When on a state visit to1963 Australia, segregation was still a thing with the aboriginals, when an Aboriginal man asked her, why he couldn't get a drink in the pub her reply "I CAN'T SEE ANY REASON WHY NOT" so the fella went to the pub, and they refused to serve him, the Queen sent her equiry to tell the landlord,he was a subject of the Queen and as such was entitled to buy a beer, and drink it, IN THE PUB.

No one does it like the British. The history, the tradition, the culture, it is amazing. May Her Majesty rest in eternal peace and rise in glory. Long Live the King.

The Queen actually surprised her family with the Bond scene, nobody knew. She is MI5's boss so it was only right she was in a Bond movie at some point.

I would say they missed 1 very important thing. When a Prince from Saudi Arabia came to visit, The Queen took him for a drive, soon after this Saudi officials allowed women driving to be less restricted. A message clearly sent without being obvious

The missed the one about when the crown prince of Saudi Arabia visited (Balmoral I think) he was offered a tour of the grounds. He waited in the Land Rover with his traslator expecting a male driver to take him round ( as at the time women were banned from driving in Saudi Arabia). A few minutes later the driver door opened, in jumped the Queen and off she drove - and NOT slowly either. Apparently the Saudi prince was begging her a couple of times to slow down but she just responded by going faster.

My favorite funny moment with the Queen is when President George Bush (#2) was speaking about her arrival in America and, he said something like "you joined us 1776 for our bicentennial". He quickly realized the mistake and changed it to 1976. Later that evening at a State dinner, the Queen stands up to make her speech and says "Mr. President, I was wondering if I should start my speech with...when I was here in 1776" and the room burst out in laughter. I am America but have followed the royals all my life. The Queen was something very special and had a dedication to duty that we are likely to never see again. I will miss her more than I can say. RIP Queen Elizabeth ll. You have more than earned your rest. I don't think it was just chance that rainbows appeared both over Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle shortly after she passed. I hope it meant that she was reunited with the loved ones she missed so much.

we miss her every day. such a beautiful soul. never put a step wrong. tears are still shed now for her in this house. God Save The King

I love the "poker face" comment! One of the main reasons she nearly always looked serious is that Prince Phillip was constantly trying to make her laugh at "inappropriate times...! try to find some examples of when the mask slips... it's hilarious

When the Prince of Saudi Arabia came to visit the Queen insisted on driving him around the estate herself (women can't drive in SA). Apparently she gunned it, gave him quite the ride. Love her.

The Soldiers of the Queen's Guard (Now King's Guard): five regiments - Coldstream, Grenadier, Welsh, Scots, and Irish. They rotate for the ceremonial guarding of the Royal residences and palaces. They are serving soldiers (much like the Sentinels of the Tomb in Arlington) and when not on ceremonial duty are out all over the world as needed.

Not sure if already done but you should listen to the Queens Speech during the pandemic. She used to do a speech every single Christmas, but during the pandemic and with a lot of the country struggling with morale, she did a special speech to the nation. So powerful.

The soldiers mentioned are the guard regiments, they are 5 different regiments the Scots, the Irish , Welsh , coldstream and grenadiers all designed to guard the monarch on top of their military roles. The hats are called bearskins.

Driving on the left comes from the ancient tradition of jousting Knights with their lances under their right arm naturally passed each other on the right & if people were walking in the street they walked on the left to ensure their protective sword arm was between you & a stranger. A custom still very much enforced (by tradition) by British people.

Princes Anne,said her job was twenty four hours a day,with two days off a year,xmas day and Easter.She was amazing.

She also saved a native horse breed from going extinct - the Cleveland Bay . Also check the trouping of the colour one year when the Queen was shot at while on horse back ~ her cool and calm reaction and consumate skills as a horsewoman are legendary. Her daughter Princess Anne is also a bad ass as far as nerves of steel goes - check out her story about the attempted abduction on the Mall ~ it's surreal and her subsequent matter of fact recounting of the incident on chat shows is hilarious

Interesting reaction, she was something else!! Btw my maternal great grandfather was still skiing (cross country) at 92. Some people are just tough!

A lot of the Royal Family are horse-mad. Both the Queen's daughter, Princess Anne ( also called the Princess Royal), and her grand-daughter Zara Tindall, have been Olympic contestants in equestrian sports.

Those are indeed soldiers. They are just as capable of entering combat as any other soldier. Their hats are called bearskins and they are a part of their full dress uniform which you can see them wearing here.

That Shetland pony, Emma, was brought to the long mile in Windsor to say a last goodbye. The groom added HMQ’s headscarf to the saddle. HMQ learned to ride aged 4.

Her Majesty was a very good driver - she served in the Woman's Auxiliary during World War 2 driving ambulances, if I have that right. She could repair vehicles, and drove expertly. She simply didn't need a licence as... all driving licences are given under the power of the Crown. She she said: "I can drive. Cos I say so." basically.

My favourite story of the queen is the one where she is walking around Balmoral estate with her security officer accompanying her. She came upon some tourists (American I think) who were walking on the public footpaths, I'm not sure if they were hoping to meet the queen or were just walking. But when they met her they asked her if she was local, to which she said that she spent a portion of the year locally at a vacation home near by. So they asked her if she had ever met the Queen. With her self deprecating humour she responded no she had never met the Queen but her companion had on several occasions.... I wonder if the tourists ever found out the truth, though she didn't lie it is hard to meet ones self. RIP Your Majesty.

The Queen's badass driving: While still a Crown Prince, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia visited the Queen's summer home in Balmoral, Scotland, in 2003. She offered him a tour of the place. When the cars were brought around and Abdullah got in the front passenger seat, the Queen herself hopped into the driver's seat. British diplomat Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles recounted for The Sunday Times that during an audience with Her Majesty, she told Coles that she was talking to Abdullah the whole time, even as he pleaded for her to pay attention to the road: "As instructed, the Crown Prince climbed into the front seat of the front Land Rover, with his interpreter in the seat behind. To his surprise, the Queen climbed into the driving seat, turned the ignition and drove off. Women [were] not -- yet -- allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia and Abdullah was not used to being driven by a woman, let alone a queen. His nervousness only increased as the Queen, an army driver in wartime, accelerated the Land Rover along the narrow Scottish estate roads, talking all the time. Through his interpreter, the Crown Prince implored the Queen to slow down and concentrate on the road ahead."

One of my favorite stories of Queen Elizabeth was when this Arab prince or shiek or whatever he was came to visit at Balmoral in Scotland. In his country woman are basically nothing and weren't even allowed to drive. She asked if he would like a tour of the grounds of the castle and he relied yes. When they got into the car to go, the Queen sat in the driver's seat and drove this guy herself to prove that women can and should be driving. The Queen drove all around the estate pretty fast using the driving skills she learned while she was in the military service. This prince was so scared that he had to get his translater to convey to the Queen that she should slow down. She didn't slow down, instead she went faster to teach this prince that women have worth. It's said that she carried on a conversation with him the entire time in a calm voice not listening to his requests to slow down. At the end of the ride, the prince was a little rattled and didn't stay too long after that. I guess she proved her point and taught that fellow a lesson. I guess she wanted to make sure he knew that SHE was a woman and SHE was the one that was in charge. That women have rights. Women are respected in her country, and that any woman in her country has the same rights as men do. Pretty badass move in my opinion. Oh, and by the way, this was in 1988 and the Queen was 62 years old at the time.

We drive on the left to keep your sword arm free. Men carried swords in their right hands so being on the right just wouldn't work,

Whatever you think of the monarchy as a whole the late Queen really was incredible. Wonderful sense of humour and a work ethic that would kill most of us long before retirement age. For a long time it was said (no idea how truthfully) that she'd only had four days off in her reign... and two of those were the days Andrew & Edward were born.

The Queen has a wicked sense of humour.

The E-mail was on a local network. It was before the internet, but it was still electronic mail.

QE2 was not arrogant or entitlef. She would never use her soft power for self agrandizement. She was respectful, hard working and reliable That's why she has our respect

The SA80 came into service in the late 80s early 90s. It was specifically designed to have less recoil than other combat rifles and the picture of the Queen firing the weapon shows it was in a vice like contraption. All Her Late Majesty did was to pull the trigger. This picture was taken about 1990 (I remember because it was the year I joined the Royal Air Force) so the Queen was in her mid 60 s.

Those ARE regular soldiers, who will have done tours of duty in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Every one a trained killer. This is part of their ceremonial role, wearing ceremonial uniform. It would be a bit pointless guarding the Head of State with civilians in fancy dress.

The Queens Gun carriage was pulled by the Ratings as in 1901 at Queen Victoria Funeral the Horses Broke free , the sailors pulled the Gun Carriage now its part of the Service . The Queen was still riding a few Months ago and worked until 2 days before she died .

Get this, the intruder actually climbed on the rainwater drain pipes, broke a window and got inside. The complete mystery is, how on earth did he find the Queen's bedroom out of the 775 rooms in the Buckingham palace? And it must have been a mystery to himself too because at first he didn't recognize the Queen. Her majesty pushed the alarm button on her bedside, which... wasn't connected. Being the absolute master of small talk, she kept the intruder busy with that. At one point she asked him if he was hungry. He said yes, so she offered to bring him some food. Thus she exited the bedroom and alerted someone who called the chief of the palace guard,, who - being told that the Queen wants to see him immediately - decided that he cannot show up in front of her unkempt and proceeded to shave... All of this was a huge scandal, and following the incident the entire security system of Buckingham palace was overhauled. In a way it's lucky that it was a deranged man who did this, because a sane person could have stolen countless highly valuable objects which this guy obviously didn't care for.

All licences in the UK along with passports are issued on behalf of the queen...so she never needed to issue herself one. She could travel anywhere in the world without a passport - EDIT - Just seen you get to this part of the video haha!

The "Poker face" you mention was probably her "Diplomatic" face! She dealt with Heads of State around the world and could ALWAYS be trusted with discretion. She was a VERY private person.

She is very intelligent and speaks French fluently. Everyone commented on how much she knew about a subject

The riffle in the photo only looks big against the Queen lol. Its a standard SA80 riffle and fire's 5.56mm rounds (Not big). The riffle is actually smaller than a standard AR riffle. Our boy scout's and army cadets fire these riffles a a very young age without issues. It has very little recoil m8.

The Guards are regular soldiers and you can tell which of the 5 regiment's they are in by the number of buttons are grouped together. These have their buttons in groups of 3 but, sorry, I cannot remember of hand which regiment that is. The Guards are part of the Household Division with the mounted regiments. Their headgear is called a bearskin and not a Busby which are usually worn by the Royal Artillery (or the 5 mile snipers as they used to be called).

Watch the Lying in State at Westminster Hall going on at moment till Sunday evening Much loved lady

After the intruder broke into the palace major changes were implemented immediately. Guards who were desensitised to faulty motion censors were replaced. More armed police on guard at all times and a total overhaul of the security systems.

She does go hunting, and there was some negative press when it showed her killing a bird by wringing its neck. But to me, everything she hunted, she ate. And the fact that she can kill game with her own hands. Most people can't even do that.

Driving on the left UK India Australia south Africa Japan and a few more I think about a third of the world population

The public roads in the UK are also known as the Queen's Highway as they are under "Royal Protection" so in effect they are her roads, she can go on them without a licence

I remember when the Queen visited the USA . The queen gave the speech. A speech the podium was too high no one couldn't see her. Then to get another speech congress. The first word can you see me now. This is a standing round of applause

HMQ couldn’t show her true feelings in public so often had to hide behind a mask but she had a cracking sense of humour and her smile shone out wherever she went.

The various divisions of the King's (formerly Queen's) guard can be identified by the arrangement of buttons on their tunic. There are differences in the plume on the hat too.

You say she wasn't just a normal everyday person, but there's a famous story about her where she was walking through the town of Windsor (where she had her favourite residence) when two American tourists approached her and asked if she'd ever met the Queen. She said that she hadn't, but pointed at her bodyguard and said that he had. The tourists got very excited and asked her to take a photo of them with this person who'd met the Queen!

When I came to the states on my last visit with my kids I decided I was going to drive, I was so nervous driving on the opposite side of the road, steering wheel on the left and driving an automatic however I found it incredibly easy and loved driving on your roads. My only issue was understanding the whole traffic lights situation, that still confuses me 😂

Rest In Peace Your Majesty. Queen Elizabeth II. A year has gone, since we lost you. It's still raw and still painful.

You should react to the 5th of November e.g the gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament with the king inside

Every one of the Queens guard has served in the British Armed forces the Queen is the "Boss" of the British Armed forces ( Army ,Navy ,and Airforce ).

A corgi was a cattle herding dog. The old roads had high hedges to keep the cattle together and the dogs would herd them forward by nipping their ankles - a habit some still have I'm told!

When Preident Reagan visitors the Queen in Scotland they both when riding out on her estate

There were times when a person was driving around Balmoral but broke down. If the queen happened to find them she would help them fix the car.

The Queen has always lived part of her life as a Scottish land owner. Hunting, shooting and fishing have always been part of her life

Queen Victoria was the 1st person to send a transatlantic telegram to America.

The guards division are regular soldier who serve operational tours in conflicts as well as doing ceremonial duties.

The guards in the red uniform ARE regular soldiers, (the hats are bearskins not busbies) they just have ceremonial duties as well. They've fight in all areas of war including Iraq and Afghanistan.

The hats the soldiers are wearing are called busbies - originally made of bearskin but these days of synthetic. Many armies used them in the 17th and 18th centuries, theoretically to make their soldiers look taller and more imposing.

3 buttons on Uniform & no plume (hackle) on Bearskin = Scots Guards. This unit saw action in many wars - last During the Falklands War. Scots Guards began its advance on the western side of Mount Tumbledown. During the course of the battle they Lead a bayonet charge on Argentinian defenders - which was one of the last bayonets charges by the British Army.

Around the time mp3 players were invented, a satirical mag carried a cover with a pic of the Queen saying 'it's wonderful! I can take it anywhere and it plays all my favourite tunes! It's the band of the Grenadier Guards!'

The solidiers are the Grenadier Guards - the Queen's/King's Guard. The busbys are made from real bearskin and can be up to 100 years old & they're cleaned using ordinary shampoo. They've tried to find a fabric to replace the bearskin, but haven't managed to find one that can cope with bad weather. The reason they're that size is because they were made to make the soldiers look bigger to the enemy. The gold strap goes above the chin because the bearskin could break a soldier's neck if it were under the chin and the hat was to dislodge. The Guards also have a band which (on the Queen's request) played the Stars & Stripes outside Buckingham Palace on 9/11 and "Respect" on the day of Aretha's funeral. Both on KZfaq.

She was a very beautiful person, in a lot of respects the in the UK we lost our mother that day.

I think they're specifically called Grenadier Guards.

The Royal family are famous for hunting. They have vast estates devoted to hunting. Why? Would anyone be surprised the Queen can shoot.

Just found your channel and subscribed lol glad your exploring your roots welcome back to the UK lol you should watch how Britain ended the slave trade its very interesting and most don't even know that lol keep up the good work bud and enjoy learning

There definitely soilders I was in the 2nd battalion Scots guards the training was brutal back in the early 80s there actually classed as elite soilders very highly trained and have fought in many wars and battles since the 1600 hundreds good video enjoyed watching btw the gun was an sa 80 very low recoil

ref the Guards, they are real soldiers, that is their dress uniform for ceremonial duties..

Sept 12th 2001 the Queen broke 600 years of tradition to play the star Spangled Banner at the changing of the guard. she wasn't just a queen, the was THE queen and it's no surprise the Queen knows how to shoot. She was a Tank Mechanic in WWII

She had a wonderful, dry sense of humour that most of us only found out about after she left us.

The ones you see when you asked are 1st Battalion, Scots Guards - whose latest 2 battle honours are the Falkland Islands 1982 and Gulf 1991, and the served in Iraq 2004. The Guards are fully trained and operational infantry soldiers of the British Army - a rotating detachment forms the Queens (now Kings) Guard for ceremonial duties at the Royal Palaces. The red is there number one dress (ceremonial) and all units have them - but you rarely see them worn - the bands tend to wear No1's and soldiers often get married in them. The Bearskin caps are classed as a battle honour (Guards grenadier companies wore them, not the whole battalion) - taken for their actions in helping defeat Napoleons Guards (who all wore bearskins).

She had good Genes, her mother was coming up for 102 when she passed away

Correction, she had 292 public engagements last year 2021.

During the war she was actually a mechanic, she loved working on there cars. ❤❤❤❤

The reason why the driver sits on the right goes back to the days of bandits and carriages. Sitting on the right side of the carriage allowed the sword arm to be free to fight off the bandits.

The soldiers are the Queen's Guard, part of the Coldstream Guards and there are several different units - hint: you tell them apart from the configuration of the buttons down the front of the uniforms. Everyone you see in ceremonial or dress uniforms (including historical dress) is an active serving soldier/sailor.

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general internet was mid-1990's, but it's roots go back to 70's. In the 70's it was still thought that ordinary people would never want to have 'home computers' ! QE2 would have loved your title!!!

She also had an attempt on her life during a Trooping if the Colour, on horseback sat side saddle some fired shots, horse got skittish but The Queen controlled it and carried on. I think they were blanks but not sure .

There are loads of documentaries about Windsor castle, one called Windsor castle: a royal year is really cool. there's another one that focus on the Queen's Guards and their daily routines and duties , also really cool.

I just love dogs and Horses just like her in this way!!!🇨🇦❤️🇬🇧🇨🇦🇨🇦🙏🏼🙏🏼

If you get a chance mate have a look at Fred Dibnah steeple jack laddering a chimney It'll make your stomach do back flips

She was also filmed with Mr Bean - in character as an MI5 agent, Johnny English. She had firearms training in her national service, along with driving trucks, and servicing them too like a Mechanic.

No drivers license , no passport, her likeness is on all money !!🇬🇧🇬🇧

Regarding her response to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about being old, Justin was born while his father was Prime Minister of Canada and Justin had met the Queen when he was a little boy. I imagine as more of the leaders became younger then her children and more her older grandchildren’s age, they all made her feel old.

She rode all her life! All dogs but these ones the most!!❤️🇬🇧

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Hi Steve. This gun is a L85 battle rifle. Used by NATO service weapon used by the british army. The queen was 67 years old. in 1993. From UK 🇬🇧👍👍 b Safe take care where ever you are. PEACE ☮️🕊️ an old cockney gal. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you all.🎄⛄🎁🍾🍷🍺❄️🦃

I'm no royalist but Elizabeth was a good woman and a great Queen 👍

driving on the left goes back to history when a knight would ride on the left so that his sword arm was free to protect himself. The Queen used to ride side saddle too. The soldiers are regular army and VERY well trained. They are the Grenadier, the welsh, the irish and the scots, Coldstream i think. You can tell them apart by the number of buttons on their tunics and the emblem on their busbys (hats).

You are such a nice and gracious man. An honorary English man

They are called the Brigade of Guards and I was one for 16 years, in the Grenadier Guards……and the fluffy hat is called a bearskin……lol just to explain….there are Coldstream, Scots and Irish Guards we all wear the red tunic etc….to tell the difference you can see the different button alignment on the red tunics, or on the bearskins, where the plumes are different colours also, keep well mate and keep up the videos

At least one head of state thought HMQ really jumped from the helicopter.

The Queen had an incredible sense of humour. I guess she had to have to be married to Prince Philip for 70 odd years! She was magnificent and I'm not even a Royalist. Even those who are anti-monarchy generally had at least a healthy respect for her as a personal and the service she gave even if they didn't agree with her position. You'd be hard pressed to find someone in Britain who actively disliked Her Majesty.

They are regular Army,they have fought in every war.they are the Guards Brigade,Grenadears,Coldstream,Scots Welsh,Irish,on horseback, the Blues&Royals and Lifeguards they take it in turns to do ceremonial duties sideout the Palace

She loves horses

They are regular soldiers, they are the the guards division 💂 they are the Grenadier guards, Scots guards, Welsh guard and the Irish Guards. In the Grenadiers there is a company of Queens Guard’s. The fluffy hats are called Bear Skins.

The soldiers are Coldstream Guards, the hats are called bearskins- because they are made of bearskin(Canadian black bear specifically).Even people who don't really approve of the monarchy respected Queen Elizabeth.

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Soldiers called queens guard, hats called busby

I looked after the corgis in a Windsor vet practice many years ago! They were certainly protective of themselves and certainly spoilt 🤣🤣🤣 but gorgeous non the less