American Reacts to Things the Queen is NEVER Allowed to do
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Most of the time I assume Queen Elizabeth is pretty much allowed to do whatever she pleases, so I was very interested to learn about this list of things the Queen in NOT allowed to do. I can't really imagine what these actions would be other than normal common law or maybe some royal traditions, but I am very curious to react and learn about them from an American's perspective. If you enjoy my reaction feel free to leave a like, comment, or subscribe for more videos like this!
Years ago, a friend was in a cake shop in Windsor when an elderly lady wearing a headscarf and sunglasses came in. My friend said to her, "I'm sorry, I'm sure you must get this all the time but you look *exactly* like the Queen."
"How very reassuring," said the lady, before strolling out.
Of course a Monarch cannot sit upon another Monarch's Throne. THAT would be tantamount to saying 'I claim this Country as my own.'
The whole switching left and right as each course is served to decide who you chat with during the meal means that no one is left out, or ignored. Louder guests don't overtake the narrative or the guest of honour. It's a nice efficient way to include everyone.
Exactly! Its called "good manners" Tyler, you give equal attention to
all of your guests, no one is left sitting in silence !
Anne's kidnapper tried to pull her out of her car, she said "not bloody likely " and pulled away from him, then the body guard got involved. Anne is quite a force to be reconned with and still is.
She is stoicism embodied and slightly scary (in a good, reassuring way).
She is known to have a quick temper, and is known to speak her mind very bluntly, just like her father@@OriginalPuro
Check Out Anne’s Kidnap Attempt, There We’re Actually Guns Fired & Injuries !!
She recently made her views known by driving a Saudi Prince around her estate herself knowing women aren't allowed to drive in his country so she had subtle ways of putting her opinion across without actually saying anything
That's awesome 😂
Prince Philip called The Queen 'Cabbage' because he would make fun of her hairstyle 😂
That man was a hoot...
Fun little-known piece of trivia: the Queen insisted on a manual transmission in her Land Rover SUV for the stick shift to be extended up from the standard stick shift length on the floorboard an additional 24 inches to mimic the army trucks stick shifts that she drove during World War II for the Army.
Except that she would very likely have called it the gear selector, the gear lever, the gearstick, or possibly the transmission lever. No Brit would call it a stick shift.
Princess Anne is a badass. When her kidnapper tried to order her out of the car at gunpoint, her response was "Not bloodly likely". Her security was actually shoot by the kidnapper but Anne stood her ground ad as briefly was on her way to hit the kidnapper. The whole history of the kidnapping attempt is really interesting and just shows who Princess Anne really is and how hey parents have brought her up.
The prime minister of the UK has a weekly private audience with the queen to discuss affairs of state and foreign matters.These discussions are never,ever made public.
Bc the queens death and her funeral the sadness was overwhelming when her husband died and because of covid not many were allowed to attend. Seeing her sit by herself during the funeral was hard to take In. Also knowing no one is allowed help or touch the queen while walking was hard.
"Victoria and Abdul" is about Queen Victoria and an "unlikely" friendship she made with a East Indian man. Her family/staff were aghast. I think you'd like it.
Princess Anne is an absolute badass. In the kidnap attempt her chauffeur and body guard had both been shot along with a nearby reporter and police officer who tried to intervene, the would-be kidnapper tried to pull her out of the car so he could hold her for ransom, to which she said "Not bloody likely!"
The Dining conversation protocol is linked to precedence. The "right hand man" to the Queen is the senior in rank. The visiting Head of State. Therefore, he/she will always be spoken to first.
You to Japan. The rules about who sits where are well defined,
I grew up near Balmoral Castle which is where the Royal Family spends their summers. There is a village near Balmoral called Ballater and as far as I know that is the only place where the Queen can spend actual money in an actual shop.
Catherine has been caught on camera shopping in the supermarket many times over the years and they fly commercial plus she does the school run most days. Generally there's been a lot more relaxed manner in recent decades so don't listen to Harry and Meghan
I genuinely love every time Tyler says "I´ve never heard/thought about that" 🙂
that's just his way to prolonged the duration
You must love the entire video minute by minute then.
The point was that the Queen does not have a passport, not that she has a magic one.
That is because that British Passports, are issued in the name of the Sovereign. The same as Driving Licences.
Re gloves and not touching: if she git really close to people and shook hundreds of hands she'd be so vulnerable to picking up illnesses etc. So this is probably also about keeping well so she can do her job.
You're mainly right what U say, but the TV news has just shown her shaking hands without gloves on with Liz Truss.So she must do this from time to time.You must have seen this if you're from the UK.All the best.
@@alanjay981 I was really thinking of those occasions where she meets a lot of people not just one or two. That's an entirely different proposition.
@@judithrichardson3684 Yes, I take you're point.When people stand in line she wears gloves,so she is pretty well protected when she shakes hands which is the best & safest way to do things.
The Queens ladies maids were well supplied with extra cotton gloves to replace all those gloves soaked with the nervous perspiration of all the people she shakes hands with. Interestingly, she was one of the first female royals not to wear gloves for almost everything. Also, one must remember the semi sacred aspect of a Monarch, until quite recently (within living memory)the kings touch was believed to cure several diseases! So it was, and is still, somewhat, special.
Imagine too how an arm would feel if you were required or expected
to shake the hand of thousand guests!
She does, of course, shake the hand if she is being introduced to
a small group.
Her comment on finding sitting cross-legged difficult was when she visited Tonga where they had to sit cross-legged on the floor. That was taken out of context.
find it so funny when you say you’ve never heard the queen have a nickname when so many of us brits just call her “lizzie” haha
Not many Brits do .. ever.
Anne's kidnapping is definitely something worth reacting to!
Switching conversation direction is basic good manners at a large dinner party. Crossing your ankles & slanting legs to the side is the same thing…it’s basic stuff …if you are wearing a dress you don’t need to be flashing thigh for the paps! Also, if you have to sit for a while…it’s far more comfortable & it stops you from slouching.
The Queen sets her own standards, in the past Royalty have expressed their views, Queen Victoria was an example. Prince Charles is not slow in coming forward and says when he is King he will keep his views to himself, we shall see. Following the end of WW2 there were parties and celebrations in the street, the then Princess Elizabeth went out and joined in, this was secret but came out years later. Princess Anne is no shrinking violet, came as a surprise to would be kidnapper. Security is an issue, Lord Mountbatten was killed by the IRA, member of the family. Princess Diana also died in driving accident, without British security.
Which she personally refused.
Of course the Queen can touch, and be touched by 'common' folk. It's just about protocol - if you are lucky enough to be introduced to the Queen, you don't just barge in and you are warned beforehand that if the Queen is happy to shake hands, then you wait for her to offer her hand rather than initiate the handshake yourself. As with most of the rules of protocol, there are invariably good reasons. She meets many hundreds of thousands of people in the course of her duties and it is simply not possible for her to stop, say hello and shake hands with every one of them. Same for the signature, she receives so much mail, most of which is answered that she could never sign everything personally, and her waiting staff tend to do that on her behalf. She does sign official documents and personal letters and cards, but if you consider that she sends out many thousands of 100th birthday cards and 60th, 65th, 70th wedding anniversary cards each year, she would do little but sign birthday cards if she had to do so personally, so a scanned image of her signature is normally used
I think that within five seconds, the Queen would be telling you, "It's time to turn."
What do you mean "they've really analyzed this"?
This has been etiquette for centuries, positions of legs in seated positions is as important as the right type of tie-knot for the right type of clothes.
It's all well-established, how to sit, how to talk, tone of talking, volume, how to eat, how to walk, everything.
The Sovereign has legal immunity and cannot be charged with a crime so she can get away with murder. Immunity only last however as long as they are King or Queen. Immunity does not apply to any other members of the Royal family.
Princess Diana took her gloves off when greeting someone with aids
As an autograph collector, I have an original signed B/W ‘Coronation’ 10X14 picture of QE11. I paid £2000 for it in 2009. Great video BTW 👍
Re her signature: she gives written approval daily to official documents etc. using the signature "Elizabeth R" (Regina). So the part in this about her rarely signing her name is misleading.
Yes, she doesn't give out autographs to the public but of she still signs her name to official documents etc.
The idea that HMQ cannot do just anything she wants reminds me of the TV adaptation years ago of Sir Kingsley Amis’s splendid novel (which I have read) in which the alcoholic hero suddenly realises that time has stopped and that God has arrived in his living room for a private talk. The Almighty has assumed the garb of an early middle-aged bureaucrat and eventually the hero says to him “But you’re God! You can do whatever you like!“ to which God replies “But it’s BECAUSE I’m God that I can’t do whatever I like! Don’t you see?” Equally true of the Queen, I think.
One day I shall manage to work out how edit works. I should have added that the work in question is ‘The Green Man’.
Thanks for the name of the book.
I went to a private school in the UK and we were taught a few of these things like going from left to right during meals and not crossing our legs
She doesn't have a passport...
What she meant about the original American States, was if The UK had been a little more understanding of the colonists issues then its possible that todays USA citizens would drive on the left and have Universal Healthcare. 😊
Any video of British culture that's narrated by an American I immediately switch off
The Queen was only 157cms 5 foot 1 inch. So wore bright hats and colours as she knew everyone wanted to be able to see her. Also it is right and proper that a lady of her era wear a hat outside.
If you’re the Queen, you have to be seen to treat guests equally and give people equal conversation time.
It is a bit of an exaggeration to say that royal baby names are restricted by tradition or family history. Names like Charles, Anne, Edward, George and Charlotte are traditional names, but the Queen’s great-grandchildren include Archie, Savannah, Isla, Mia, Lena, Sienna and Lucas.
In what direction to have conversation at a formal dinner is just part of etiquette. There are lots of etiquette rules, in what direction to toast and who to toast first, in making conversation, in what hand you hold your drink, a dinner contains lots of etiquette rules, it's not only around Royals. I learned my country's etiquette rules at a early age as a kid, and even though you of course not follow them in our every day life or at home, I just find them a natural part of more formal dinners, or weddings or such.
Just like the Queens touch, a Paul Hollywood handshake is supposed to be an honour on the Great British Bake Off, The series has been shown in other countries; in the United States and Canada, where "Bake-Off" is a trademark owned by Pillsbury, it is called The Great British Baking Show.
26:34 She drives cars. She can even repair a car. During the war she has been a mechanic.
she never flys in a plane with prince charles or prince william
Because if the plane crashed and they were all killed it would cause real instability in the country. And yes, I know that the next in line would inherit and that would be Prince George, he'd need a regent.. horrifying thought. Prince Charles sees everything that the Queen does and Prince William is learning the ropes too.
At a formal dinner you are divided in pairs. Man sits on the right side and the lady on the left. You are supposed to talk to you table partner first. Toast with this person first and have the first dance. It is unpolite to not give your table partner your first attention. If you have been given the place on the queens right side you are most likely the most honorble male guest.
I think she means we tried to remain in complete control of the 13 colonies too long. If we had given them independence the US could have remained a part of the Commonwealth with the British Monarch as head of state just like Canada did.
America is still a big extension of the UK. England already had independence.
@@christineperez7562 What? England never got independence from the UK.
she's saying the American colonies were getting too big and prosperous for the UK to keep a hold of as a small country Statesmanship = Running a country.. we lacked the foresight to decide the right time to relinquish them so they could govern themselves (the discontent in the early 1770's was the right time ) . we fought a war and essentially lost. the lessons we learned about the American independence was invaluable as other colonies we gave autonomy or independence when the time arose rather than spill blood of what is essentially our family, Canada Australia New Zealand and 99% of every other colony had diplomatic and peaceful successions from the empire.
talking at state dinners has a protocol not only for the Queen, but, all dinner guests. It's called etiquette and I'm sure that the better educated americans know of it.
no need to be rude
@@lewis123417 quite so, that's why I've unsubscribed, you'll be glad to know.
When her majesty said she found sitting cross legged painful, I think that she was referring to was sitting cross legged whilst sitting on the floor, not sitting on a chair
If you've been brought up knowing correct table etiquette
taking to each person sat beside you is the nom.
It's not just a royal thing.
Not a nickname but when I served with the army she was often referred to as The Boss.
my grandma was called "elizabeth" and it was common for people with that name to be called "Queenie"
Of course, the no touching rule does not include shaking hands, which she does widely on a regular basis.
Yes, but it is a well disguised false hand that she uses to shake hands to prevent contamination.
She also has a fake arm in the royal carriages that she operates with a piece of string so she deosn't wear her arm out.
They aren't stupid, you know!
@@chrisbodum3621
You are though?🙄
The Queen (now King) sign all primary legislation into law, and that is why her signature isnt used or given otherwise
12:28 It's also connected to the fact that the Monarch's signature is used for something called Royal Assent. If you look it up you'll see what I'm referring to. "Statesmanship" is the art of running a State (with a capital S* as in the UK, France, an independent Scotland, or the USA), and what the Queen was saying was that the UK government lacked enough of this skill to keep the American colonies in some kind of union with the British Crown. As Head of the Commonwealth, she was arguably the most qualified person to express an opinion on that. The same goes for Scottish independence, because her job is to hold her realms together. As a pro "Yes" person, I thought she was one of the few public figures who was just doing her job by saying "I was crowned and anointed queen of the United Kingdom". And basically reminding both sides in the referendum that people in Scotland needed to remember that you should be decent to the people who voted for the other side, because you still live with them after the vote. 😉
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*Lower case s being Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, England, and so on, which are states within a plurinational State.
The gloves thing is a hangover from days when women would always wear gloves at a formal occasion. I don't think the Queen put her arm round Michelle Obama - rather the other way round. David Cameron ( ex PM) let slip that the Queen was " purring" when he phoned to tell her the result of the Scottish referendum in 2014 ( No won with 55% ) , which caused a stooshie. The advantage of the Queen never expressing opinions is that people can happily project their own views onto her. For instance people who hated Mrs Thatcher like to claim that the Queen disliked Mrs Thatcher , which I somewhat doubt , given some of the alternatives. Although when Michael Foot was getting dogs abuse for wearing a donkey jacket to the Remembrance Day ceremony , the Queen Mother was said to have remarked " but it was a very nice donkey jacket. The Queen is remarkable for her age , but Tyler may not know that her own mother lived to 101 , and had a big celebratory parade in Horse Guards when she was 100 , at which occasion she spoke well.
The Queen must sign every Act of Parliament for it to become law, so this video is just plain wrong.
If you actually watched the video instead of all the talking you might actually learn something!!
What she meant about America is that it would be a part of the Commonwealth today if those in charge had understood America could not be held and had yeilded to the demands of the founders instead of forcing them to war. She was correct.
There might be no PDA, but there's an image of the Queen online laughing her head off, since her husband was dressed up as a royal guard at the time and she found it *utterly fucking hilarious* since she didn't know he was going to do it - both were old at the time, so it's clear she absolutely adored him still, even after all those years.
Sorry, this is totally wrong. Prince Philip didn't dress up as a Royal guard to amuse the Queen. He was wearing the red tunic and bearskin because he was Colonel-in-Chief of one of the Divisions of Household Cavalry that were on parade before the Queen that day. She was laughing not at how he was dressed but because he was frantically trying to wave a bee away. An American journalist saw the photo, assumed that Prince Philip had played a prank on the Queen by unexpectedly dressing as a Royal guardsman and told his readers. He was wrong.
The reason royals can't have garlic is the same reason you don't eat garlic bread when you go on a date.
If you get the chance, try to see "The Queen", a movie about events after the death of Princess Diana in 1997. As we just marked the 25th anniversary, it was on TV here in the UK a few days ago. My impression was that it was probably quite true to life.
Her Majesty has just passed away.
You will have always known Prince Harry by his nickname, as his name is actually Henry! He also named his daughter Lilibet 😁
That's a nickname because it is also the Queens nickname.
@@christineperez7562 Sadly, and inappropriately, prince Harry and Megan actually named their daughter Lilibet, without the Queens prior knowledge or approval. This was a very intimate nickname shared by Princess Elizabeth and her beloved father.
@@christineperez7562 No, It is not a nickname. The childs name is Lilibet Diana.
@@samana970 Lilibet was the Queen’s childhood nickname because she could not say Elizabeth. It came out Lilibet and her father started calling her Lilibet as a pet name. Phillip continued to do so. So Harry named his daughter a private and personal pet name of the Queen without her permission.
@@samana970 Have you ever seen Lillibet as a Christian name in a book?
You ought to watch the coronation and learn all about it...it was amazing!
Statesmanship - from experience, knowing what to do and when to do it in public affairs.
My dad had an interaction with the Queen when he was a young kid at school in the late 1950's, she was attending some event at the school he was at and they were tasked with drawing the Union flag to wave at her... I remember my dad telling me he drew a swastika on one side of the flag because he saw it in a history book and it was easy to draw and he run out of time because he kept messing up the flag...
She came up to him and said "that's an interesting flag young man", I wonder if she remembers that, my dad said Prince Phillip was laughing.
Considering the royal families links to hit last and the Nazis…. It’s not gonna upset her
The bit about lacking the statesmanship to keep the American colonies. What she essentially meant was that if we had been able to read the political mood at the time the USA would have been granted independence rather than having to fight for it.... Had that happened the USA would probably be a commonwealth country today and closer to Canada in terms of constitution
More or less what I thought
Most of these are just done for to practice proper etiquette really. Not like they're "BANNED" to do the opposite of the said things, like the crossing of legs. Videos mostly made by American journos are tend to be exaggerated sometimes and very misleading.
The kidnap attempt of Princess Anne is more exciting than this List described it as.
The Queen drives herself around whi thin the grounds of her estates, because estates like Balmoral or Sandringham are huge and she gets around by driving herself.
I think the Queen made a point of driving a Saudi Sheik round one of her estates - at a time when the Sheik's country banned women from driving. In teh attempted kidnapping of Princess Anne her detective was shot but survived. The talking to one side at dinner for an entire course , is formal dining etiquette not just a special rule for Royalty , although I doubt it's much done nowadays.
I love the way you try to analyse everything it really shows that you are interested in the subject. There is a lot of respect for the Queen in the Uk although we do have a republican movement. When she dies it will be sad for many of us she is the only Head of State we have knowm. Whilst many of our traditionals with regards to royalty seem archaic there is no real push for change although the royal family have become more modern and more in touch, well as close to being in touch anyone with no moeny worries can be. I hope to witness, in quite a few years time hopefully a coronation. It will be a spectacle like no other.
You only said this yesterday...
- Queen Elizabeth THE SECOND
- The Queen is not allowed to voice a political opinion because the monarchy was removed from government in 1689 (Yes, the UK became a democracy long before "the world's oldest democracy")
- The queen does not always wear a hat.
- "lacked the statesmanship" ... she meant that the rulers of time should have realised that, even if they won, they would still lose control of the colonies and so, the war was pointless. (Yes, this also means that had the colonies simply waited a few years, they would have had independence without the fighting. Another way to look at it is ... the [soon to be] US ALSO lacked the statesmanship to realise that independence was inevitable. [yes, that also means that the War of Independence is actually the USA's DUMBEST move in history ... unless you include electing Trump )
The monarchy was not removed from government. The Parliament was formed in 1215 Magna Carta.
Lillibet, the Queen's nickname, has been given to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's second child. So finally the nickname has become a given name.
Wrong. The Queen was called Lilibet by her Grandfather King George the Fifth when she was a tiny child and couldn't pronounce her name of Elizabeth.and when pronounced it that is what it sound like Lilibet, and in time only her Father , Moither, Sister and very very close cousins , her sister Margaret called her that name. When she met Prince Phillip and married him he too called her Lilibet, when he died she informed everyone that she never wanted that name used again, and Harry rang her to say they had a daughter and that they where naming her Lilibet in directly against her wishes because all the people who had ever called her by that name had now died. She was very very u0pset they didn't ask her about using the name they had already registered the child with it.and the Queen was very upset by it.
Statesmanship; the skill of leading a country. In this case. 'We should have known we'd have to give the US 'back' but should have had the insight and skill to choose the right moment and right approach to doing it. (Not by fighting a war about it, and losing!)
With a lot of help from the French. Americans always conveniently forget that.
"Back"? It was British subjects in the new world (13 colonies/eastern seaboard) fighting their fellow British subjects for independence. 🇬🇧
I'd say if the government of the day had given the colonies the right to represent themselves and the freedom to run their own affairs more then they'd have possibly avoided the war
Talking about giving more freedom rather than withholding rights in pursuit of power
Clearly Harry goes by Harry, not Henry, even before he went off the reservation.
HMQ shakes hands with dozens of people every day. It’s inevitable that shaking hands with some people would require gloves. If there wasn’t a ban on touching in modern times, there’d be hugging and asking for selfies. Not exactly regal.
19:39 Lilibet. Her parents and husband always called her Lilibet. But no one else ever would have been allowed to call her anything like that.
You really need to watch the video "What Powers Does The Queen Of England Actually Have" by Today I Found Out channel. Some of it is mind blowing!
I broke my leg a month back and have been layer up ever since I have to say I really look forward to a new video from you
The Queen's voice, when she was younger, had a higher pitch to it. As she aged, her voice changed a little. Dining protocol has been in place for quite some time there. No, Prince Phillip kissed The Queen on the cheek as part of the coronation ceremony. Lillibet was what the Queen's sister called her because she couldn't say Elizabeth when she was a small child. All your questions will be answered, grasshopper, if you just continue with the video.😊 Garlic gives you horrible breath.
A lot of rubbish is talked about what the Queen was NOT ALLOWED to do; she could do pretty much whatever she wanted; she WAS THE QUEEN! What they are usually talking about is things that are, or used to be, considered to be good manners, and she was very keen on manners.
Ma petit chou - famous French term of endearment. Prince Philip of Greece spent his younger years in France immediately after the coup in Greece in an orange box when he was a toddler.
Some things the commentator got wrong:
1. The Queen famously went out dancing with her sister when the Second World War ended, incognito. A film was made about it.
2. The Queen used to go out regularly to certain venues with her husband without the kind of security described.
3. Princess Anne did not get kidnapped because she is a total badass who refused to let the wannabe kidnapper do anything. He shot her security and was in her car. She told him it “wasn’t bloody likely” or something of the sort and he got totally thrown. That gave enough time for security to regroup and sort it all out.
4. A huge omission to the list - as the head of the Church of England, she isn’t allowed to marry a catholic. Furthermore, she has to give permission to any senior member of the royal family getting married and if anyone wants to marry a catholic she is not allowed to permit it unless they renounce their place in the line of succession to the British throne.
Fun car stories to look up the exact details on:
1. The Queen is possibly the only monarch who could totally dismantle and reassemble a car, from her days as a trained mechanic during the war
2. Balmoral is the vast mountainous country estate in Scotland first purchased by HM Queen Victoria because it reminded her husband of his native Germany, and where HM Queen Elizabeth eventually died. When HM The King of Saudi Arabia came to visit her there, she decided to give him a ‘personal tour’ in her Land Rover… and took him on a cross-country white-knuckle death-defying treck at breakneck speed. It is assumed that this unusual welcome is not entirely unrelated to the fact that in Saudi Arabia women were not permitted to have driving licenses. Sometimes words are not necessary to express displeasure at one’s guest’s native laws :)
3. There’s a story that Nancy Reagan came to the royal enclosure as a guest of HM when she was First Lady, along with a substantial motorcade of blacked out limos and the usual copious supply of members of her security detail. HM The Queen arrived a little later than her guest, on her own… driving herself… in a clapped out old VW Golf. It is difficult to know whether Mrs Reagan thought she had been upstaged and outclassed by this old woman in the headscarf but we hope she had a lovely afternoon regardless
4. The Queen does not have a number plate on her vehicles. Instead the has a miniature flag (the ‘royal standard’) flying from a mini flagpole fixed to the vehicle.
statesmanship, noun,
skill in managing public affairs.
The Queen did eat seafood. In fact, she loved kippers for breakfast with scrambled eggs.
Kippers aren’t strictly speaking seafood
Seafood are things like prawns oysters mussels etc and these can cause quite severe food poisoning
The "no touching" rule is just common sense, laugh all you like, but if you meet literally millions of people every year, you can't afford to be touched by all of them, be it sickness, or just sticky candy fingers, it just can't be done. Garlic smells, in case you don't know, when you host you are close to people, get the picture?
The royal family have full diaries and so they cant gt sick from food poisoning or poluted water while on tour. As for Garlic, it is out of politeness and consideration to all the people they have to meet as they dont want to breath garlic fumes on you
i love the fact she has the legal power to declare war on a country, the willpower she must of had to not go out with her friends one day and wake up with a hangover the next morning and realise she declared war on france because they ran out of champagne or something
I love your videos Tyler. The Monarch is above the law as laws are given Royal Ascent (Permission) prior to becoming law, a law isn’t law until the bill has been signed. The Monarch cannot be sued without their permission and the Monarch doesn’t need a driving license or passport. This is because Government departments issuing those things are “Crown Servants” and those things are issued in the name and on behalf of the Monarch. So it’s unnecessary for them to possess those things as they’d only be issuing these documents to themselves.
No, the Royals are NOT above the law. Princess Anne was fined for speeding. The Queen signs Government Acts into law, but by doing so she is simply carrying out her Royal duty. It doesn't mean she can break the law.
The Queen doesn't get to do what she wants she is taught etiquette from a young age. Remember she is from another age. We were taught all this in school. It's just manners. Flashing your knickers is not a good look.
Short forms of names of royalty are not quite unknown in Britain. When Queen Elizabeth was young, her younger sister, Princess Margaret, could not say 'Elizabeth' at first, and called her 'Lillibet'. The ocean liner, 'Queen Elizabeth the Second' was commonly called 'the QE2'. The British National Anthem has also been called 'Lizzie's Lament' by many people, but of course, that derogatory name was not encouraged. I guess that it might be called 'Charley's Chant', or something similar, by some people from now onwards.
The time she spends at Sandringham and Balmoral must be so relaxing to be away from public view.
HMQ doesn’t eat garlic - she has to talk to lots of people.
Some years ago, but this this century, IIRC Stephen Fry revealed Prince Phillip also called the Queen "Sausage", which is quite sweet. My parents and grand parents called me 'a silly sausage' when I was very young. (I'm only 70% it was Fry)
Stephen Fry also said the Queen is a great mimic. He said he once saw her climb up on top of the table and do some of her impressions. I think he said she did a great Concorde (aeroplane) impression. 😀
Best Wishes, All. ☮
Calling a State Banquet a Dinner Party is incorrect. A State Banquet is a dinner sure, but it's hosting the official State visit of a foreign Head of State, albeit The King and Queen of Spain or The President and First Lad of America.
I'm sure the Queen might have had many opportunities to sit on other thrones when visiting other Kingdoms, she just wouldn't.
I think the shellfish thing is because a king idk the name, ate a load of shellfish and then died of dysentery afterwards.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but there is a big thing that I can conceivable do, but the monarch can't. And that is go into the House of Commons. Is dates back to when the King entered to arrest MPs who didn't vote the way he wanted, ever ince then the monarch is banned. This is a big part of our democracy and I don't understand why this was missed off the list.
The amount of people she greeted on a daily basis she can't have contact with all of them, it would have been really bad for her.
She wore gloves to shake hands to avoid chafing apparently
She won't be doing much of anything any more, now she's passed on or at the end of her life. From Liverpool UK 🇬🇧
The Queen will say something about it. Her actual nickname is now the name of the her granddaughter Lililbet. She did drive the Saudi Royal around the castle grounds. She absolutely scared him specifically because the women in that country were not allowed. Some time after that, women were granted the right to drive.
The notion that women were not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia is NOT technically
correct. - It is correct for Saudi Nationals -- however wives of foreign people working
in Saudi Arabia were permitted to drive in certain areas.
I know of one whose husband - an Engineer - was working for ARAMCO -
was pulled over by POLICE for speeding --
She was instructed to tell her husband to come to the POLICE Station.
When he arrived there the following morning as instructed - he was fined -
and instructed to discipline his wife - or he would spend a week in jail.
Saudi Arabia also imports huge amounts of Alcohol - available only to those
that are not MuSLIM - and can only be consumed within their home.
Neither can they drive under the influence of alcohol.
Now you are better informed - In KUWAIT across the border - WoMen were
were allowed to drive - KUWAIT also has a FeMale Racing driver
▶ Saudi Women in Focus (HD)
ua-cam.com/video/9EDMrR0Av1E/v-deo.html
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Even Iran (pronounced eRan) allowed WoMen to participate in the OLYMPICS
decades ago
@@andrew_koala2974 I am aware that the laws have changed regarding driving but thanks for the heads up on foreign nationals. I remember about a man from our church, who worked there for a number of years. We sent them a Bible, page by page in letters, because he could not take one in the country. I also remember that they had difficulty when they went to a gathering or private event. When he told his wife that he wanted to leave and she said that she wasn’t ready to go yet, they were flabbergasted that she didn’t do as told and they stayed longer until she was ready to go. The men kept telling him that he should make her leave and punish her. He said that was not how his marriage worked and that they often have situations where they compromise if it is needed to meet each other’s needs. They were amazed and horrified that he gave her so much control.