The Plot To Make Prince Philip King | The Political Origins Of The Royal Love Match | Real Royalty
Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King tells the fascinating inside story of the fierce tensions unleashed when the Queen fell in love with Prince Philip. Tensions that would place huge strain on the royal marriage, and would shape the future of Elizabeth's reign. The royal and political elite disliked Philip's German roots and they also disliked his larger than life, ferociously ambitious uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten. This film draws on unpublished memoirs to show how Mountbatten manoeuvred for a royal marriage as early as the winter of 1939-40, when the Queen was just 13.
But when Mountbatten was heard to declare, 'The House of Mountbatten now reigns', following the death of King George VI in 1952, the establishment fought back against what they feared was a dynastic coup. Churchill himself was very instrumental in making sure Philip would have no meaningful power and some of the royal family members at the time were also opposed to the prospect of this royal match.
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Phillip was so much more handsome than his sons
Yes! He was
You think so? I don't know about that, but his uncle certainly was
@@patrickpierce1635 NO.
Agree,Charles is not handsome at all.
@@mairim4578 - amen!
The queen fell head over heels for him. You can see it in her demeanor as a young, newly engaged woman.
I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
Elizabeth seems absolutely radiant next to the love of her life!
@@manadojones9638 I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
@@kashfiaislam9995 Why?. You have some splaining to do.
@@manadojones9638 Because Prince Philip's great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn was a stupid idiot for getting married and producing an heir. I wish Queen Victoria was never born so that Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn's younger brother Ernest Augustus could also inherit the British throne in addition to becoming king of Hanover. 👑💍
We all now she was happily married.... She never hid that from the world. 💖She loved him and he loved her. 💖
I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
@@kashfiaislam9995 please come have tea with us here in hell, where the weather's always hot 🥵 the teas always warm 🙄...and I burn the damn scones all the time...🤨 We eat at 5 don't be late......😂😂😂😂
@@kashfiaislam9995 tea time...in hell...by invite only....you are our guest of honor... By order of The Princes....5 o'clock don't be late....🧐
Are you high?
@@griffinmathers929 🍻
This is so sad. No wonder Philip was such a hard man. He had a very harsh early life.
Sorry. What harsh early life ?
If he truly loved his wife for herself and wasn't grasping for power that he was never entitled to, then there wasn't much that was sad about his life for that time. Many children of that wartime era TRULY had nobody. I didn't see him in any orphanages-- then he ends up living a long life in several castles with an adoring wife and 4 healthy children-- he actually had the 'happily ever after'!
@@AndriyValdensius-wi8gwum being 'born ' into position doesn't mean you have had an easy life... or you are not human...
@jomatthewson9550 You have no idea. My grandparents were arrested at midnight by the Soviet NKVD, loaded into cattle trucks and shunted to Siberia, with their children, including my mother. My grandfather was in a Soviet labour camp. My grandmother took every dirty job going to put some bread in her children's mouths. And she got them out when countless thousands died. My grandfather wasn't so lucky. When he died and was buried in the Polish army cemetery in Soviet Kazakhstan, he weighed 7 stone. He was a big guy prewar. My grandmother and her kids including my mum, spent the rest of the war in British India via Persia, which wasn't bad, as it happens, right up to the butchery of the great Hindu Muslim riots and slaughter of 1947, when Europeans just kept their heads down to survive. They came to England in 1948 as DPs , that's "displaced persons", in the jargon. They were actually among the luckier ones compared to others. But, please don't lecture me about what " harsh" means. And especially about Philip and his Nazi family.
@@AndriyValdensius-wi8gwUhm, maybe because he was born into a Greek royal family whom was exiled at a young age, and also orphaned at a young age being ditched by both his parents? And having to be raised by his uncle? And not having a sense of permanency until Mountbatten took him in?
I always have admired him for his loyalty to his wife and as she said many times he was her strength and both had a great sense of humor which is so beneficial to a marriage.
I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
@@kashfiaislam9995 when you think this way you are harming your soul.
@@kashfiaislam9995 how are you feeling today 🥰🌹💐
He was tall and handsome - she was pretty with a cute smile = why shouldn't they be happy together
she was never pretty, just not too ugly… and she was extremely young, so she had youth on her side. Margaret was definitely prettier. Their character was very different too. In terms of her beauty, she is responsible for the oddly close set eyes thing that especially Charles and Edward have and passed onto especially Harry and Louise.
It looks to me as if everybody -- including "Dicky" -- underestimated Elizabeth. She was a very smart woman who was never going to be anybody's "pawn." Queen or not, she was a 20th Century wife and so just naturally "ruled the roost." Seems to have been a good and loving marriage.
NOTHING is what it seems. All the world's a stage.
Guess you didn’t know about all the cheating allegations in the 50’s.
@@Garbeaux. Cheating allegations? Well, nothing out of the norm, I'm thinking. My understanding is that's a given that men do as they please the rule being don't get caught. Women to be faithful till they produce an heir and a spare then, same deal. Don't get caught. Maybe so. Elite male fidelity. I REALLY doubt it.
@@albertfinney1328a circus
They'd all be so surprised how good of a consort he was to her majesty
Right? The man gave up his passion- his naval career as he was climbing up the ranks. He gave up their home right after they modified and put their personal touch on it, so they could live in the palace. He didn't even have a say when his wife and children rejected his last name, so they could take on the name of Windsor instead. His career, his home, his last name all given up..... for her majesty the queen.
Prince Philip won the lotto by marrying Elizabeth; from royal destitute to prince consort of the British Empire. Not bad; not bad at all!
From promising naval career to dog and pony show actor. Some Lotto
@@prabuddhaghosh7022 That's another way of seeing it, but he valued more becoming her husband; and that's what really counted for him: Prince in the greatest kingdom in the world. So, in the end, it was lotto for him.
Man's man !!
@@babyolman1622 The value of a man is not in being a man but in the greatness of his character. This one lacked that!
What I loved about Prince Philip was that in spite of the fact that he spent his youth in poverty and pretty well list both of his parents at a young age, he did not spend his time feeling sorry for himself. He he just got on with his life.
& ❤,,,❤
His idea of poverty and the everyday man's idea are to different things
Good thing there was no Oprah to cry to
@@TR-IRLšteta što jednu ovako lijepu priču prljate svojom mržnjom
Your idea of poverty is quite different than that of the masses. While he did not have his mother or father he was financially taken care of. Well above that of the average person. I think it's safe to say he never worried about where his next meal was coming from.
The Queen and Philip are both descendants of King George II. So they are very distant cousins. The whole "we don't know where he came from" is a bit silly since they are actually related.
I’m surprised that royals inter-marry. I didn’t think it was allowed. Is that why they are the way they are? You know, a bit strange?
@@rctaylor5689 Most royal families and those of the aristocracy would inter-marry. Look up Habsburg jaw.
They are third cousins - however, Philip grew up in Greece, France, and later in England. This was worlds away for young cousins without a reason to be introduced to one another.
@@rctaylor5689 to protect their fortune and secrets!
@@rctaylor5689 back then royals could only marry royals. They all became related in the end
Prince Philip did an amazing job. He was one of my favourite royals as he had the best sense of humour, if you don't take it too seriously. I'm glad that because of corona they, Prince Philip and the Queen, actually got to have some time off just to be together in their last years.
he did an amazing job throughout his life and they loved each other very much. I knew about his Uncle he was very trying to get a marriage to Philip and he won but they did love each other
@@sheilawhite8314 What about him cheating on her?
Are you aware that in the '80s Prince Philip said that when he died he hoped that he comes back as a virus so they can help with the overpopulation of the common people because we were just bottom feeders. Why do you idolize these people is beyond me.
And the Royal blood line is German. Prince Philips Uncle was a Nazi.
@@gayletodd2236 it was the brothers in law not his uncle
I never understood why he was considered Prince Philip an outsider when he was a great Grandson of Queen Victoria, his Mother was born at Windsor castle.
@@tiffany3652 :. Old school Britons very clannish. Prince Philip didn't go to the "right" schools.
Born on a kitchen table in Greece (Corfu) and didn’t have a surname until Uncle Dickie wanted him in the Royal Navy.
The place where one is born (jus soli) matters when it comes to one's citizenship. In the case of Prince Philip, even if he had British ancestry via his mother, the fact that he was born in Greece (Corfu) necessitated that he acquired British Citizenship.
@@tiffany3652 his actual surname is German. He took on the name of Mountbatten from his Uncle.
@@ilduce5874 :. True. Battenberg to Mountbatten. So, Windsor-Mountbatten family name is about 107 years old? Changed to Windsor from Saxe-Gotha-Coburg (spelling ?) approximately 1915 ?
The irony is the royal family before Phillip was already 2/3rds German. Victoria = German mother, Prince Albert (husband) full German. Their children and grandchildren (X) are still the Royal Family. The Queen was Victorias direct great (X) granddaughter, phillip her great (X) grandson. Phillip through direct line with one of victorias daughters and Elizabeth through her eldest son and heir aka Birdie (Albert) King Edward VII. His son was George V. BTW the Queens grandmother (queen mary) was also GERMAN. They're more German than anything, Phillip just made their heirs even more so. In addition Mountbatten wasn't Phillips family name, he took it (from uncle) to marry the queen.
You have to remember the Anti-German feelings post WWI. The royals where definitely trying to distance themselves from the German connection(except Edward the Nazi later on) well before the Nazi issue arose.
The house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha didn’t have quite the same cachet it enjoyed before WWI roused anti-German sentiments in England. Rebranding the royal family lineage as Windsor was absolutely necessary at the time to preserve the institution.
I agree with everything written by both. All true as well.
@RONDAL..SPOT ON..I couldn't see why the Royal Family was so rough on Phillip they were all German. During WW1 KING GEORGE V changed their family name from SAXE COLBERG GOTHA TO WINDSOR.
His Mother was a Battenburg. Not his father.
His acceptance of the royals keeping Windsor is a testament of his love to his wife, who loved him beyond his death. True love indeed
No, it is Mountbatten-Windsor. Philip was livid with the prospect of his children having the surname Windsor. He referred himself as the amoeba if his children did not carry his name
It was said, that his uncle did mention that he was probably going to be unfaithful. Elizabeth might have been faithful, but the tabloids had too many scandals about his infidelities. Among them was a story of a young model that had been his mistress for years during his marriage. According to the tabloids, Elizabeth had suspected it and had spies tracing him. Once his infidelity was confirmed, she kicked him out of her bedroom for life. It was well known that they did not sleep together for years. She did love him; it was love at first sight for her. The tabloids also mentioned many, many years ago, that he was not interested in her but his uncle offered him money. He was not rich at all. He was a Greek Prince from a fading monarchy. He ( according, once more to the tabloids) thought that Margaret was prettier, and would consider it. Then his uncle offered him much, much more to a point where he accepted and married Elizabeth. But, to Elizabeth, her duty was to preserve the kingdom above all. Besides, the monarch of England is also the head of the Anglican Church, that was why the crown was so against divorce. They were until recently, under Elizabeth. There has been so many scandals that she had to bend a little to the point where she gave her Ok to Charles to marry Camilla, even at a Cathedral. She didn’t divorce Phillip, but I guess as he got old and sick, they became cordial enemies, all in order to preserve the Kingdom. Therefore, they kept the facade, and were buried Near each other. If she had loved him forever, she would have resigned to retain the kingdom and forgiven him his adulterous behavior. She would have given him more children like Queen Victoria.
By-the way, the reason for which Prince Phillip never was given the Consort King title and had to forever walk behind the Queen, according, once more to the tabloids, was because of his unfaithfulness. She punished him with this constant humiliation. I sometimes wonder, why she approved Charles’ marriage to Camilla and also gave her Ok for naming Camilla, Princes of Wales and Consort Queen. Could it be that separating from Phillip while she was so young, she became too lonely and eventually had a “ BFF “, best friend forever? Did Charles forced her by telling her that he would talk if she did not accept his demands for Camilla? Harry is talking… All is possible! After all, they are just human beings, like all of us.
@@mdm5554 this is all Gossip Bec her son was destined to be Kong, as is his son, getting her husband's last name would had given it to her son & grandson, thus they would not have kept "the House of Windsor"
He had no choice. He really tried but in this matter his wife couldn’t and wouldn’t back down. How stupid was it in the first place to expect that….
It was jolly good that Elizabeth put her foot down that Phillip was her choice. Phillip had reason to dislike Elizabeth's family, but he was pragmatic that they did not make the final decision. Phillip was inherently a good person, and he served his new country in the war. Too bad the family did not embrace him.
It's too bad the queen didn't do the same when Charles first met Camilla. He should have married her in the early 70s. Much pain could have been prevented.
@@lauratroxel24 I agree with you
Bwahahahaaa yeah ok that's what people say after they tangle with the devil himself
@@lauratroxel24 So true!
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Besides all the history and bios, the love story here is the young princess met her true love and had a very long life together. It is a love story. Now, together in eternity. ❤
I doubt that
If only you knew the truth.
Très enrichissant peut on avoir , en français ? C'est l'Histoire ! AM M.
tall handsome blonde haired guy - influential, pretty and intelligent female get married and raise family for over 60 years = quit hating on them..
What a lovely, heartwarming thought. I'm glad you posted it
I would not say Prince Philip "walked 3 steps behind his wife", I would say, rather, that "he was a gentleman who let his wife walk ahead of him, as most gentlemen do". I met Prince Philip twice, at receptions. He did not let his rank curb his appetite for "fun".
Protocol dictates that the consort walk behind the Royal spouse.
If that is what makes YOU feel better, but ultimately their wording was correct since it is a royal protocol for him to walk two steps behind the Queen, just like Camilla walks two steps behind King Charles.
“Let his wife……”, as much as I like this man, he did not “let” her, he was bound to do so. But I don’t doubt he is a gentleman indeed.
The protocol is that EVERYONE walks behind the monarch.veven her husband, who did it quite peacefully and with a touch of humor. Walking behind someone is something Merkle could never do, as seen in many photos barging ahead of the Queen
yes,his appetite for minors
Elizabeth and Philip met when she was 13, so they were together for over 80 years. Heck, nowadays people barelty stay six months at a job, so imagine being in love with someone for ever 80 years?
Pedo grooming!
Marriage of convenience,only love from her side! He used and abused! The queen started well but Phillip caused her grief!
@@shirleyvanderheijden5934 LOL, thank you for this point of view from the femminist dimension and now back to planet Earth. The Queen had many times expressed the sentiment that Phillip is her sun and her rock. Of course he loved her, maybe his love didn't meet your ultraselfish femminist standards but that is your problem, not theirs.
@@shirleyvanderheijden5934 Sure and that’s why she repetitively stated he was her strength throughout her reign.
@@shirleyvanderheijden5934 bitter much?
Phillip was pure royalty on both sides. He was absolute perfection with a perfect physique and fresh personality
... and he was a loyal husband, father, and to his role/Britain. I don't know how he managed, but he truly was Higher Minded, and Emotionally Mature, Achieved. Impressive, and he was truly an attractive man. ...and he was no more Germanic that the *Windsors aka "Saxe Coburg Gotha"* All the Royals of Europe, are Germanics, save what few Marivingians remain.
In Europe, "pure royalty on both sides" = incest. To his credit, Phillip DID protest to being subservient to his wife. While they did truly love each other, Phillip would spend extended time away when there was a disagreement. Royalty is not all that it's cracked up to be.
Faithfulness is worth more than Olympian looks
I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
@Peggysue His daughter, Princess Anne is not beautiful at all. 👗👠👑💍
What a great documentary. I learnt a lot from it that I hadn't known before. Thank you. I always held Prince Philip in high esteem and never realised what a truly wonderful man he was until now. He gave up a lot for his wife and his queen. I think the UK and the British monarchy owe him a lot. I am Maltese. Prince Philip was stationed here in Malta during the second world war and he and then Princess Elizabeth lived among us for two years, so they both hold a very special place in the hearts of all of us Maltese. Pity that this little snippet wasn't mentioned in this documentary.
I think that is because the documentary is really about the influence of Mountbatten on the Royal family .
Malta is such a beautiful and fascinating place, with an incredible history. I've never been there, but would love to visit. Malta was bombed continually during WW2 and suffered from severe shortages due to German Navy/Air force. So much so that after war, the country received a special medal for heroism.
@@arievena19744 Very true. ☺ We got the George Cross and we proudly carry it on our flag.
@@szendrich :. Thank you, Simone! George Cross. Very special.
They said it was the happiest years of their lives, they could be a normal Navy couple. I have seen several accounts of the two of them in Malta. I have been there, it is beautiful.
Her parents didn't approve but he ended up by her side until he passed. They were wrong on this one XD
exactly - love is all about loyalty, honor and endurance = they won
Queen Elizabeth was so in love with Prince Phillip... Watching from Paris!
Hello Paris I've visited your beautiful city and I loved it!! I'm watching from Houston Texas.. Merry Christmas 🎅
hello how you?
Not difficult to see why!
Watching from Mon Repos , Prince Philip's place of birth.
Watching from Washington State!! I would love to be in Paris!! Have a great time!!⚡️⚡️⚡️👑👑👑👑🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I have never heard Mountbatten's daughters before. I'm glad Elizabeth had some normal human sympathy in that moment, however brief.
Prince Phillip had an enormous challenge in his life as the Queen’s husband. It’s a huge tribute to him that he made it work.
I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
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@@berenicemiller410 I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
Truly
@@lawanyaarvind2810 I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
Excellent documentary. Like many people, I once met Prince Philip at a function (for Outward Bound) and far from the brusque person that we were maybe expecting, he was incredibly charming, extremely well briefed and I always remember that he left in what looked like a London cab with no signs of security at all. He did his job very well.
Just now I
When Georgette Heyer met him, she described him as a man who was very impressed by how charming he was, considerably more impressed then she was.
psihopats and pedos are always charming in public,look at every big serial killer,the truth is philip was just as perverse and sadistic as any of them,just look at the drama around him at a time when the media wasnt like it is today,that sick fuck got in to some sick satanic stuff u just know it
@@fspg3207 Maybe he was on his best behaviour that day? I have also read many accounts of where he was rude and abrasive to people. Strangely enough while Princess Anne appears to be flavour of the month these days, the one time I met her, she was breathtakingly rude to a group of elderly volunteers and at this particular engagement the most important thing was that she arrived on time and was then rushed through the event to get back in the helicopter to rush to the next event. As someone there said, it would be better to donate the money spent that day on the helicopter to the various charities than go through that experience again.
Prince Phillip stepped up! He was a loyal Prince and Duke to the Queen and commonwealth.
Great coverage of history. Just to add an observation, all the men are handsome in their own way but Prince Phillip and his uncle were a cut above the rest. Quite dashing young men if I must say.
A good documentary that helps put together so many puzzles in the Royal Family life. Prince Philips was just a man with experience, strong character with brave and endurance in his life. That documentary says it all. Queen Elizabeth II did not stop loving him as a man of her life. They were also great- great- cousins. From Queen Victoria. Amazing story!
I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
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I have a lot of respect for Philip. He always put his duty to England and his wife ahead of all else.
@@jeanchampion671 I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
She put her foot down at her snotty relatives, born into royalty and perpetually unemployed.
They loved each other and he finally had a loving home. Im pleased he had a good life after such childhood tragedy. He was totally handsome throughout his life
I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
It turned out that Prince Philip 🤴 was perfect for the queen as a husband and consort! Also as a member of the royal family, and the UK and the lands under the queen' s rule!
True! Rocky start / smooth sailing thereafter.
@@shirleyminassian1547 , I agree with you! Thank you, God bless you 🙏!
@@jamesmiller4184 , I agree with you! Thanks, God bless you 🙏!
@@shirleyminassian1547 , you're welcome.
Philip was gorgeous when he was younger and grew up to be a very handsome, intelligent man. A real alpha male! But the love story for 70 yrs...Queen Elizabeth, II and her Prince Phillip. Different in many ways but fiercely loyal to each other. Thanks from across the Pond. Thank GOD for Lord Mountbatten serving as a surrogate father
Mountbatten has a very sinister past.
@@wyzolma99 Yes, he was a pedophile. many accounts of this.
I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
I resent this alpha nonsense passionately. Men do come with all different personalities and that’s wonderful. I take a warm, empathetic, sensitive man over a dominating one any day. This alpha nonsense is just another form of toxic masculinity.
Prince Phillip was a hunk!! As Elvis would say, he was a “Hunka Hunka Burnin Love” 🔥 ❤️😍
😂😂😂😂👍
Who wouldn't fall in love with Prince Phillip? He was tall, striking & handsome, & royal.
Handsome by British standards, sure….
I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
Edward was not forced to abdicate in favor of his brother, he was forced to abdicate cause he wanted to marry a divorced women, meanwhile the rest were allowed or forced to marry family members..
Yes, he chose it. He chose love. Where did you hear there was any force?
The "Wallis" story was a very convenient excuse. King Edward VIII had a strong relationship with the Nazis and after the abdication fell in with Hitler who promised to reinstate him as King and banish the RF once he won the war. Edward VIII was a traitor.
No the truth is that edward was a nazi sympathiser and it made him dangerous to the national security of the empire.
@@marthamccabe1477 It also could have been that this was his way out of a job he did not really wanted, there was an stagering hostility against king Eduard from the utterly conservative ellite. Had there not been a Wallis Simpson Eduard probably would have been in constant conflict with that elite and the governement.
Are you sure he chose love? Neither were faithful, before or after marriage.
An amazing love story, one that lasted over 70 years!
Interesting how many can see the "love story" in this video, but reject the one in the H&M documentary.
Indeed! It’s awesome when your great great grandchildren marry each other.
Yeah, him, the Queen and a mistress or two.
He gave up a lot. He gave up giving his children his surname. Fairly there should have been a dynasty change with Charles' ascension. It should be House of Mountbatten. Will it change to Mountbatten-Windsor when William becomes king? I don't know.
@@starastro4591 my granddaughter married her 3rd cousin
Lol! He was such a smarty pants ! Bless his heart ! I liked him .
I love the ROYALS AND ALWAYS WILL. I FIGURED he started out to the ROYALS to have a bad situations. But LOVE WINS all. Love would show how much he cares for Queen Elizabeth. Now he spent 70 years in love for his WIFE and for her country. I respected him for this grand respect.
A dear friend of mine Tom O’Mara often tells me Prince Phillip was a leader by nature forced by circumstances to follow and Queen Elizabeth was a follower by nature forced to lead. Tom has written an hilarious book Escape the Palace highlighting these traits in their character, I can’t recommend it highly enough it had me in stitches.
He was a well known NAZI and supported of the British Union of Fascists. Stop talking about him like a hero
😂Fate can deal some strange cards 😢! Miss them both - Oh for some rationalality and sanity b4 they implode - bring on the younger ones 🎉❤
Queen Elizabeth’s veil was GORGEOUS
Prince of Greece AND Denmark. When he was stranded as an orphan and in exile from Greece, he was given a Danish passport and thereby the opportunity to move across borders.
He was also descended from the Danish Royal family. The Greeks didn't have a monarch and chose the brother of Queen Alexandra who was the daughter of the Danish king (married to Edward VII) as their king.
He never was an orphan.
Well, he practically was. With his father off to Monaco, not caring and his mother gone. That's how Battenberg, sorry Mountbatten got his fingers on him. And that is how he became a Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, sorry a Windsor@@Celisar1
Does anyone else LOVE the Lady Pamela Hicks as much as me!! A beacon of dignity and strength. What a lady, completely tells it like it is about everything!!
I absolutely love this Channel. What an amazing love story ❤ Sadly Prince Philip has passed away 💔 RIP You were an Amazing Man Father and Husband Queen Elizabeth could not made a finer choice 🙏
You totally glossed over the fact the Phillip's mother lost a baby and she was in deep grief when her husband out her away so he could be with the woman he wanted at the time
I noticed that too. She wasn’t mentally ill.
And she turned to God which didn't go over well. She became a nun and established an order in Greece after she got out of the asylum. She rescued Jews and is buried in Jerusalem as per her wishes.
I wonder if Prince Phillips mother was actually crazy. She could have been sent away so that his father could move on with the mistress.
I think there’s a doc on this channel about Princess Alice. Her own memories do seem like she was not insane but did not care about being a princess. Her time at the sanitarium was horrendous. She ended up saving Jews during ww2 and embodies a life of service that we like to see from royals.
@@tanyasealark: She may have been depressed by how she was treated by her husband, or had some other mental health challenges that were not well understood at the time; and the institutionalization was to get her out of the way. Thankfully she was able to escape this! She was a very intelligent woman, born deaf who learned to lip read and speak many languages. She was determined to serve those less fortunate, rather than dwelling on her own misfortunes.
She was a bit strange..
With an unfaithful husband Alice would have been traumatised and projected his behaviour onto her,by accusing her of mental problems! True narcissistic man!
She helped hide Jews from the Nazis. Very brave.
Wow, amazingly put together.Such a great watch. God's great. He makes everything wonderful, in His time.
The Queen was so beautiful when she smiled and laught, and loved to laught. I miss her so much.
As he was 3 steps away : I bow for his way to be as wanted. Respect.❤ He did the job bravely as a man has to do merring a Queen to be. I adore that man. ❤
Merring? The word is “marrying “. Sheesh.
Mountbatten battle to get his nephew married to Queen Elizabeth is a lot similar to the battle of Leopold, King of the Belgians to marry his nephew Albert with Queen Victoria.
I think he hurt her a lot as his wife. but he also got punched on the nose by palace officials.
Love your documentary Prince Philip serene and unspoiled Perfect to go pararrel with Her Majesty Oueen Elizabeth
Churchill considered Philip too arrogant? Look who was taking 😂
"They" knew exactly who he was. He had German blood, as did ALL the royals. They were related. He was no more or less German than they were. He was royal on both sides. Elizabeth II wasn't. This video is bonkers.
Agree its click bait, but love pictures I've never seen. Always knew prince Philip was handsome - what a cutie pie as a youth.
Elizabeth is descendent from Scottish royalty on her mother’s side. The Queen Mother’s parents were not in favor of her marrying George VI because her Royal blood was greater than his.
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@@dominaevillae28 Her mother's side were minor Scottish nobility and hardly royal.
@@think-and-check You are Ukrainian! Glory to Ukraine! Death to Moscow!
He just disrespected her with his affairssssss, but she loved him, sorry I could not have endured him like that. She was a powerful woman.
Allegedly Andrew was sired by someone else, not Papa Philip. He was the favorite of the Queen.
About Mountbatten "...you're so crooked if you swallowed a nail, you'd s**t a corkscrew."
Fascinating as much as it is haunting history of Prince Philip.
I hope Prince Philip is burning in Hell with his great great great grandfather Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and his great great grandmother Queen Victoria. 👗👠👑💍
I absolutely loved Prince Philip it broke my heart when both he and the Queen passed away 💔
That was so sad. It happens so often, once one partner in a long relationship dies, the remaining partner usually fades away quickly after. I thought while watching his funeral, that the Queen was now on borrowed time, and within an few months it was like she was almost unrecognizable from the weight she had lost.
However you best deal with grief, best reinforce the means. Revelations, truths, are on the way.
@@ArtGirl82 Quite likely it wasn't even her you were looking at.
@@albertfinney1328 Oh, fucking grow up with that shit.
I liked Philip. He was what people said, rude etc. He wasn't such the snob many in close circles were. I don't think he was rude etc, to the ordinary person..just to those of, so called higher standing. Who cares about his bloodline? Personally, I couldn't care less. He was a striking figure of a man..fit for the queen.
This is a great video, thank you! I never knew any of this, wow...
I really love his honesty. Very direct &; 5 years Late QE2 senior. He was no angel, but he kept to his vows to love her, cherish her, protect her till death do them part. A pillar of strength to the Queen & the Monarchy. He was a strong supporter of lady Diana throughout her married life, but never interfere with the Queen's decision about Diana's separation & divorce as a 3rd wheel was involved in his son's marriage that made things so complicated from the very start of Diana's engagement.
Now we have Philip & Elizabeth the Golden Couple of the 19th Century. They both gave their all. As l key in this message, l am sincere & true to every word. I just love them. RIP Philip & Elizabeth 2.
Yeah... they both gave their all... yeah, and in return they became the richest people on earth (except for the Vatican, of course).
Philip and Elizabeth of the 20th century.
They weren't alive in the 19th century were they?
@@B_Bodziak Certainly not. At the end of the 19th Century and for the first years of the 20th Century, Queen Victoria was still the reigning monarch.
@@B_Bodziak No they were not. Queen Victoria (1837-1901?) and Prince Albert were the royal couple of the 19th century (1800-1900). We are now in the 21st century. QE2 and PPhil were 20th century.
If you know all of this you can understand why he didn’t like Fergie and Meghan. He knows what it is like to give up things for the woman you love and learning to work with the institute. But also how to make a mark nevertheless. He’s the prototype of being strong yet flexible.
He knew cunning! Dianna was sincere and true royal blood,which improved their bloodline for the future! But look what happened to Harry,rebelling and influenced by a schemer Meghan! Also Charles and Andrew were arrogant like their father Phillip! Most have a narcissistic personality,and prey on people for their own greed,status with no care about their feelings!
And he had a much more traumatic childhood than Meghan and he never cried about it.
Get it right, lady... It was Harry's decision to step back from the Monarchy after all the visceral in the Tabloids, with racial overtones directed to his wife, mark increase in threats of harm against his family, and some serious allegations of RACISM within the Monarchy, which had ties to the Nazis and their idea is an "Aryan race" . Did you know that the future King, William, also attended the party with Harry, where he wore a Nazi uniform... Yes, Harry's older brother was happy to attend, and stood I idly by as his brother's awful misstep.
@@shirleyminassian1547 , lady, how was Meghan "different"? Please expand, other then she was African American, and her marriage to Harry was the first recognizes interracial Royal couple in the British Monarchy. Did you know that Philip's thee sisters were married to high ranking Nazi officers?
@@shirleyminassian1547 Diana was also an aristocrat.
Their marriage was a bedrock. He had numerous affairs. I guess that is where his son gets if from.
Charles had only one , the love of his life who he later married.
@@Celisar1 🤣🤣🤣 you're young. And no, camilla was not the only one.
Louis Mountbatten was determined to get a member of his family into the Royal Family. I agree he was really ruthless and ha delusions of grandeur.
That is why Philip did not need much time to figure Meghan Markle out.
Thank you. A very uplifting and interesting video. Thank you again. Florida USA 🇺🇸
William is a good looking lad. Phillip was very handsome and you can see why Queen Elizabeth fell in love. She was also beautiful so they made a stunning couple. They were devoted to each other. He loved her to the end. Loved his sense of humour. I think William and Catherine will follow the same path as his grandparents.
William used to be good looking but now he looks more like Charles. Philip never lost his good looks even as an old man, he still was handsome.
William who? Loool
@@nomahope3182 no, he's still good looking
@@julieme7927 To you he is. Not to me. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
@@nomahope3182 yep. And you gave your opinion and I gave mine.
Prince Phillip's great aunt was Queen Alexandra of Britain, Phillip's Grandfather's sister. I think that is fascinating & lovely.
Alisa I used to correspond with Prince Philip. When his first letter arrived I couldn't believe it. He had written my name by hand.
Lady Pamela still gets so emotional recalling that moment Philip had to inform Elizabeth that she had become Queen, despite it being decades ago. It really demonstrates how heavy and shocking the moment was for all of them.
I am an Australian 🇦🇺 I have always and Admired the Queen and Prince Philip and their family. Now that The Queen has passed I feel a great loss as if a distant Relative has Passed. To see the chaos now in the Royal Family is very very sad.
I love how these people who were not even a twinkle in their papa's eyes at the time of these events claim to know how people were 'feeling' 50 years ago.
Winston Churchill played a major part in this history. I always wondered why he was on the balcony next to the Queen!
❤Wow The Dynasties were so Dynamic ❤
Absolute a beautiful video full of love and simplicity
Being unfaithful is a prerequisite for the monarchy. They are fascinating to study
Their marriages had nothing to do with love back in the day and up to the marriage of Charles and Diana. They were arranged to form alliances between powerful or royal families. Many of the marriages were political (Edward VII was a good example). The infidelities were brought about by having to marry people for whom they felt little to nothing. Queen Victoria managed to marry her multitude of children off to as many European monarchies as she could manage.
A class act. Ive always liked him and never felt that he was a "stud" or anything resembling that. He is a Kingly person to have managed the whole damn thing. And this foolishness about him being German, MY God, they are all GERMANS.
Their offspring are all German. Including “King” Charles. Also William & his children.
Agreed 💯
Yes, the BRF was entirely German since way before Victoria. I think King George I didn't speak English. Only German. Even Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII, who was Danish, but the Danish RF was entirely German, too. The first monarch in a few hundred years to have UK ancestry was QEII. Her mother was fully Scottish.
Everyone is pretty much an immigrant. There’s been so many influxes over the years, a lot of the world is becoming a melting pot. Is this a bad thing?
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This is my impression of Primce Philip. Elizabeth was Queen when I was born. (I am American.) Philip was a maverick and a pioneer. He was quite misunderstood in the early days. His childhood was quite transient. Despite this early trauma, he emerged as a resolute, charismatic, and determined young man. I think he was quite impressive! I don't know why senior royals thought he was "not royal enough"!! He was a 'kissing cousin', Closely related to them. But then, so was Czar Nicholas of Russia. And Kaiser Wilhelm. I guess it was all too close to home for comfort. Blame Queen Victoria! --or thank her! What a huge brood she had! She and her descendants Definitely shaped the future of Europe and the world. I think Elizabeth made the right choice. Even though he might not have been perfect, he was the best partner and husband for her. They were a great team who changed and transformed the world and I am so grateful for their lives. I have always had much admiration and respect for them. From across the pond and around the world. I think I speak for millions.
I am nearly 70, and most--almost all-- Americans I have met share my view. Of all ages, not just mine. We are great fans of the Royal Family. Sending prayers and best wishes to King Charles also; having received news of his condition and illness yesterday.❤🙏💙🙏
The curtsy story killed me lmao
He was my hero...he proved everyone wrong...he loved the Queen❤❤❤...
While constantly cheating
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@@Kiss_lynda :. That's between him and the Queen. She didn't seem to mind. But, no one really knows what happens behind closed doors.
@@arievena19744 True, Deb! This extending to the likely founded rumors, regarding the youngest son of the Queen's (Prince Edward?) such being, well you know half 'that' way as in . . . dual-l'amour? So as to stifle naughty tongues set-to-wagging, they got him married-off to some nobody. [Here I have to watch myself because in the high rent district, and thus the euphemistical references used, usually put as say, more directly? Yes.]
He loved the benefits!
It would have been terribly hard on a man born born in 1921 and raised during the 1930's and 40's to take a complete back seat to his wife. Good grief, it is even difficult today in the 2020's for a man to 'not be the head of the family'. Frankly, I think he managed the difficulties of being a Royal Consort very well and I am sure that the 'old conservative club' made his life and Queen Elizabeth's harder than need be. The couple loved each other immensely. It is a pity that his progressive views were not taken up by the politicians.
Just like Price Albert's views were scorned, Philip's views were also very forward thinking.
Bravo for Her Magesty to hold pure love for Mountbatten. God rest their souls.
One thing I loved about Philip is he knew it was all make believe! Titles and rankings were given and not earned. He realized that his family was just a imagine, a fairy-tale. I think that's why he never took any of it serious. He knew if he played the game, himself and his family would be very wealthy.
He was not one of us. He’s a different special man behind our late Queen. Imagine they’ve been together for 70 years? Wowza! May they both rest in peace. ❤
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The Queen and Prins Philip were a very well suited. They truly loved and supported each other. The Prins certainly made the Queen laugh.
How dare they be mean to Prince Philip!! They were both in Love and so should it be!!God bless Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.May Dickie Mountbatten be forever blessed for his good deeds.
The family name stuff is so ridiculous! The audacity of men in general to think giving their children HIS name is so important, while making their wife give up her name is so irritating.
Fantastic documentary.....Being 63 years old and an avid monarchist, learning new information just fuels my passion!!
@ Chris Barron Both Elizabeth and Philip had no confidence in Charles future as the monarch. She refused to step down because of her feelings of his inadequacy. Good luck putting your trust in a very flawed, mire mortal man.
He became the BEST husband for our late Queen Elizabeth RIL to this amazing Royal couple the greatest in the monarchy
For a guy who had this much trauma in his life....he did pretty damage good...and till 99 yrs old
So handsome! Interesting and informative documentary.
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Phillip really was the only "traditional" royal available after WW II. Any available Brittish Noble would be way beneath her ranking. Philip was third in line to the Greek throne. He was a great choice.
Prince Philip was descended from the Danish Royal Family. A Danish prince had been invited to take the throne of Greece in the 19th century. The male Battenbergs tended to exceptionally good-looking. As a result, they often made advantageous marriages. Prince Philip caught Princess Elizabeth's eye when she was a thirteen-year-old. George VI would have accepted a British Earl or Duke as an acceptable spouse for Elizabeth because the Royal Family already had married into the aristocracy. Elizabeth gave Philip the home and family life he craved.
Very interesting Its new for me i never been studies about the history of Europe before.everything seems like its new for me. Thank you for sharing.
He didn't want to wear a kilt, but accepted the tut tu and bobble shoes of a Greek soldier.
I had quite a laugh @31:08 when Queen Mary thought Mahatma Gandhi had sent his own personal loincloth as a wedding gift. 😂
Truly terrifying to think someone with (whispers) 'German blood' might marry into the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Yeah the hypocrisy of it. Then again, George v was the first to go on the anglicised campaign. Since. WW 1
“If the world is going crazy, we mind as well go all the way”, 🤣😂😂 So damn true! Love your work, sir.
I love that they have the actors from Downton Abbey narrating the voices.
Our late and beloved Queen Elizabeth 11, at an incrediably young age knew her self well enough to trust her own judgement. Her late Majesty, has never faulted. Her life was one of absolute dedication and service. Her Love and dedication to Prince Phillip, an example to all, as was Prince Phillips' love, dedication and service to both his wife and Queen, an equall example to all.
Young Philip was so handsome. What happened to his sons?😅
Great documentary. As always.
but at the end of the day they were married for nearly 74 years had 4 children and 8 great grand children over the years they loved each other very much doesn't matter about his Uncle Louie Mountbatten