American Reacts to Windsor Castle, the Queen's SECOND Palace
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After discovering Buckingham Palace and all the perks that it has to offer the Queen and Royal family I was flabbergasted to then discover the SECOND Queen's palace, Windsor Castle. With that being said I then immediately felt the irresistible urge react to Winsor castle through the lens of my American point of view. I am very interested to see what is going on in this famous UK landmark and how it compares to Buckingham Palace. If you enjoy my reaction feel free to leave a like, comment, or subscribe for more videos like this!
I live in the UK & have no problem with Crown property. There is much of BP & WC open to the public. Please don't confuse celebrity with monarchy, you really need to learn the history & we would lose a lot, culturally, historically & economically by not having these things. Castles were generally build on hills as this is a defensive position where you can see the enemy coming.
Well said - RESPECT. Our late Queen was also the Queen of Australia and now we have a King of Australia - LONG LIVE THE KING!
@@michaelbrowne5557 I totally agree. If the Crown didn't own so many buildings, artefacts and artworks it would all be lost. I really find this guy's attitude glib and disrespectful. Totally lacking in understanding.
He's doing his best. Give him a break @@Lily_The_Pink972 If we were honest, most of us would admit that we know little about the U.S. government and its history, and I'm sure that some U.S. citizens would find us to be lacking in understanding.
We might not speak our mind as much as he does, but having lived in Australia, some years ago, where most people speak their minds, I prefer people to be less reserved than we tend to be. There is a type of respect which comes from that, which we can easily misread completely. At least you know where you stand with an outspoken and respectful person. The man's comments are a way of letting us know his request for more information.
Please don’t be jealous Our queen has been a very loyal and faithful Monarch to her people, country and commonwealth, she has worked very hard over a lot of years that is why she is so respected and loved.
Wellsaid our queen has
The Queen is respected but her son Andrew is slim
Queen Elizabeth is an extraordinary woman I'm not into royalty as such, but she has my utter respect.
As a solider in the UK
We fight for
QUEEN
And country
and always remember. they do not OWN these beautiful buildings!
You have to remember that these castles and palaces were built CENTURIES ago before modern transport so a journey of 24 miles would probably have taken most of the day. A lot of them had their own forests (hunting ground) where the monarch and their entourage could have "fun" hunting game. Also this castle is called Windsor because it is situated in WINDSOR!!!
Also it would have been quicker to go by river!
Be careful not to scoff when you obviously know very little about the subject. I used to live near Windsor and spent hours walking my dog in the Great Park and visiting the castle. This is part of our nation’s history and I and millions of others love it. What do you suggest we do with it that is better than is already done? The queen only lives in a small part of it.
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It's easy as an outsider to look at this and say WTF. Heaven forbid he try to educate himself on the subject. smh
We absolutely love the royal family and for what they stand for which Americans cannot understand and never will.
American. Tear it down and build a Walmart.
@@barbaratg5230 Yes how true! I lived in up state New York in the early 70's having arrived from England. On our way to the local town we used to pass a collection of very pretty old buildings, that were gradually disintegrating. Found out that they were part of the oldest medical school in the USA!!!!! Have no idea what happened to the site. Such a shame. I had lived in an old barn and windmill which were joined together as our renovation project. And what a performance to get planning permission. So many thing that could not be changed, etc. etc. And always inspected every couple of weeks!
Windsor Castle is open to the public, u can go and visit. All these castles and palaces are inherited and are part of our national history if the monarchy was to down size what happens to these incredible building and their contents, they employ an enormous amount of staff and are part of a massive tourist industry. There are many thoughts on the Monarchy within Britain but I personally think we are better for them than without them xx
I agree @Sara Healey the Monarchy are not government. Govt’s come and go, but the BRF give us continuity. HMTQ is kind of the Grandma to the Commonwealth.
What they do for the UK & the Commonwealth is invaluable. A charity obtains their patronage? Immediate attention!!!
I agree @Sara Healey the Monarchy are not government. Govt’s come and go, but the BRF give us continuity. HMTQ is kind of the Grandma to the Commonwealth.
What they do for the UK & the Commonwealth is invaluable. A charity obtains their patronage? Immediate attention!!!
Totally agree
Please grasp that these buildings are NOT the private property of the Monarchs!
Balmoral is private to the Queen, as is Sandringham House in Norfolk.
Charles has his own private place, Highgrove in Gloucestershire,
William and Catherine have a house belonging to them on the Queens Sandringham#Estate, their ONLY private home, yet they live in the public
buildings to enable them to do their work, they are virtually "offices"!
Agree, we tried it without a monarchy and it didn't go well.
The British people generally have no objection to aristocrats living in these fantastic buildings. To our shame a large number of fine country houses were allowed to crumble to dust in the thirty years following the end of WW2, because the owners could not afford the upkeep. Now, most surviving houses are open to paying visitors which provides funding for their upkeep. An empty house becomes derelict very quickly.
Actually I think the worst time for country houses was between the Wars. Many of them became uninhabited or mysteriously burned down!
The major issue was death duties. The need to pay a percentage of the capital value of the houses drained other more liquid assets to the point that each succeeding generation was less able to afford maintenance of the properties. Ultimately, the properties fell into decay or were given away (to the National Trust) to avoid the ongoing burden. The problem with Death Duties was that it made no distinction between liquid and illiquid assets; if I need to pay 60% tax on an inheritance of a million pounds in cash, that's easy enough (if not welcomed). If I need to find 60% of the value of a hundred million pound country home that's a lot more difficult!
@@batman51Yes, but that could be attributed to the loss of sons in WW1. There was an element of spite involved in the post WW2 neglect and destruction.
Absolutely, just like here in USA, there are many huge homes built during the oil & Japanese boom where many came ro invest in America w.their neauvo riches..bought vast pcs of land & built their multi million $$ home & sadly their economy went bust & so did their fortunes, so homes built here remained empty or half built..have gone to ruins, which can be seen on UA-cam.UA-cam.. so same in England & Europe.. many castles were abandoned bec heirs didn't have the $$ to upkeep them, so most is left empty & they too became derelict. Many that inherited them also were able to repair as they went along, bec they've turned them into F&B homes where the restored areas were rented out as an special package for people like you who've never seen a castle wanted to experience living in one for a short Vaca & be able to talk about their experience. Castle owners can use the income to try complete more of them.
I wrote on your comment section that you could talk to Lady Colin Cambell, she owns a UA-cam podcast. She's also owner of Castle Goring which she had it renovated & turned part of it into a hotel for tourists.
As a huge Downton Abby fan, and an American, I find it a tragedy that many great houses are gone. It’s a good thing there’s still some around to explore and the families that are giving their all to keep it all together, I wish them all the best. God save the Queen 👑
Windsor Castle is called Windsor Castle because it is in Windsor. Windsor was adopted as the name of the Royal Family by George V in 1917, as the existing name of the dynasty was Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a little too Germanic during the First World War.
Yep they arent really British
@@michaeltaylor8835 I think by now they are British. How many generations do you have to be born in a place to become one?
@@michaeltaylor8835 OK, Michael obviously you don't know about the history of Europe, when marriages among the European Royal families they arranged marriages between the European counties .
This young American ought to read up on British history before making stupid remarks about our Monarchy and their homes.
@@deboraharmstrong7081I agree 💯..👍 It really shows how ignorant of other world culture's the Americans are. Only 11% of the American population actually own a passport . Around 9 % of them actually travel abroad outside of America.. 🙄
The castle is for everyone. You can wander in the grounds free of charge. To go inside costs money and when our family went there, we didn't go in, but it is a national treasure. Bear in mind that the Queen has a special relationship with her land and people. At the coronation, she made vows to us that she considered as binding as her marriage vows and she shares a lot of what she has with us, including her two principle residences. That said, obviously, some parts are hers alone. Following the death of her husband, Windsor was a place where she could find peace to grieve. It's hard to describe the love we have for her. There is no figure in American history that means as much to the people as she means to us.
The concept of elites is an American one. We really don't see it that way. We're all just Brits and she is a Brit who happens to be Queen and we are Brits who dodged that bullet. Class envy is rare here. Every layer of society has its perks and its problems.
Our relationship is hard to discribe. So well put. Thank you.
Nope she HM as Queen Elizabeth gave it to the public in 1992 and in her Annus Horribilis. Thankfully the whole Royal family only costs the tax payer 37p each but bring in billions of pounds. Versus the cost of a president. We got rid of PM Boris Johnson due to his poor behaviour and we're on to next. Just like Labour did with Jeremy Corbin. Canned, sacked, kicked out and moving on.
You are so right, the Queen is the ultimate servant of her people and as such is held up as a true representative, this woman is exceptional among all her ancestors, longest serving, most stable and consistent , superbly endowed with common sense , intelligence, wisdom , almost mystical in her sense of duty, faith and kingship .
As a middle-class Englishman from the Home-Counties who lives in Manchester and works in Liverpool, Class -Envy is very much a “thing” in the UK.
You cannot "wander round the grounds" except for the Long Walk and the Great Park.
The attempt to demolish the castle was Parliament's attempt to ensure that the monarchy, that they had tried to end with the murder of Charles I, could never be restored. Many great castles and homes were destroyed because they were royalist. Fortunately, the one, stupid experiment in being a republic was ended in 1660 when Charles I's son, Charles II came home. He had actually been asked to return by the very people who had wanted his father killed, because they had discovered that a country without a monarch was at the mercy of vain, greedy, ambitious men like the thrice-accursed Cromwell.
Which people today forget, how valuable it is to have a monarchy. I’d rather have the monarchy over a president any day of the week.
Charles the second was restored to the monarchy in 1660 after the death of Cromwell, because his Puritan system of republican government was too oppressive. Those Puritans had gained political power that caused the murder of King Charles the first during the British Civil War. The Puritans that came to the New World before that in 1620 are said to be seeking religious freedom to worship by their spiritual conscience, but in fact they were escaping a crackdown by the British authorities for trying to establish their oppressive version of Christianity over the Church of England.
@@cyrilmauras4247 hence why usa is in a mess at the moment..give me a constitutional monarchy any day. Not just because of having a king or queen but a better system of government.
@@shirleyjenkins11 - Even a Constitutional monarchy can be overthrown. Example, the Russian Czar established a constitutional form of government to appease the growing Bolshevik uprising that was a response to the oppression of the peasant class by the ruling aristocrats (the top class had all the power, money, land and rights). The Bolsheviks overthrew the monarchy in the violent Russian Communist Revolution.
@@cyrilmauras4247 Excuse me! Charles the 1st wasn't murdered, he was executed for treason against the British people!!!!!
During World War II, the crown jewels were taken from the Tower of London and buried 60 feet below the ground in a secret chamber in Windsor Castle. King George VI (the present Queen's father) ordered this in order to protect the jewels in the event of a German invasion. The jewels were removed from their settings and placed in a biscuit (cookie) tin before they were hidden. This only became public knowledge a couple of years ago. Even the Queen, who as a girl lived at Windsor Castle for the duration of the war, did not know until 2019 that the crown jewels had been hidden literally under her feet.
Side note: The Queen’s favourite horse Burmese, presented to her by the RCMP ( Royal Canadian Mounted Police ) is actually buried on the grounds of Windsor Castle, and the Queen commissioned a bronze statue of herself atop Burmese.
We have a statue of the Queen on Burmese in front of our legislative building in Regina, Saskatchewan.
@@lauriegunn9636 I know and the other one is at Sandhurst Military Academy in England.
Intriguing that you think that an individual like the Queen is "just given" a Castle or Palace. Nope that's not what happened or happens. It's a long, complex and evolved history of how the Royal Family was and is funded.
Just keep in mind that our Monarch is Head of State, and is entitled to live in these residences whilst they fulfill the duties required of them.
The President of France lives in the Elysee Palace. The POTUS lives in the White House and also Camp David. They are "official residences" associated with their role. The big difference is that all the Official Royal residences were once personally owned (built, extended, or purchased) by the Queen's ancestors in their time.
If the Monarchy were to be abolished tomorrow, the Queen's remaining personal residences are Sandringham in Norfolk (purchased by Edward VII) and Balmoral (in Scotland) which was commissioned by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria at their personal expense. All the other properties, etc. would revert to the Nation.
I'll leave it there for now 😉
Well said. Also objected to link between celebrity & monarchy which is the reason Americans don't get it - they 2 are worlds & hundreds of years apart.
Although Buckingham House (as it was originally known) was the London residence of the Duke of Buckingham, built in 1703. Acquired by George III in 1760.
Yeah almost all heads of state be they Monarchs, Presidents, Prime ministers or other assorted titles have some sort of fairly opulent official residences, usually several of them.
In the same vein our Prime ministers and there Chancellors with a few exceptions tend to live in either numbers 10 or 11 downing street, another building complex which belongs to the nation and serves as the symbolic centre of government even in the few cases were the PM lives elsewhere.
They also get Chequers, the large stately house and country estate as there official home away from home and are allowed to use it as long as they hold office. Several of our other great offices of state such as the foreign secretary come with free mansions for as long as you have the job.
@@simonorourke4465 Didn't John Prescott live over Admiralty Arch when he was deputy Labour party leader ,maybe not a castle but not a bad place to live,I believe it was nicely furnished also
It is like listening to a five year old.😮
Castles differ from Palaces in so far as they were originally Fortified residences. They are generally older. Started relatively small but evolved, developed and upgraded over time. In many cases hundreds of years.
They were usually owned by the same family for centuries.
I live in Windsor, and yes, it's a beautiful town! The Queen only really lives in less than an 1/8 of what you see, the rest is open to the public unless its being used for ceremonies or state visits. Many US presidents have visited, entertained and have had formal dinners at the Castle. The last big event that you may have heard/seen was when Prince Harry married Meghan Markle in St George's Chapel, which is in the Castle walls.
Not the funeral of Prince Philip, which admittedly was not large in terms of numbers, but was huge in terms of emotional impact on the Royal Family and the Commonwealth of Nations?
@@keithorbell8946 I chose my examples for a USA perspective.
@@christinepreston8642 I would suggest that, since the videoer [is that a word?] is trying to learn about us, showing examples from a British perspective is more useful. If it hadn’t been for COVID, Philip’s funeral would have been huge, with heads of state, heads of various religions and other international organisations attending.
Where do you live. I lived in Bulkeley Ave.
@@alisonrandall3039 - not dar from you! Clewer Hill Road!!
The house of Windsor came in to being as a result of WW1, as their name was German, so changed it to more British sounding. Until that date they were Germans. Of course it's modernised, didn't have electric lighting back in the day. There was a story that following the fire there were discussions about replacing the lost oak timbers and where would they procure such large amounts, one person , present was looking out the window (meeting in the castle) had an eureka moment. Windsor Great Park has lots of old oak trees, the answer was there. Our ancestors lived in a long term world, unlike us, and trees had been planted for just such an eventuality.
they were't Germans, per se. That is always overhyped - especially by Germans lol.. The Queens Great Great Grandfather was born in Germany.
@@Dan.Dawson It isn't.
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (17 August 1786 - 16 March 1861), later Princess of Leiningen and subsequently Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, was a German princess and the mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. That made Queen Victoria half German.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel; 26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861) was the consort of Queen Victoria from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. He was full on German.
Victoria and Albert used to speak to each other in German.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 - 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II and served as the consort of the British monarch from her accession as queen on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021. His 4 sisters all married German princes.
He was related to Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 - 27 August 1979) was a British naval officer, colonial administrator and relative of the British royal family. Mountbatten, who was of German descent, was born in England to the prominent Battenberg family and was a maternal uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a second cousin of King George VI.
The Mountbattens were previously known as Battenberg, and also changed their names to the more English sounding Mountbatten, due to the outbreak of the First World War.
@@emmajones8590 yep - everyone has different heritage within them. And a very different world in Victorian times, too..
@@emmajones8590 we can probably trace them back to Mongolia if we really wanted too...
@@emmajones8590 The English people themselves are Anglo-Saxon meaning they can trace their history back to Germanic tribes and when you consider that the Scots Welsh and Irish are Celtic people you can see why some of them still see us as invaders today.
They need to get over it by the way but the English people are as German as the Queen meaning not much because we are English. It is like saying Americans are not Americans.
She doesn't need to buy a cannon. Unlike your military swearing an oath to the flag and to uphold the constitution. Our military swear an oath to protect the Queen and her heirs. The British Military is also known as Her Majesties Armed Forces.
So do the Canadians swear an oath to the Queen ( now the King) when joining the military here.
Most places in the UK are extremely old, and Windsor ( the town) is even older than the castle. Its name means 'bank with a winch' . ( Presumably to haul out boats. It's on the River Thames.)
From at least the thirteenth century it was a favourite residenceof our Kings, at least two (Edward III and Henry VI) being born there. After 1534 we had trouble with absolutist, tyrannical Roman Catholic monarchies, so to find suitable Protestant royalty our royals kept marrying German princes.
Now the Dukes of Saxony, in Germany, split their lands up, and one branch of these Dukes were those reigning in the German towns of Coburg and Gotha. Using the French for Saxony this was shortened to " Saxe-Coburg-Gotha"; so when Queen Victoria married into this line, her son and grandson had this as the family name.
Now, in 1917, we were fighting an appalling war with Germany , so King George V changed the name of his family to Windsor, because of the long association of the Castle with our royals down the centuries.
Parts of the Castle have a nineteenth-century exterior, because George IV had it extensively renovated; but after the 1992 fire it was discovered that behind that exterior the mediaeval masonry was still there.
I don't think people mind too much the Queen living there, because the magnificent State Rooms are often open to visitors. Much of its huge park, Windsor Great Park, is also often accessible.
The Castle 's 'Chapel' - St George's Chapel, the size of a big Church - is fourteenth-century and beautiful. In 1348 Edward III founded a great Order of Chivalry, the 'Order of the Garter', and the banners of the Garter Knights are displayed there. The Queen attends the magnificent Garter ceremony there in June each year.
Windsor Castle is a Crown property, not owned by the royal family, but is exclusively for the use of the ruling monarch, like Buckingham Palace. Castles are fortified houses, they are never palaces in the UK. The Widsors own Sandringham House in Norfolk and Balmoral Castle, Scotland, outright.
The Crown Estate is effectively a trust which benefits the ruling Monarch. Its more complicated than that so the Queen doesn't personally own Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle but the Crown does and she is the Head of the Crown Estates. She does own Balmoral in Scotland.
Do you know the history of our Royal family and our castles . You don’t come over very well . Please get to know our U k
Doesn't the Queen own Windsor Castle ? And this was the reason the Queen was required to foot the bill after it was greatly damaged by a fire.
There is a Palace = Blenheim . Built by the Duke of Marlborough during the reign of Queen Anne. As the house was being erected the Duke kept enlarging it and the locals took to nicknaming it the Palace and the name remains. It is now administered by English Heritage.
@@margih7374 Liz footed the bill 1. because she refused to permit fire sprinklers to be fitted & 2. because she was told that the Public were averse to the idea, so she opened Buckingham Palace to the great unwashed and charged an entrance fee to pay for the rebuild of Windsor.
Since the start of the pandemic and due to increasing age, the Queen has lived in Windsor Castle (apart from brief stays in her Norfolk and Scottish homes), Buckingham Palace has become pretty much a ceremonial place where Royal stuff happens. The video is therefore a bit out of date in that regard.
Also, I think when the Queen turned 85 or something she announced that her weekend at Windsor would become a 3-day weekend. (Most of us would have fully retired 20 years before that though😅)
I don't think the Royas are particularly fond of Buckingham Palace in terms of it feeling like home. The Queen has referred to it as 'the office' before.
@@Dan.Dawson yeah when she first became queen there was apparently a minor disagreement between herself and Winston Churchill who was still prime minister at the time.
The Queen and Prince Phillip wanted to make Clarence house there new official royal residence as they were already living there before the death of her father and they had just spent a year or so completely redecorating and remodeling it and didnt see the point of moving out just as it was finally finished.
There was also the suggestion that they felt much more at home as a family in Clarence House as many of the royals only associated Buckingham palace with tragic events.
However Churchill and the government believed that the long association of the royal family with Buckingham palace ever since the days of Queen Victoria and all through the long trials of both world wars was too strong.
They were worried that with the abdication of her uncle still in living memory and with a young and untested queen on the throne for the first time since Victoria, that the monarchy couldnt afford to make any major deviations from tradition and risk rocking the boat for the royals and for the government.
@@simonorourke4465 Wow I did not now any of that - appreciate the response and education!
@@simonorourke4465 When William IV came to the throne in 1830, he refused to move from Clarence House to the newly completed Buckingham Palace and remained at Clarence House for the rest of his reign so there was a historical precedent. It would have suited the Queen Mother to remain at Buckingham Palace because she considered her eventual new home, Clarence House, to be too small for her needs and for living in the style to which she had become accustomed.
Note: there is a Royal Household Golf Club at Windsor, as well as mini golf, a Royal Household Bowling Green and home to the Royal Windsor Horse Show and also Windsor Dog Show... and a lot more.
Windsor Castle is open to the public five days a week, closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Tickets must be booked in advance.
not only traditional and respect - did you imagine how many tourists go to England only for this tradition „ see the Queen“?
The Royal family changed their name in 1917 to Windsor. Their name was Saxe-coburg-gotha.
Beautiful castle , we are exceptionally good at preserving our ancient buildings here in the u.k. and long may it continue .
I have already watched several of Mr Rumple’s videos with great pleasure but this one, I fear, I can only greet with what W S Gilbert referred to as ‘modified rapture’.
He appears to think that Windsor Castle is a prominent residence of the monarchy which it uses to display its pre-eminence over the common people! He admits he has seen nothing of the interior and of course it is a tourist Mecca and symbolic of our millennium long monarchy which still endures.
That is something that matters to the British - except for that small faction that wishes to scrap the whole thing, overnight if necessary. Must be a USA vs UK dichotomy!
Windsor Castle is in Windsor (thus its name). The Royal Family changed their name to Windsor, so they would sound more English, rather than keep their German name and connections because of WW1. Buckingham Palace & Windsor Castle are NOT owned by the Queen or Royal family. Both ARE open to the public to visit.
Windsor Castle is around 8 miles from Heathrow Airport, which is near where I live. The Castle and grounds are open to the public apart from the Queens private apartments which are in the round tower. Huge tourist attraction and well worth a visit.
The story goes that a tourist asked,"Why would they have built it under the flight path?" What nationality, I wonder?!
There's one thing I would like to say and that is it costs the British public a lot less to keep the Queen than it does to keep the president of America .
The Queen lives in 4 castles/palaces/homes that she uses. There are more palaces she could use but are no longer used by the Royals such as Hampton court or St James Palace. Windsor and Buckingham Palace are owned by the people and are open to the public to view some parts of them. The long walk at the front of Windsor Castle that stretches over 5 miles is open to the public. This is where I nearly got run over by the Queen as the public can't drive on the long walk, just the Queen and those she oks. She was driving her range rover with what were presumeably protection officers sat with her.
The other 2 homes the Queen uses are private residences owned by her. They are Balmoral Estate in Scotland where she used to spend the summer months and Sandringham in Norfolk where the Royal family traditionally spend easter.
Osbourne House
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I don't think any of us brits want to live in a Palace or castle....but the Queen has apartments in these residences with modern beds etc ... that's obvious isn't it?
And could you take you finger off the pause button for at least a couple of sentences.
The castle has always been at the heart of our monarchy and the name of the castle predates the House of Windsor. In the early 20th century, it became clear that the royal family having a surname that was obviously German was inappropriate, since we were at war with Germany. Windsor Castle, named for the town of Windsor in which it stands, had long been the favourite residence of the royal family and is also right in the town of Windsor, so is loved by the people. The then King announced that henceforth, they would be the House of Windsor, not Battenberg.
It's crazy we sweep under the rug that English is a Germanic language. Many Americans don't know that.
Actually the prior family name was Saxe Coburg-Gotha, Prince Albert’s family name. Battenberg was the family name of Prince Louis of Battenberg, who, after being forced to resign as First Lord of the Admiralty due to anti German prejudice, changed the family name to Mountbatten (yes, Louis’s son was Lord Louis, the last Viceroy of India). For some reason (!) there was a fair bit of anti-German feeling around in 1914-18!
There are some British people who are not particularly pro-monarchy, but even they have huge respect for the Queen's long service. At Windsor Castle, she occupies a private set of rooms, while all the state rooms are open to the public. The monarchy, our pageantry, traditions and history bring in a huge amount of income to our country through tourism from across the world. I think more Americans admire the Queen than not, and have a great love for our traditions and history. No other nation does pageantry like the UK.
Wouldn't it be boring without the Pageantry. A parade that isn't just about money and advertising, When we can remember the good and the bad, and adjust our views accordingly.
I grew up in just outside Windsor in a place called the Great Park as my Dad used to work for the Crown. My parents still live in the area so I still regularly see the castle and I have been in the castle a couple of times. Both Mum and Dad were there helping to get ornaments and furniture out during the Great Fire in 1992.
I used to be the Rent Officer for this area and I had security clearance for the Great Park and Crown Estate 1990s. I wonder if I ever met your folks?
@@brianparker663 quite possibly, my Dad worked in the forestry department for 43 years before officially retiring about 12 years ago
@@gregstickler1311 Yes, forestry was covered by the Rent (Agriculture) Act so, if he had a tied cottage, we may well have met. Those were the days of rent control unlike today! 🤨
@@brianparker663 he did get a house with the job so lived on the estate.
you say about it being viewd as absurd by the US and what im going to call uneducated british people for a royal family to just be given this stuff but as someone who spends alot of time educating myself on things that catch my interest and im not talking videos or news outlets and id disagree the royal family makes about 80-110 mill annually now this varieys as they make this in different ways for example the queen loves horse racing and has been know to make alot of money from it in comparison the US president if they serve 1 term makes about 3.2 million give or take plus benefits and then around 1.3 million when they leave office its a big diffence for sure not to mention in 2016 1.6 billion spent on the presedential campain and while thats donations if you think that people arnt moving money around from public sectors in order for this to be possinble youd be crazy as they are not required to disclose all the infromation on the donors now if we look at the benefits of each party in the UK the royal family bring in about 1.8 billion each year for the UK minus there annual sallary and just as a side note alot of the royal familys land is used by the british people in which we make money from and in terms of the US president well i couldnt find a number on how much money thats generated for the US so id say the royal familly is well worth it and to be clear im no royalist but i am a realist
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This castle is open to the public ..go visit .it’s an amazing wonderful place 🇬🇧 we the people own this ..the queen stays in a very small part of it ..I hope you get to read all these posts explaining everything ..
It’s our history. Windsor castle is an amazing place to visit, I love it. I’m very proud of our history and our majesty the queen ❤️
The Queen DOES have more castles/ big houses that she uses depending on the time of the year...
Buckingham Palace - Monday to Friday
Windsor Castle - Weekends
Sandringham Estate - Christmas and much of Winter
Balmoral Castle (The Queen's favourite) - Summer retreat
Great video!
QE made Windsor her permanent residence in March 2020, hence why Prince William is also moving there.
HER MAJESTY has a official seat in every country of the United kingdom apart from Wales which is a principality and the current prince of Wales has a seat, but she did use the grounds of Caenarfon Castle to invest Charles, two in England, Buckingham palace is the official office and seat, Windsor is the Weekend retreat, there is the Palace of Holyrood in scotland, Hillsborough castle in Northern Ireland. These are held in trust to the nation for use by the royal family. She has two private estates owned by the royal family but held in trust to the monarch, not for sale, at Sandringham and Balmoral.
@@jimbo6059 interestingly the Queens father had to actually purchase both Balmoral and Sandringham of his elder brother when he abdicated. As the elder brother Edward actually inherited both estates personally from there father, and king George had yo buy them back to ensure they stayed in the immediate royal family.
Depends who squats.....,..????????
She also has The Palace of Holyroodhouse for official scottish visits, amd Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.
During the fire at Windsor Castle staff removed things from the castle while fire fighters were dealing with the fire
6:15 not so! The castle got its name from the nearby town called Windsor. The Royals have had various different names since 1066 - the Plantagenets, Tudors, Stuarts, Hanoverians - each time a transfer of power to a new branch happened the name changed. The current lot were called Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, after Queen Victoria's German husband Prince Albert. Until World War 1, and then it was felt a German Royal Family name was a bit unpatriotic. So a name change happened and Windsor it was. They're named after the castle, not the other way around.
It was an American tourist who visited Windsor Castle and said " it's impressive. But why spend all that money and build on a flight path?"
It was probably the same American who said " If the UK is 5 hours ahead of New York why didn't they warn us about 9/11.
Windsor Castle is the Queen's official home! 🏴
I love Queen Elizabeth, and all those beautiful traditions that have been around for thousands of years. protect her majesty at all costs. Much love from this American.
the British Royals, due to issues with their German name, Battenburg, in WW1, changed it to Windsor, a more patriotic sounding name.
I think you mean “Saxe-Coburg-Gotha” and Phillips was “Mountbatten”
It was Saxe- coburg- Gotha that George 5th had changed from to Windsor after the castle
Battenberg was more associated with Prince Philip's family line (queen Elizabeth 2th husband) especially the name borne by his mothers mother's family after becoming a British citizen in 1947. Prince Philip has Greek family connections also as being a grandson and nephew of two kings of Greece
I think you may have confused the two
@@Dan.Dawson you joke about it but theres an element of truth in what you say 😋😁
Battenberg was anglisized to Mountbatten and added to Windsor (Mountbatten Windsor) mainly at the wishes if Dickie Mountbatten.
Our castles were built by our Royalty and we are proud that so many are kept up by them. We do not have access to the private parts but much of Windsor Castle is open to the public our late Queen is now interred along with her husband HRH Prince Philip, Late Duke of Edinburgh in St George's Chapel, Windsor.
Have you seen what happens to castles that are not occupied ? I would rather them be in use than empty
Yes, most Royal Palaces open to the public, many of whom are from overseas, who get to experience rich history and generate revenue for the economy.
Windsor Castle is called as such, because its location is in......Windsor. You even looked it up at the start of the video.
The House of Windsor changed their name after the first World War to the castle's name, which is name after town which it's located - Windsor, England.
They used to be called the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, but they changed their name to disassociate themselves from the Germans.
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
The House of Windsor came into being in 1917, when the name was adopted as the British Royal Family's official name by a proclamation of King George V, replacing the historic name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany; King George V of England; and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in fact, they were all first cousins to each other so WW1was a family fight of sorts and Prince Philip's uncle Lord Mountbatten's name is a direct Anglicisation of the German Battenberg, or Batten mountain, a small town in Hesse. The titles of count and later prince of Battenberg had been granted in the mid-19th century to a morganatic branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, itself a cadet branch of the House of Hesse. Peace out.
Thank you.
As many of have commented, it is not really owned by the royal family ( they can’t sell it for instance) it is state owned for our head of state
They have their personal apartments which are homely. The amount of money that the Royal family and all the castles bring to to the nation from tourists is a lot.
Tyler, you need to know that these buildings are NOT owned by the royals!
They are owned by the state! Windsor Castle is called Windsor Castle because it is in the
town of Windsor ! Buckingham Palace is state owned, as is Kensington Palace, the royals also have
their own private properties, HMTQ owns an estate in Sandringham Norfolk, and Balmoral Castle in Scotland
Charles has a lovely country mansion called Highgrove in Gloucestershire, a private home bought with his own money
all their private properties must be upkept and paid for themselves. The other things are national
treasures and part of our history, Windsor, only 20 odd miles fromLondon , like Buckingham Palce and
Kensington Palace, all state owned, are basically used as offices for them to organise their
public duties.
Windsor is like a villa passed through generations and amplified until this is result (900 years is a looong time). Also tourists can visit a big part of the castle (that's also how they have the money to restore it). Windsor castle also has its own church inside, where the most recent British royals are buried. 😁
Another amazing castle is Hupton Court (castle of King Henry VIII). And Sterling Castle in Scotland. 😁
Resectfully, Hampton Court, situated beside the Thames on the outskirts of London, was never a Castle. It was commissioned by Thomas Wolsey, Henry VIII's Chancellor. When he failed to arranged Henry's divorce of Katherine of Aragon, he fell out of favour, tried to re-ingratiate himself with Henry by giving him Hampton Court. Henry turned it into a Palace. It was the favourite residence of King William III & Queen Marry II.
@@pedanticlady9126 you are absolutely correct. My mistake. Castles has fortifications, palaces not. The kid in me still thinks King's House = Castle (and we all know that it's not always true). 😁
She also has Balmoral Castle in Scotland and the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk where she used to spend Christmas.
You have to know the history to be able to understand the names of the Family Houses of British Royalty since the time of the Norman invasion.
Norman, Blois, Angevin/Plantagenet (Lancaster, York), Tudor, Stuart, Hanover, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha/Windsor.
1:03 a castle would be more fortified. They were originally built as military centres back in the days when local aristocrats might have to actually defend from attacking armies, be they foreign invaders, rival nobles or during a civil war or war of succession. Also used for keeping the local peasants down. Most castles hail from that era originally, or were built to copy the ones that were. Palaces are a bit less practical in design and intended for the monarch to use as a home rather than a fortress. These tend to date from later eras with strong central monarchies who had their own standing army and didn’t have to rely on their nobles supplying troops... or worry about said nobles deciding to back a rival for king. Windsor Castle was older than Buckingham Palace by a lot, originally built by William the Conqueror in the 1070s, whereas Buckingham Palace started out as a city mansion in private hands that eventually was acquired by the Crown in the 1700s.
There are loads of things the queen has and uses but they don’t belong to her , they belong to the country. You have to watch video about the British civil war then you’ll understand more about all this
Buckingham Palace is not owned by The royal family it belongs to the state, it is the royal family's working office and a place to have state occasions and diplomatic receptions. The time they stay there is because they have to be for business and state reasons.
Only certain areas and rooms of Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace are open to the public who have to pay an entrance fee. The Queen personally owns Balmoral Castle in Scotland and Sandringham House in the east of England. Prince Charles will inherit these two estates personally when he becomes King.
All castles were pretty much built on high ground so we could see the approaching forces, There are hundereds of them in the UK mostly found around the coastline, many of which have now fallen into ruin.
Very sadly , you are being extremely silly on this episode . I have enjoyed your reactions up until now . The Queen does NOT own either B.P or Windsor ! The Queen only has apartments in them . The rest are open to the public .
Think this bloke is a bit weird, about the fire.. acts stupid in my opinion..
Lighten up you stuffy humourless Brits!
As a Brit. I am sad that she HM Queen Elizabeth II had to seed Windsor Castle to the public. She has moved her official residence to Windsor Castle and Prince William Duke of Cambridge and family will be moving into Windsor Castle. Until HM Queen Elizabeth II passes. She won't be going back to Buckingham Palace. Post her Platinum Jubilee and appearance on the Buckingham Palace in 2022. So, she will now stay at Windsor Castle as her official residence until she passes... I lived in Windsor and was crazy when she came into town. They brought sniffer dogs into our office. When ever she was arriving into Windsor and Eton Riverside Train station.
The vid didn't mention windsor great part, which is huge and originally the royals own hunting reserve or Ascot, the queen's horse racing track built in Windsor grounds. Royal Ascot is the queen's favourite event of the year and one of worlds premiere horse racing meets, she's an avid race horse breeder
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Windsor Castle was the place that the queen and her sister were evacuated to during WW2 while their parents stayed in London The Queen stays most weekends at Windsor.in 1992during renovations to the castle there was a fire, luckily most of the furniture and works of art had been removed.
Balmoral Castle 50,000 acres, and the Sandringham Estate 20, 000 acres are her privately owned homes. Sandringham grounds are open all year to the public. There are 30 regal estates most owned by the Crown not The Queen personally.
the Royal Family is named after the Castle, as the then Kind changed their name from Sexe-Coburg Gothe dureing WWI as it soudned too German. Windsro Castle is simply named after the location of Windsor
Its called Windsor Castle because its in Windsor. The Queens family adopted Windsor as a surname after WW1 so its not named after the family. The Queens owns Windsor Castle as she inherited it from her father and he inherited it from his all the way back to William the Conqueror in the 11th Century. The surname of the ruling monarch changes over time. Tudors Stuarts - Edwsrd VII surname was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha because his father Prince Albert was German. You're going to have to keep up.
I swear Americans equate the monarchy to Disneyland!!
I think people forget our late queen always said they are custodians of all the palaces/castles. I believe Balmoral Castle and Sandringham Estate does actually belong to the queen's family. Buckingham Palace is held in trust which holds it for future royal kings/Queens.
Just as when the queen passed away the crown, sceptre and orb were removed from her coffin and she was officially no longer the ruling monarch and it passed directly to Charles. It is held until King Charles111 has his coronation next May.
People think its fine to be disrespectful to the British people and it's monarchy but sure wouldn't like it if we did the same to their presidents/prime ministers or even people. If you don't like them then don't watch, nobody is forcing you.
Its called Winsor Castle because its built in the town of Windsor.
Her majesty use to go there on a Friday afternoon, and return to Buckingham Palace on Monday morning, however when the pandemic struck she lived in Windsor Castle full-time until her sad passing
If you think this is lavish watch a video about the Palace of Versailles. The French royal family was quite ostentatious.
yes, you could say, they lost their heads over it.
Actually Windsor is the name the family took, George V, during WWI to distance themselves from their German roots.
The fire was caused when people working on a restoration project left equipment in the wrong place and some wood caught fire. I remember watching it on the news and wondering if anything would be left when they got the fire under control.
I remember seeing it as I drove home. I turned to the other people in the car "oh, Windor castle is on fire"....
Duriing restoration work a light had been placed to close to a curtain and it caught fire. A very expensive accident.
When Americans come to the UK they all want to see The Tower of London, Tower Bridge and Buckingham Palace. They spend money for accommodation , food etc and so what we spend on the Royal family is more than covered.
Check out Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The royal family also own this and the Queen stays there over the summer 😁
The Royal family only own Balmoral in Scotland and Sandringham in Norfolk east of England & difference between a Castle & a Palace is that a Castle is for protection with walls and moats around it & a Palace is a monarch’s home without the wall as later in History it was not required as country stable . Windsor Castle was named in the 1000’s Victoria married a German Prince and because it was not appropriate in WWI they changed it from Saxon-Coberg to Windsor after the castle when George V was on the throne Prince Phil’s family name was Battenberg changing it to Mountbatten .All theses buildings are passed down through the ages it’s owned by the State .They wanted to pull it down as Cromwell came in power it became a Republic they destroyed many things even the the Crown then they brought the Monarchy back 11 years later King Charles II .. The Great Hall was destroyed.You can Tour around The Castle , the keep is called a Bailey which is built on a mound the land Windsor Park is Private Frogmore Adelaide cottage etc . Within Windsor Caste is St George’s Chapel where the Windsors are buried and where Prince Harry was married ,Queen Victoria and Albert are buried in Windsor grounds at a mausoleum called Frogmore 🤷♀️
Keep up with the sarcasm, one day when you grow up, you could be as good as we are!!
Classic! 👏👏👏
That will take a while,he’s a joke!!
@@beverleyringe7014 thinks he is🙄
As jokes go, I don’t find him particularly amusing. It’s difficult to determine; a tad smug, perhaps?
@@MrPercy112 quite agree. He’s very ignorant.
Most nations have a Head of State, who gets to live & work in monumental nationally owned buildings, along with their family, & a large service staff. It so happens that this is the case in the UK, which has a Monarch as Head of State, & Windsor Castle has been the main Royal residence for many centuries. Of course it has all mod cons, as it has been regularly updated throughout it's history. It is much more Palatial now than it was in Medieval times, when it's main purpose was as a defended place. It will have had very few windows, to keep people out.
Any Castle can become Palatial, but few Palaces are also Castles. Buckingham Palace is basically the central London office of the Monarch.
It only became a Royal residence in 1840, when Queen Victoria bought it & had it enlarged. So Windsor has been the Royal home for much longer. The Parliament army that beat the King in the 17th century Civil Wanted to destroy the Castle so that Royalists could not use it, as they destroyed many other castles, but they didn't quite win the vote to do so. In fact Cromwell himself lived there, just like a King, while ruling the country as a military dictator.
Omg the ignorance continues.
Well, none of this was good enough for your Megan Markle. She’s far more grand (as a z list actor from an obscure Canadian cable tv show with a megalomaniac complex akin to
Ava “Evita” Peron )
Windsor Castle is a Crown Estate property and is not owned by the Royal Family. The current Monarch is the custodian and not the owner. It also brings in millions of pounds of revenue from visitors each year which is given to the UK Government.
The castle accommodates a lot of people and the Queen lives in a small part. The town of Windsor dates from before Norman invasion (1066) and was Saxon and there was a Saxon Palace on the site long before the castle was built. So this site has been Royal for a very long time, well over 1,000 years. In WW1 King George 5th decided to change the family name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German surnames which came over with George 1st along with the island of Heligoland and the province of Hanover) to Windsor.
I would like you to do a little bit of historical research before doing a reactions video about anything that touches onto our Royal Family - we are very protective.
Tyler, love your reactions. Windsor Castle is in Windsor (not far from Heathrow airport).When Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha in February 1840, the Royal Household was referred to as the House Saxe-Coburg Gotha. During WWI, the Germanic name was problematic, considering the UK was raging war with Germany. The Court advisers, in consultation with King George V and Queen Mary decided to anglicise the name to something British - they chose to rename the Royal Household to being that of Windsor, named after the castle and the town it is in - 17 July 1917.
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Tradition is very important to the majority of the British.
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The Crown as an institution owns various Royal residences including Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, Clarence House, Windsor Castle , Sandringham and Balmoral. Windsor was HM Queen Elizabeth II's favourite residence. All these homes are very old and although they are vast and full of splendour and grandeur, they are cold and inconvenient compared with a typical modern home. The Royal Family tend to spend different times of the year at the different residences. Individual members of the Royal Family also have their own private homes.
The Royal Family adopted the surname Windsor early in the 20th century to distance themselves from their German cousins. They chose Windsor because of the longstanding connection with Windsor and its castle. St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle has seen many Royal weddings and funerals. HM Duke of Edinburgh and HM Queen Elizabeth II are both laid to rest in the crypt.
Too much ignorant rambling.
Oh Gill please shut up, he's trying to learn don't know him for that, if u don't like his video turn it off
@@sarahealey1780 you'll nearly always get stupid comments like Gill's in almost every American reaction vids no whom the person is or vid.
@@petebennett3733 yeah I know it just makes me so mad, we knock the Americans for being ignorant and then when they are trying to learn people go and slate them again, maybe some of what he says is wrong and lacks knowledge but he only has his own experience to base it on the more he learns the more informed his ramblings will be. I hate pointless trolling
@@sarahealey1780 Gill and others will troll no matter what even theres no need for it anyways. The UK and alot of the world do knock the states for certain things like there education system, for being ignorant and other stuff the Americans or. They also knock the UK and the world for stuff we all do or don't do as well that might seem odd or usual to them.
Yeah it makes us mad at times for the blatant ignorance of the likes of Gill but I guess theres only two ways to deal with it, call them out or ignore it.
@@sarahealey1780 He reacted to a similar video the other day .Many people ,including myself ,supplied useful and up to date information which he seems to have ignored .At least with the previous one he watched it and commentated intelligently ,making some good points and showing that he was learning .In this one he spends a lot of time mocking ,which is why I did comment and then turned off .I don`t think he will be a reactor that I would recommend
The Royal family cost the UK tax payer around 100 million a year in 2021, whereas the President of the US costs around 1 billion dollars per year just on security , you tell me who is the better value for money, considering the royal family generate over a billion pounds from tourism linked directly to them...
The Royal family have many residents. They usually live in what are probably large and lavish apartments within the grounds. They are mainly used for entertaining as head of state. They have public areas and charge vistors entrance fee, to make money. They also have private residences. The queens favourite home was Balmoral Castle in Scotland where she kept animals, and lived a private life while there, and was known to have wished that could have been her entire life, if she didn't have such a strong sense of duty.
The central tower seen in this vid, the Round Tower is the oldest part of the place, being in origin a Motte and Bailey design introduced by the Normans after 1066. It’s where the Royal Archives are now kept.
They are working farms and Castles. In the average UK grocery stores we can buy all and any products and produce grown and breed on the estates. So we pay tax but we also buy products that the Royal Estates grow and sell in the average UK grocery stores.
Buckingham Palace is actually hated by the RF and looked upon as an official residence, but in fact overrun with rats since the times of Victoria. A castle is typically a fortress, a place of refuge, protected sometimes by a moat. Windsor is the name adopted by the RF preceding WW11 because the RF was at the time, GERMAN. So they took the name of the Castle, being their favourite residence. And what you call a 'courtyard' is in fact a park, open to the public. It is part of our history. Stop putting the RF down because of their use of property owned by the Crown. The fire was caused by an electrical fault, and caused much distress to the RF , as this was THEIR home. How would you feel? Property owned by the Crown, means it is owned by the people/country. Please do not scoff at our country and our history, because it goes back pre. 1100, and is all documented/ can be read/confirmed at your leisure. Some of the history would make your hair curl. A king who tried to kill all his brothers to get the Crown, A King that had 6 wives and was a real tyrant, a Queen that ruled with a rod of iron.Love, hate , wars. It's all there!! Cynical? Where elsr would you build a Castle except on a hill, where you could see any enemy approaching? 1100-1300 no one was safe, and the Crown was being constantly being fought over. Have a read, surprise yourself!!
There is also Windsor Great Park! And within horse riding distance is Royal Ascot Racecourse where the Derby is run. Yes, the original Derby!
Apparently the Queen was heard to say that she didn't own anything, nothing ! Everything is " on loan " until they die, then it's passed down
Buckingham Palace is known as the office. Its where the day to day business of the monarchy takes place.
The Queen was practically in tears when Windsor was ravaged by the fire.
The Royal Family actually lives in a small portion of the royal residences. Most of it is available to the public and the entrance fees to the actual buildings help to keep the buildings in shape. A lot of damage was done. It is not owned by the family. It is owned by the country. The Queen had to pay for repair of the castle with mostly her funds. When the RF suggested that the taxpayers pay for it, there was a huge outcry.
500 people live/work at Windsor Castle along with the Queen who prefers it to Buckingham Palace. One downside is is that it is in the flight path of Heathrow airport! It’s beautiful and welcomes visitors- just like Buckingham Palace and Sandringham (which is my favourite!!) love hearing your take on the Uk! 🇬🇧
Saw a thing where Charles said one of the rooms they would roll up the carpet and a badminton court was already marked out on the floor, so when he was young they would have a game of badminton indoors.
Shorthand. Buckingham Palace is the Monarch's office. Windsor Castle is the Monarch's residence/home on the weekends. The Tower of London, when built, was a royal palace and fortress.
The Queen actually costs very little. She only owned Sandringham House and Balmoral. The other properties (Clarence House, Buckingham Palace, Royal Lodge, Windsor Castle etc.) are all owned by 'The Crown Estate'. The Monarch got about £81m in 2022/2023. She gets £51m to maintain and official travel. Each President Security in the US costs around $1bn a year. Therefore the UK Monarch costs about £0.77p per person.
She loves to spend her summer holidays at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.