princess Royal's daughter Zara is to Queen Mary. My grandmother lived through the reigns of six monarchs, counting Edward VIII, and Queen Mary was always her yardstick for behaviour and service before self, she also believed the females were the strength of the monarchy. The photo that will always, stick in my mind was of the three Queens in mourning attire standing together after George VI died. I was six years old and it was the front page photo of our New Zealand major newspapers. The photo still has the same effect today.

    • @lesliesmith5797
      @lesliesmith5797 Рік тому +6

      Zara came to mind as soon as I saw Queen Mary. She was very pretty, as is Zara. 🦋

    • @ralex3697
      @ralex3697 Рік тому +3

      Lady Louise resembles her

  • @selvitr3945
    @selvitr3945 3 роки тому +44

    Queen Mary loved her children and grandchildren dearly, what an incredible Queen at that era, very sovereign and conscientious of her royal role and performed righteousness!

    • @slouberiee
      @slouberiee 2 роки тому +9

      She loved them so dearly that she managed to overlook that at least two of her sons were abused by a nanny... Leading to the oldest loving strict, dominant and undevoted Wallis and the second stammering and having psychosomatic gut issues for the rest of his life.

    • @hotrodd29
      @hotrodd29 Рік тому +5

      Loved her children dearly?
      That’s not what her children said

    • @mykoniichistorychannel
      @mykoniichistorychannel Рік тому +4

      Withholding affection isn't my idea of love.

    • @crmier3227
      @crmier3227 Рік тому

      @@slouberiee Indeed!

  • @paullewis2413
    @paullewis2413 5 років тому +69

    The unmistakable voice of actor Felix Aylmer.

    • @Steviepics
      @Steviepics 5 років тому +3

      Thank you. I thought as much.

    • @borderlands6606
      @borderlands6606 4 роки тому +4

      Wasn't Aylmer the tremulous voice Kenneth Williams sent up in his pompous old man skits?

    • @danad7770
      @danad7770 4 роки тому +1

      Yes, the rolled 'r's are there and have been lost over the years.

  • @borleyboo5613
    @borleyboo5613 5 років тому +121

    Awwww, I’ve always had a soft spot for Queen Mary. I enjoyed that. Thank you.

    • @baleevet
      @baleevet 4 роки тому +12

      I absolutely love her because of her sense of style always decked in the biggest diamonds and a lot of it

    • @slouberiee
      @slouberiee 2 роки тому +2

      She was a terrible, mostly cold mother though.

  • @claudiocavaliere856
    @claudiocavaliere856 2 роки тому +20

    Beautiful video about our beloved Queen Mary! Dignity,,strength and duty at its best!

  • @lemonhead162
    @lemonhead162 Рік тому +15

    What an interesting, charming little film! Wow, I can't believe how lovely Queen Mary was when young. Queen Elizabeth II looks just like her!

  • @tapsars7911
    @tapsars7911 5 років тому +477

    I was not aware that Queen Mary had lived long enough to see her granddaughter Elizabeth the 2nd's children Prince Charles and Princess Anne too .

    • @Edmonton-of2ec
      @Edmonton-of2ec 4 роки тому +46

      It's too bad she died only one year into her granddaughters reign.....

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 4 роки тому +27

      She outlived her husband by 17 years or so

    • @ehrichan6726
      @ehrichan6726 4 роки тому +11

      George Alderson Mary outlived her husband by over 18 years

    • @randymanmaximus8419
      @randymanmaximus8419 4 роки тому +34

      She outlived 3 of her sons

    • @BebeesHuman
      @BebeesHuman 4 роки тому +54

      Oh sure! When Elizabeth was about 8 years old she and her grandmother mary were being helped into a horse drawn carriage. A servant or some staff member was helping Elizabeth into the carriage, and he said "There you go my lady". She smiled at him and said 'I"m a princess.' And then Queen Mary said to them "Yes, and we hope she will also be a lady someday soon" Every child has stories.

  • @mdryanstern
    @mdryanstern 5 років тому +114

    Nice bit of trivia: many of the Queen’s Jewels were acquired by Queen Mary, worn by Queen Mother Elizabeth, and still worn by HM Elizabeth R II. Most notable being the Cullinan Diamond recut into smaller stones, the “smaller” 9 being affectionately called Grandma’s Chips. The largest, the Star of Africa, is the centrepiece of the Royal Sceptre. Queen Mary sewed the jewellery boxes for many Parures herself.

    • @festivelady826
      @festivelady826 5 років тому +7

      @Mark Donald Ryan Stern - Thanks for your comment! I love learning these things, especially about the jewelry!! I love the story about the Koh-i-noor diamond, since its origins can be traced back to at least the 1300's. The Hindu curse is placed on the men who will wear the diamond: “He who owns this diamond will own the world, but will also know all its misfortunes. Only God, or a woman, can wear it with impunity." Amazing! It's now on display in the Tower of London.

    • @sifridbassoon
      @sifridbassoon 5 років тому +15

      Yes, and she certainly did enjoy all the Romanov jewels she got her hands on after the revolution.
      There is a sad story about Prince John. It doesn't reflect very well on the king and queen

    • @ladyagnes9430
      @ladyagnes9430 4 роки тому +14

      She bought many others at a desperation discount price from the romanovs who got out of Russia or fleeing persecution. After her husband refused Sanctuary to his cousins, his wife got discount deals on a lot of jewelry because of it

    • @boyhaveyalostyourmindcause2823
      @boyhaveyalostyourmindcause2823 4 роки тому +3

      Kandy Kandy talking in all caps lock really makes you look like an idiot. Just so you know.

    • @marciabryce8451
      @marciabryce8451 4 роки тому +10

      All stolen goods.

  • @HROM1908
    @HROM1908 4 роки тому +22

    My Father installed a radio in her Rolls Royce sometime in the early 1930s. I remember him telling me about her long ears !

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 4 роки тому +5

      Just for information, she would never have a Rolls Royce, she considered them vulgar. She only ever had green Daimlers for herself and when Queen Consort a claret and black one. Her children all had Rolls Royce cars though, except George VI who favoured the Alvis. The first Rolls Royce in the Mews fleet at the Palace was the late 1940s Phantom IV built for The Queen and Prince Philip and transferred to the state fleet in 1952.

    • @HROM1908
      @HROM1908 4 роки тому +4

      @@mscott3918 Thank you for that interesting update. He really did install a radio for her, car type and colour notwithstanding.

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 3 роки тому +2

      @@HROM1908 I don't doubt it. Queen Mary wasn't the stick in the mud some people think. She really enjoyed laughing and fun, but only in private.

    • @bonhamcarter4488
      @bonhamcarter4488 3 роки тому

      @@mscott3918 yes indeed

  • @goldenglove4663
    @goldenglove4663 5 років тому +40

    Lovely to see the tradition of the monarchs where they hold their children near and dear.

    • @christinewendt3660
      @christinewendt3660 5 років тому +37

      You’ve got to be kidding. She and her husband George V were dreadful parents. Have you not read any biographies of her or her children by professional historians, not sycophantic newsreel producers? Perhaps they could not have done much better, given their own damaging upbringings, but for god’s sake don’t attempt to glorify the mess they produced.

    • @MTknitter22
      @MTknitter22 4 роки тому +24

      Christine Wendt Yes - very cold the both of them. Much has been written about it.

    • @BitterBetty76
      @BitterBetty76 3 роки тому +9

      @@MTknitter22 cold and cruel even by that times standards..... Very sad.

    • @basmalasaad3039
      @basmalasaad3039 3 роки тому +1

      @@christinewendt3660 any book recommendation?

  • @flywings111
    @flywings111 Рік тому +6

    She was 1/4 Hungarian as her grandmother of her father's side was a Hungarian countess. As a Hungarian I am proud of it! It is the reason why Charles III often goes to Transylvania (which was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, now it is Romania) to have a few days rest at his property.

  • @happyicare5053
    @happyicare5053 4 роки тому +35

    Amazing documentary, unique in history.

  • @railwaychristina3192
    @railwaychristina3192 Рік тому +5

    Our late Queen is the image of Mary.

  • @gillianbrookwell1678
    @gillianbrookwell1678 Рік тому +5

    I've always loved English history; It was a subject I did well in when I was in school. Queen Mary (May of Teck) was engaged to George's elder brother Albert, known as Eddy who died young of influenza. Queen Elizabeth 2nd was very close to her as a child.

  • @colmoconnor1357
    @colmoconnor1357 3 роки тому +31

    THIS IS A LADY LOST IN HISTORY. WOULD TRULY LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER LIKE THE QUEEN MOTHER.

    • @michaelmontagu3979
      @michaelmontagu3979 2 роки тому +2

      There is much information about her easily available

  • @fairlyvague82
    @fairlyvague82 6 місяців тому +2

    I’ve never seen such a strong likeness of a Grandparent and Grandchild as Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth II. The late Queen Elizabeth is the absolute image her!

  • @britainluver431
    @britainluver431 10 років тому +117

    Judging by the photos and footage of Queen Mary she is a beautiful woman and she has done wonderfully as consort to George V, may she rest peacefully and when I go to England I'll make sure to visit her tomb.

  • @inregionecaecorum
    @inregionecaecorum 5 років тому +33

    Several shots of Queen Mary's royal Daimler there. You can see that car in the Coventry Motor Museum today, it is still a runner as well.

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 5 років тому +3

      Thanks. Very interesting.

    • @festivelady826
      @festivelady826 5 років тому +2

      @inregionecaecorum -- Wow! Thanks for sharing that - it's remarkable!

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 5 років тому +6

      inregionecaecorum She always had two Daimlers, one large limousine and one slightly smaller for every day. She considered Rolls Royce to be vulgar.

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 5 років тому +4

      @@mscott3918 I think Daimler was German as was she so maybe that had something to do witg it too!

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 5 років тому +5

      George Alderson Not really. They were considered to be more reliable and have more class than Rolls Royce.

  • @Flughafenkaiser
    @Flughafenkaiser 5 років тому +32

    Absolutely splendid

  • @dineomatlapeng6957
    @dineomatlapeng6957 2 роки тому +5

    Queen Mary was absolutely beautiful and classy. I can see King George VI all in her. May they both be at Peace 🙏 she outlived him with only a year

  • @moulin8301
    @moulin8301 Рік тому +1

    Queen Mary was, according to extended family and 'friends' a most unpleasant and acquisitive woman. No great surprise!

  • @Vic35102
    @Vic35102 2 роки тому +6

    Marry would be so proud of Elizabeth 70 years on throne

  • @laurac9988
    @laurac9988 3 роки тому +6

    I love watching these old videos ❤

  • @lisaanderson758
    @lisaanderson758 4 роки тому +5

    Thanks for the footage, I loved watching it❤️🇬🇧❤️

  • @joanrucker1568
    @joanrucker1568 5 років тому +201

    I'm going to start waving like that!!

    • @festivelady826
      @festivelady826 5 років тому +24

      @Joan Rucker - So am I, next time I'm riding through the streets in a carriage.

    • @optimisticwhovian1726
      @optimisticwhovian1726 5 років тому +18

      They wave like that to save wrist injury because if they waved the normal way their joints would soon tire since they have to do so much waving.

    • @stratepaper8508
      @stratepaper8508 5 років тому +2

      You will have plenty of time to wave in HELL at the devil 😂😂☠💯

    • @bobjacobson858
      @bobjacobson858 4 роки тому +3

      During one of my jobs, there was a woman about whom the others said when she waved, she looked as if she was doing it the way someone riding on a float in a parade would do it.

    • @phyllispetras2181
      @phyllispetras2181 4 роки тому +1

      @@festivelady826 LOL!!!

  • @humanbeing4841
    @humanbeing4841 3 роки тому +41

    Elizabeth II looks VERY much like her grandmother Mary. In fact she looks more like her grandmother than her actual mother The Queen Mother.

    • @el-Cu9432
      @el-Cu9432 Рік тому +2

      Strange. I think QE2 looks very much like her mom.

    • @freemindsloveforever
      @freemindsloveforever Рік тому +1

      Queen Marys features, but Queen Elizabeth's round face shape combined.

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 Рік тому

      She does not look like either of them. Smh

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 Рік тому

      @@el-Cu9432 No way.

  • @DarkSkies72
    @DarkSkies72 2 роки тому +3

    I don’t know why but that time and Queen Mary fascinates me. I wish I could find more about her.

  • @laurabetts8460
    @laurabetts8460 9 місяців тому +2

    Can see Mary’s influence and looks in both Queen Elizabeth but also Princess Anne

  • @stephanieoregan
    @stephanieoregan Рік тому

    Thank you for the great video!

  • @angelacarleton9575
    @angelacarleton9575 2 роки тому +4

    A fascinating woman both Queen and Mother.

  • @sophialewis5474
    @sophialewis5474 5 років тому +16

    Thank you for sharing. Very wonderful

  • @inesborstel5592
    @inesborstel5592 10 місяців тому

    Thanks!!

  • @LesPaul2006
    @LesPaul2006 Рік тому +7

    King George V and Tsar Nicholas II looked so alike they would switch uniforms and nobody would tell them apart.

    • @annied1997
      @annied1997 Рік тому

      I thought So too!

    • @LesPaul2006
      @LesPaul2006 Рік тому +2

      @@annied1997 They actually DID switch uniforms in social gatherings to mess with people's heads. There's pictures and everything 🤣

  • @windstorm1000
    @windstorm1000 5 років тому +62

    I didn't know she smiled! She had a nice smile

    • @JustAThought155
      @JustAThought155 4 роки тому +3

      windstorm1000, I agree. She just seemed to look so stern. Sad.

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 4 роки тому +9

      @@JustAThought155 There were several reasons. It was how monarchy was supposed to look then. There was another more personal reason. Queen Mary liked to be amused but didn't like laughing in public. Her own words were, 'You see, I have such a vulgar laugh.'

    • @manuelarita6801
      @manuelarita6801 4 роки тому +4

      She only start smiling a bit more after become a widow and Queen Mother to George VI.

  • @crustyoldfart
    @crustyoldfart 3 роки тому +66

    Nowhere does it mention that Queen Mary spoke English with a strong German accent. The fact that Edward VIII apparently spoke German well would also indicate that she spoke German at home, at least to her eldest son.
    I heard an anecdote about the Queen that she was visiting the home of the narrator of the story, while at the same time her hostess was playing " Yes we have no bananas " on the gramophone. The Queen must have felt it was a catchy tune because she is said to have left her hostess humming " YES vee heff no bananas " in her German accent.
    It's little facts like this which for me make members of the royal family seem more human and sympathetic than they are portrayed by their traditional handlers.

    • @louismart
      @louismart 2 роки тому +1

      What a kind remark: German accent and origin makes her appear more human.

    • @crustyoldfart
      @crustyoldfart 2 роки тому +3

      @@louismart Thanks for the kind comment. I agree with you that it's little touches like this which makes us realize. that they are people with ordinary foibles, and we appreciate them more.
      There is a parallel story to the one I quoted : apparently Queen Mary used to love being given things spontaneously and had the eccentric habit, when visiting someone's home around the Sandringham Estate, of verbally praising some artefact or other - a vase, picture, clock, a piece of bric a brac .... whatever, nothing necessarily valuable. She would expect the owner to insist that she accept the object as a gift. On the occasion of the ' vee heff no bananas ' story, she had admired something or other in her habitual way, The owner however happened to be fond of the admired article and was slow to offer it as a gift. The result was a prolonged visit until the owner relented and offered the object of the Queen's admiration as expected. For me this in no way shows QM in a bad light, but underlines both that Royalty is at the same time like us, and not like the rest of us.

    • @markfalcoff1743
      @markfalcoff1743 2 роки тому +4

      @@crustyoldfart In the recordings I have heard, there is no trace of a German accent. German was in fact a foreign language to her, although one she spoke with competence. I refer you to the official biography by James Pope-Hennessy which goes into this issue in some detail.

    • @crustyoldfart
      @crustyoldfart 2 роки тому +3

      @@markfalcoff1743 I'm somewhat surprised by your claim that German was for her a foreign language. My comment to the contrary is based on anecdotal evidence which may be incorrect, as anecdotes often are. There are however a couple of facts which may cast doubt on the official biography to which you refer.
      Firstly it is well known that the British Royal family have strong German antecedents. The late Prince Phillip spoke fluent German and good French.
      As I said in a previous comment Edward VIII, Queen Marry's eldest son was fluent in German which, if he did not hear it at home is rather remarkable. I believe Lord Louis Mountbatten was also fluent in German.
      You mention that Pope-Hennessy produced an official biography. I am unfamiliar with the work, and am wondering when it was published and why. I confess to having my suspicions raised when it is stated to be an official [ that is authorized ] biography. George V was at great pains to downplay the German origins of his family, no doubt because at the time his kingdom was waging a bitterly fought war against Germany. Hence the decision to change the royal name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, and the Battenburgs to change theirs to Mountbatten for the same reason. It might be reasonably assumed that an official biography would downplay it if Queen Mary still had a German accent when speaking English. I'm not claiming any special knowledge here, I'm just speculating based on the balance of probability, and a knowledge of the deep prejudices current one hundred years ago.

    • @michaelmontagu3979
      @michaelmontagu3979 2 роки тому +7

      Queen Mary most definitely did not have a German accent. Why would she? She was born in Kensington Palace, her mother was English and most people around her were English. People I have known who knew her said that she had an English accent. She didn't speak German very well. If you want proof just listen to the recording of her speaking that is available on UA-cam. No German accent. It's one of the inaccurate stories that have become accepted as true by repetition.

  • @acquanellaogbemudia9930
    @acquanellaogbemudia9930 3 роки тому

    Informative Thanks !

  • @Kimmy-pw8tm
    @Kimmy-pw8tm 2 роки тому +3

    Such an historic life….Queen Mary.

  • @elizabethbarnes384
    @elizabethbarnes384 2 роки тому +6

    Magnificent Queen Mary, her devotion to the King 👑 and country. ♥🙏

  • @annm.7176
    @annm.7176 5 років тому +65

    I remember her I must be getting old.

    • @festivelady826
      @festivelady826 5 років тому +7

      @Ann M - I do, too! And I KNOW I'm old, girl!

    • @MTknitter22
      @MTknitter22 4 роки тому +5

      Ann M. Yes and I guess there were different standards for beauty then. I liked her as a historical character but beauty, well...

    • @KIA-MIA-POW
      @KIA-MIA-POW 4 роки тому +1

      Well remember school being closed the day of her funeral

    • @bamallama
      @bamallama 3 роки тому

      It was only 1953. About 13 years before my mom was born. Ur not that old.

  • @patriciadavis2506
    @patriciadavis2506 3 роки тому +7

    Queen Elizabeth II, follows her way, duty before family, you can see the Queen in her too.

  • @ThePlankton5165
    @ThePlankton5165 2 роки тому +5

    She lived for the same amount of years as my late mother’s paternal grandmother.
    She would’ve been 100 in 2020, while my mother would’ve been 50 (she died the year before).

  • @MissTerry57
    @MissTerry57 4 роки тому +4

    I loved this film! ♥️

  • @Nunofurdambiznez
    @Nunofurdambiznez Рік тому +3

    Such an elegant and grand woman, she was!

  • @weiloong7
    @weiloong7 Рік тому

    W O W !!! Thanks Pathé

  • @jebarlee8920
    @jebarlee8920 Рік тому

    I love watching old history so dope

  • @edwardcricchio6106
    @edwardcricchio6106 3 роки тому +8

    She was a great grand daughter of George III. Her husband was a great great grandson of George III. All In The Family.

    • @elizabethbower2168
      @elizabethbower2168 2 роки тому +5

      Too much inbreeding in royal family no wonder they all look alike

    • @edwardcricchio6106
      @edwardcricchio6106 2 роки тому +7

      @@elizabethbower2168 they all had that Hanoverian long face with the sad eyes.

    • @cathybernard8518
      @cathybernard8518 Рік тому

      All of the Royal family has always been from the same bloodline due to the fact that they had to marry a future Queen who was a virginal aristocrat. Even Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were cousins. The only reason that Prince Charles married Diana Spencer instead of Camilla is because Camilla was a commoner and had previous boyfriends, whereas Diana Spencer was a virginal aristocrat. It’s only the younger generation of Royals like Prince William and Prince Harry that have not followed tradition and have married commoners to get away from the bloodline.

  • @nineleartpisit2548
    @nineleartpisit2548 2 роки тому +3

    The Earl of Athlone, Queen Mary's younger brother is husband of Princess Alice of Albany, and Queen Mary's mother, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge is Queen Victoria's first cousin.

  • @susand9141
    @susand9141 Рік тому +2

    Remarkable woman and her granddaughter made her proud.

  • @ashabailey5223
    @ashabailey5223 Рік тому

    The history of HER Majesty’ is amazing ❤️❤️

  • @hayleysadler1340
    @hayleysadler1340 Рік тому +6

    It's crazy how she lived through 6 monarchs including Queen Elizabeth II

  • @lblough9881
    @lblough9881 3 роки тому +9

    Quite a very striking woman.

  • @maryannfrank6749
    @maryannfrank6749 2 роки тому

    Love. The. Video. Thank you. For. The. Education.

  • @redmarrakech947
    @redmarrakech947 Рік тому +1

    She looked respected and wise both as queen and mother. My greetings from Marrakech, Morocco 🇲🇦.

  • @julianarose9872
    @julianarose9872 4 роки тому +24

    I love the narrators voice , it’s Felix Alymer

  • @dianataylordeguerrero3888
    @dianataylordeguerrero3888 5 років тому +16

    My favorite Royal, her Majesty, Queen Mary.

  • @farhiaismail1984
    @farhiaismail1984 Рік тому +1

    My god bless you mom

  • @wendygraham6863
    @wendygraham6863 3 роки тому +36

    I often wonder how she felt when her son abdicated

    • @BitterBetty76
      @BitterBetty76 3 роки тому +18

      Probably ashamed.

    • @janstaz
      @janstaz 3 роки тому +11

      Well we maybe got a better king. Then we got our Queen. She must have been very upset though

    • @BitterBetty76
      @BitterBetty76 3 роки тому +2

      @@janstaz no doubt! ❤

    • @papagen00
      @papagen00 3 роки тому +11

      she was probably glad and relieved that, by abdicating, her Nazi son would not bring shame and embarrassment to Britain.

    • @mamavswild
      @mamavswild 3 роки тому +11

      Probably not jumping for joy; but then again, her husband once said ‘i hope the boy ruins himself and nothing stands between Lilibet and the throne’ ...or something close to that. Elizabeth was George V’s favorite and personal choice for monarch.

  • @joice953
    @joice953 Рік тому +3

    Amo ver esses vídeos ❤️

  • @wendybrooks6154
    @wendybrooks6154 5 років тому +36

    That corset makes her bosom look enormous!!

    • @festivelady826
      @festivelady826 5 років тому +30

      @Wendy Brooks - That bosom was enormous without that corset. My grandmother was the same way, and so am I. I never have understood women who BUY them. After 50 or 60 years, one gets tired of carrying them around - lol. HMQE2 inherited them and so did Princess Margaret.

    • @MTknitter22
      @MTknitter22 4 роки тому +1

      Wendy Brooks True!

    • @SuperFerdie1965
      @SuperFerdie1965 4 роки тому +3

      She was partial to a bit of topless modelling in her time. The very first Page 3 girl for The Sun.

    • @patriciafairey542
      @patriciafairey542 4 роки тому +1

      It was the fashion at the time.

  • @lindaireland2751
    @lindaireland2751 9 місяців тому

    I would love to hear them talk amazing history ❤

  • @sakatila579
    @sakatila579 Рік тому

    Love it!

  • @mdryanstern
    @mdryanstern 5 років тому +81

    God Save The Queen! Alive and well 2019, the longest reigning monarch in history.

    • @blmi5591
      @blmi5591 5 років тому +3

      Elizabeth II died in 2017. What you see on TV is an impersonator

    • @mdryanstern
      @mdryanstern 5 років тому +22

      You are a looney! HM Elizabeth II is very much alive. Stick to alien conspiracy.

    • @SymphonyBrahms
      @SymphonyBrahms 5 років тому +11

      @@blmi5591 And Elvis is still alive. And Amelia Earhart. And JFK. You are a loon.

    • @sazzieb1
      @sazzieb1 5 років тому +9

      @@blmi5591 Feel free to post your proof here...

    • @ehrichan6726
      @ehrichan6726 4 роки тому +2

      Mark Donald Ryan Stern Jesus is still alive that he even gotten on TV called the walking dead lol

  • @Benyikoko
    @Benyikoko 4 роки тому +37

    She looks like a real queen... there's something about her that I find very interesting

    • @bonhamcarter4488
      @bonhamcarter4488 3 роки тому

      @@0808millie jealous?

    • @bonhamcarter4488
      @bonhamcarter4488 3 роки тому +1

      @@0808millie yeah keep repeating the same dialogue. They have contributed more to the country than you ever will. The taxes they pay enriches the country. Diana didn't like that her husband was seeing Camilla. It had nothing to do with the royal family.

    • @carmellovelock2870
      @carmellovelock2870 3 роки тому +2

      Very regal

    • @mylordslords6134
      @mylordslords6134 3 роки тому

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  • @HappyRachel100
    @HappyRachel100 Рік тому +1

    Interesting! Clearly a strong role model for the late Queen. We’ve a lot to thank her for.

  • @lambd5578
    @lambd5578 Рік тому

    Great figure! Seriously stacked!

  • @ToND1Ne
    @ToND1Ne 4 роки тому +6

    Thoroughly enjoyable!

  • @papsk
    @papsk 4 роки тому +11

    She was gorgeous in her young age. King Edward Vlll had inherited his mum’s great looks with those high cheek bones and dreamy eyes.

    • @donna25871
      @donna25871 3 роки тому +3

      Paps K George VI was the spitting image of her - it is really pronounced when they are standing together in photos.

    • @alicejohn7316
      @alicejohn7316 3 роки тому +1

      She looks very manly in her wedding photo.

    • @papsk
      @papsk 3 роки тому +1

      @@alicejohn7316 To be honest I think women in that era did look a bit manly.

    • @redtapereed-walterreed-wal7000
      @redtapereed-walterreed-wal7000 3 роки тому

      Thats a Man open your eyes wth is wrong with you?!

    • @danre6165
      @danre6165 Рік тому

      @@redtapereed-walterreed-wal7000 tf

  • @nangakaw6081
    @nangakaw6081 3 роки тому

    I really like this Royal Family❤️Generation to generation 👍👍👍

  • @frankplechaty3415
    @frankplechaty3415 Рік тому

    love history thank you

  • @gnilesm
    @gnilesm Рік тому +4

    Queen Mary (a second cousin of Queen Victoria) & King George V (grandson of Queen Victoria) literally save the Monarchy by establishing the House of Windsor.

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 Рік тому +1

      Queen Mary was actually Victoria's first cousin once removed, her mother Princess Mary Adelaide Duchess of Teck was the daughter of Victoria's uncle Prince Aldophus Duke of Cambridge

  • @janejames9173
    @janejames9173 5 років тому +12

    Beautiful lady.😊

  • @OTOss8
    @OTOss8 3 роки тому +2

    Play at 0.75 speed to have things look a bit more normal and to have the narrator sound slightly stoned.

  • @pamelaevm880
    @pamelaevm880 2 роки тому +1

    I keep looking everywhere trying to find pictures or anything about her when she was younger instead of just old age.

    • @lporquai9048
      @lporquai9048 2 роки тому +1

      There are loads on Pinterest

  • @margaretpowell1388
    @margaretpowell1388 9 років тому +75

    Great Consort Queen

  • @marycesario3202
    @marycesario3202 3 роки тому +3

    Queen Mary di teck elegante discreta ✨

  • @Northisbest
    @Northisbest Рік тому

    Wonderful film 📽️🎥

  • @butterflieslove3334
    @butterflieslove3334 3 роки тому

    I love Royal family 👪 and there history ❤🇬🇧🇬🇧😀🥰