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The grand old duke of York He paid 12 million quid to stop someone from exposing Something he "never did"

Edward the eighth described his younger brother Prince John, who died as a young teenager, of long-term illness, as an animal, after the boy died. Horrid man.

Since Henry the 8th is a known serial killer, why is he not number 1 on this list?

The corgis are the most unproblematic.

I don't really know if I would classify Andrew as "evil"; he's more like vile and loathsome.

Does Richard III really belong on the list? Most of his vilifying I have heard comes from propaganda by the people who defeated him, the Tudors, who Shakespeare lived under, hence why Richard III was portrayed as so evil in the play.

Henry VIII should be the undisputed number one! That man was a monster and his treatment of his wives is the reason his daughters Mary and Elizabeth acted the way they did.

Mary was not evil! She was trying to be a female king, she's the first Queen Regnant. Without her we don't get Elizabeth I nor Mary II, Queen Anne, Victoria or Elizabeth II. Let's be honest there was less death in Mary's reign than there was in Elizabeth's, at least Mary paid for her men, Elizabeth didn't after the Armada. More men died from sickness and starvation after the Armada than Mary put to death for herasy.

Fun fact: Evil people don't sweat, so take a guess who's the evilest

Prince Edward is the most unproblematic Royal.

Queen Victoria should be in there somewhere. She definitely had blood on her hands throughout her empire...for one, the Irish Famine was considered genocide.

Elizabeth I is an example of how you can both Evil and Great at the same time...

I disagree vehemently regarding Elizabeth the First. Having witnessed and been victimized by her parents' disastrous marriage and seen how horribly her father treated his subsequent wives, there was no way she was going to give any man control over her life, Amy Dudley's death may not have been accidental, but trying to attach blame to the queen in any way is way off the mark. As for Richard the Third, there's no doubt in my mind that he did not kill his nephews. There were many others who wanted the boys dead and buried, not least Margaret Beaufort, whose son Henry Tudor had as near a valid claim to the throne as any of the potential candidates. Beaufort's third husband, William Stanley, was Warden of the Tower of London, into whose supposed safe-keeping the young princes had been given for their own protection. They may well have actually outlived their uncle Richard. When Henry became king, their elder sister, Elizabeth, was re-legitimized by act of parliament in order to marry him, which meant that the boys were also re-legitimized and therefore a threat to him. There were several other possible murderers as well. Richard may not have been any better than any other medieval monarch, but he was no worse either.

I'm surprised Henry VII didn't make it onto this list, since he locked up his wife's cousin, a 10 year old boy who probably had intellectual disabilities, and then had him executed for pretty much no reason. Then again, he was Henry VIII's father, and that's reason enough for me.

Princess Anne easily the least problematic

Richard III is on this list over an assumption? How does that make me higher ranked than that scoundrel egomaniac Henry VIII?

I must give a plug for Kate Auspitz' splendid little novel which came out in 2015--"Wallis's War: a Novel of Diplomacy and Intrigue." Auspitz' argues that certain Conservative politicians knew very well about Edward's Nazi sympathies. They also understood that war between Britain and Germany was likely. They were horrified at the prospect of the sitting monarch being a Nazi and German sympathizer during a. war between the two countries. Therefore encouraged the romance between Simpson and Edward to get him off the throne. The plot made perfect sense to me. I wouldn't be surprised if it were true, either.

Most of these I wouldn't describe as "evil" just extremely petty and paranoid.

Having watched this, I think Netflix ought to do "The Crown - The early years" I think they would have a winner on their hands ;)

Magma Carta needs no article. And it really ahould have been noted that multiple copies were made to prevent the king from destroying a single document.

James I trying to be the "peacemaker" watching this video: 👁️👄👁️

Henry VIII, Edward, and Elizabeth I murdered ten times as many Catholics than Mary did with Protestants.

Now you can add an 11th! Congrats Harry!

William the Conqueror was a bloodthirsty ruler who could not break down the people of the north. He sent his troops up to the north in order to massacre, and lay to waste entire counties who refused to recognize him as king. This is known today as the Harrowing of the North. It took 100 years to force the northerners to surrender and accept William.

Generations of inbreeding will have that effect

People hate on Harry and Meghan but forget about how vile Andrew is

Richard III was the last king to be killed in battle at Bosworth Field, not by a nobleman, but by his nephew Edmund…

I have to say, I'm disappointed in this video. Elizabeth I is NOT "most famous" for her execution of what at that time, were truly traitors to her rule. She's "most famous" for defeating the Spanish Armada, for a second, even more glorious English Renaissance. Had these people NOT tried to dethrone her and replace her with a twit (even the Scottish at the time thought so little of Mary, Queen of Scots, they called her a whore and tossed her out of their country), they wouldn't have been executed. Up until the 1950s, countries executed traitors. Why wouldn't a more brutal time do the same?

You forgot Harry!

George v should be in this list put his crown before the lives of the Romanov family he could have given them sanctuary in the UK but feared he might lose his crown so instead left them to die then some time later in a letter he wrote it was a shame what happened to cousin Nicolas what a bastard he has the blood of 2 adults and 5 children is on his hands

Just curious to see what Mojo would say. Expecting Kings and Queens of old to match our sensibilities is absurd. I am exceedingly glad to not have been born in those times.

Interesting video, thank you, but where is Longshanks? I think us Celts would feel he strongly belongs on this list… I also hoped that Susan who bit poor old Leonard Hubbard in 1954 might have at least got an honourable mention…

One of my ancestors was executed by queen Mary in the 1500s.

Good well narrated and told but please put in chronological order.

Would the people at WatchMojoUK be interested in some British history books? ... you didn't even touch on any of the kings involved in civil wars in England.

It was not Henry 4th that died in 1483 it was Edward 4th.

James I executed a popular mariner Sir Walter Raleigh because he failed to find the fabled El Dorado.

Medieval kings did some horrible things in trying to strenghten their throne and make England stronger. Both Edward I and Edward III were responsible for many deaths as was William I. They could be considered evil if you are using the same considerations used for Elizabeth I. We will never know if Richard III was responsible for the deaths of his nephew. Andrew is nor evil, just arrogant and not very bright. Interesting analysis but a wee bit biased.

Richard the 3rd? I thought it was established that his usurper was the true villain but Richard was Villified for losing

There are several families that have ruled England.

I wouldn't call Prince Andrew "evil," but he did make some very questionable and bad decisions. Edward the 8th, I would definitely call evil. Look at what he said about his baby brother's illness and death, what he did with and for the Germans and Hitler during WWII. How Henry the 8th isn't higher on the list, idk

History repeats itself!!!!

On 11th spot 😂 in ter heart's of hearts; many will be thinking Harry and Megain Sparkle ✨

Henry the black widower.

3:11 in the words of Russell Howard...I BET HE'S FUCKING SWEATING NOW

Classic watchmojo fact checking! He says Henry VIII lined up Catherine Howard right after Anne Blloleyn, missing out two other wives in the meantime.

You know there are nonbritish royals, right?

I didn't know about Elizabeth I.

Queen Mary I was not an evil woman, in fact, if anything Both Elizabeth I and Henry VIII deserve the first and second place. She was responsible for the deaths of only 276 protestants, who were an active threat to her life, whereas Elizabeth I, a woman who rightly deserves to be put in the second place, second only to her father Henry VIII, was responsible for the deaths of Thousands of Catholics even before the Rebellion and the Excommunication had taken place. If anything Queen Mary I deserves the number 1 spot for, "Top ten greatest Queens of the United Kingdom", followed by other good queens of history.

10. James VI (Scotland)/James I(England) 9. George IV 8. Prince Andrew 7. Henry VIII 6. Richard III 5. John(Magna Carta) 4. Richard II 3. Edward VIII 2. Elizabeth I 1. Mary I

No royal is “unproblematic.” Anywhere.

Harry should be in this list helloooooo.

Evil is such a sick thing!

Why is Charles I not on this list? The king who started a civil war with his parliment and kept it going for years, flat out refusing to even consider any reconciliation offer parliment made. And thay made many.

Lots of horrible Royals in Spain, Denmark, Japan, let’s hear those stories .lol

The Tudors slandered Richard III to suppress the Plantagenet line. There has never been evidence the Princes were murdered.

So prince John aka king John was a real life Disney villian

Well you aren't wrong but Henry the 8th last wife should be with these ppl. Elizabeth 1st was the way she was partly because of Henry 8th 6th wife and her evil brothers. All of her other step mothers wasn't as bad to her. As his final wife.

1:56 NO!!!

Present Prince Edward, never put a step wrong. Harry and his "wife" should be on this list also, never heard of someone being so evil towards their loving parents.

You forgot Prince Harry....

This is why prince John aka king John was really the phoney king of England in real life

Perhaps there's a lesson here: the monarchy has had its share of lemons over the years. Not all the individuals were "king" material. You can add Harry's name to your list----number 11.

If this doesn't have Andrew as No 1...

Seriously? That second entry made it in???? As opposed to bad king John or Edward who invaded Scotland

Today days they go away with murder blaming the paparazzi.

Good afternoon everyone

You missed one, what about a prince and heir to the throne 30 something courting a teenager for the only purpose of securing succession to the throne? In some circles that would be considered predatory at best!

The lion king was based on the true story of king Richard 3

This is very imaginative, manages to fall into every Heffalump trap.

If my knowledge serves me correctly about James the VI, historically he's been looked at as one of the worst monarchs ever, but in recent history that's been re-examined and he's thought of as a serious and thoughtful monarch with the best of intentions that just couldn't quite rise to the occasion and devastated most of central Europe in his attempt to unify everyone

ONLY 10?

What about the rest?

Andrew behaps

Mary I also burned a pregnant woman at the stake according to a book published by an author that studied her life. Out of fear and pain, the woman went into labor and the child fell to the floor. Instead of giving it for adoption, Mary I threw the newborn into the fire. She had nightmares after that and went to the church often believing their souls will forgive her, but it wasn't that way. Their cries of agony haunted her for the rest of her life.

Edward VIII was not evil. He was just naive. He went to Nazi Germany with a genuine interest in their approach to housing and social reforms. But was oblivious to much about the regime and how it might come across. Remember that this was the same time that UK were seeking a deal with Nazi Germany, before WW2 had started and before anyone knew about concentration camps, or anything else of a similar nature.

Andrew no. One

No George Brett?

4:55 - 4:59 King Henry the 4th? Don't you mean King Edward the 4th?!!!!

How come Prince Andrew isn't on this list or the Queen? We don't know what goes behind close doors.

I'm American and I don't know, but Edward Duke of Windsor, along with Price Andrew of York respectively remind me a great deal of Donald J. Trump, in so far as to their respective conduct was concerned. Bone chilling for me.

Edward iv was edward v s father. You obviously don t know that henry vi son died before his father

Henry VIII didn't just kill 2 of his wives and their suspected loves, he killed 70,000 of his own people. He alone was worse than the entire Plantagenet 300 yr reign, BUT if you include his daughter Bloody Mary and the burning at the stake of thousands of Protestants, then, Elizabeth I's, the Tudor Dynasty make anytihng any king or queen had ever done, angelic for sure!

tabloid history

Interesting

Prince Harry has to be in this list, he’s breached the privacy to his family by writing about private conversations especially at funerals and when the late queen was dying. I could go on about all the things he’s done try to destroy the monarchy. He even ‘joked’ about killing his father with a typhoon etc

9:01 I'm sorry am I hearing this correctly 😳

Surprisingly the late queen's mother and father didn't receive a mention for forcing those poor little darlings to perform their Sieg Heils.

You missed Prince Harry.

What about Richard 1 (the Lionheart) who had 2000 Muslim soldiers beheaded at Ayyadieh ? Or William IV (Queen Victoria's uncle) who actively and aggressively campaigned against the end of the Transatlantic slave trade and who represented the interests of West Indies solve owners in Parliament ? He also abandoned his long term lover Mrs Jordan who bore him 10 children (she would die in poverty) Or Edward I who expelled the Jewish community from England (the first country to do so?)

Runs in the family then

Anne, the Princess Royal is my favorite and the hardest working. Megan would be my least favorite as she's all about herself and whines like a toddler. Have to mention Edward, the spoiled baby and embarrassment to the Royal family.

Jack the Ripper

Any one seen its a royal knockout ,,Edward should be no 1 ,,its evil being in a 2 hr car crash 😮

I’m gonna say this: royal uncles are often the worst

Richard the first (the lion hearted) upon his return was Coronated where some of the richest Jews in England "dared" to attend bearing appropriate gifts his men and he were so insulted they carried out the first pogrom murdering, maiming, and otherwise harming the Jewish population of London after which Jews were banned from living in England for hundreds of years. He also belongs on this list.

You missed one

ELIZABETH l what sort of joke is that she is Britain's greatest Monarch, and still admired today as she should be.🤨

Richards II & III had their reputations trashed by people who ousted them: Had they been as ruthless as the Lancastrians and Tudors, they wouldn't have been overthrown. Richard I was worse in his killing for self-gratification (and never winning, except when he turned on his father); John was anti-clerical - which in the era of Crusades wasn't so unreasonable -, didn't keep his own chronicler, and his history was entirely written by clergymen. Mary I (and only) had fewer of her own people killed than did her grandfather, father and sister.