Queen Mary: Her Life in 15 Minutes
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Mary of Teck was Queen Consort of the United Kingdom as wife of King George V. She lived to the age of 85 and passed away 70 years ago. She was also the mother to future Kings Edward VIII and George VI. She lived to see the reign of her granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II.
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Queen Mary was an amazing woman. What a disappointment her first born son must have been. Her second born and her grand daughter Elizabeth must have been her pride and joy.
Queen Elizabeth has a look of queen Mary
Actually, if you look at pictures of Elizabeth Queen Mother from the 1940s, you can see that both Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, Princess Margaret take after their mother but definitely received some facial refinement coming down from Mary of Teck. Then look at Anne, Princess Royal and she's a doppelganger for her aunt Princess Margaret.
I totally agree. I always thought Mary's facial features were passed down.
She was a real queen and l remember her with immense respect she worked till she passed away regal is the word to describe her indeed
We need more of this
@floswason8776 all our Queens whether they are Queen regnants or Queen Consorts are real Queens
@@lsmith9249 and don’t forget - make believe.
My mother's godmother was in Queen Mary's household and she told us the Queen was much loved and respected by everyone. She was a model of service and duty to country and I believe Queen Elizabeth learned much from her grandmother. As a child, my own godmother took me to Windsor Castle to see the carpet the Queen had embroidered. I still have the souvenir book of this. It inspired me to take up needlework and with every tapestry I work, I remember the Queen.
Her father was never the same after her mother died. It was truly a happy marriage.
Queen Mary was the bomb. Such an intelligence and lover of art, music, and literature. Wow, and what a tiny waste. And her taste in jewelry was unprecedented. I wish she would have made it to Queen Elizabeth ll crowning. George and Mary were a beautiful couple. That Teck Tiara is gorgeous. My favorite portrait of Queen Mary is when she’s wearing Cullinan 1,2,3 and 4! Her biography is the next on my reading list. I think she’s marvelous. And buried a a fiancé, a husband and 3 sons. The gal went through it in Life, but still maintained the regal essence of a true Queen.
Couldn't agree more!
Well, they both sucked as Parents…BUT they were a very loving couple…perhaps she stepped back too much!!! But then… when it came to her Husband… So did our Late Queen… Traditionally Royals make poor parents..? I feel King Charles did an amazing job with Harry and William…It’s ad Harry has been so twisted up and down since he Married…He was clearly a whole lot happier before he Married.
@@hotoneinspai I think she turned out to be a better Grandmother. The first few years of their reign was so full of tours, they didn’t see their children for months at a time. Henry and George seemed to fair a bit better
@@hotoneinspaisuch nonsense 🙄
@robb2biago women wore corsets and they were pulled in so tight that it warped their ribs
Rest in eternal peace Queen Mary, you added a substantial amount of jewels to the royal treasury, the Cullinan diamonds and the many diamond tiaras and brooches bracelets and stomacher brooches necklaces rings and earrings, she really collected quite a lot!❤
She “collected.”!? What a hoot,
That's putting it lightly LOLOL. Organized Hoarding and Entitlement is more like it
@Naturalicity I know right? 😂
She started the walkabout and started bandage rolling and sewing/knitting circles for the soldiers in WWI. She also gave her blessing for her daughter to become a nurse. She also trained HMQEII in the art of the walkabout, love of art and the importance of supporting charities. Mary helped save the monarchy when Edward VIII abdicated. Her influence is felt today in the RF.
She cer5ainky did more than any other monarch…Though? The Queen Mother did well in befriending Mrs Grenville !!!!!!!!!
George VI was her carbon copy and Queen Mary's genes are still going strong in the family.
Zara looks very much like her , I think, both very beautiful ladies
Lady Louise, Prince Edwards daughter looks Very much like her.
Yes she does with a resemblence to her grandmother as well,
The Duke of Windsor holy moly looked SO much like her. And it’s so interesting that since her mother 3:55 was ‘FAT’ Mary, she actually found real love? They were amazed! People fall in love! Apparently, she was fun, personable. Then, just as now, it’s not all about looks! To be clear, *Fat* Mary is who I’m talking about
Very interesting. I learned a lot. She was a strong and elegant woman who left her mark on the Royal Family.
Queen Mary of Teck was related to Queen Victoria, she just wasn't a descendant. Queen Mary of Teck's mother, Mary Adelaide was a first cousin to Victoria. Victoria's father was the 4th son, while Mary Adelaide's was the 7th son of King George III and Queen Charlotte. So Queen Mary of Teck was a Second cousin to her husband, King George V.
Confusing, finally whats what in relationship
Also queen elizabeth 11 and king Philip were 2nd cousins on one side and 3rd cousins on the other side
I see queen Mary in her grand daughter future queen Elizabeth. And now I totally see princess charlotte looks so much like her great grandmother queen Elizabeth.
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Thank you for an interesting and informative video. I liked your narrative, and the images were beautiful, particularly the photograph of Mary and George's wedding party.
Mary is my favorite royal ever !!
I remember my Mama saying “She just barged right in like Queen Mary!”😂😂😂
Might B referring 2 the other Mary, wife of George VI
Apparently Mary said according to her grandmother The Duchess of Cambridhe "They Thought The Duke of Teck would be a suitable match for "Fat Mary" He loved her passionately, not caring about her size and Queen Mary's grandmother said "It was a suitable match and after a quick ccourtshipthey married. They thought it would do....and it did!" 😊 The Duke and Duchess of Teck had quite a few kids and Francis was not known to have taken a Mistress. Edit: @5:10 omg look at that teeny waste! *Thank you for making this video!!* Not a whole Ton of info about Queen Mary except that she 'may have been a Kleptomaniac' But nope she just made her admiration known of certain things In the Princely Manors and Palaces of England until the person felt obligated to gift it to her. Her sons were more famous and get more attention Edward VIII Duke of Windsor and George VI her favorite son. I ❤️ your videos
Thank you so much for your kind words😇
Some men prefer larger women.
Her true favorite son was the future Edward VIII. Everyone knows that.
Such an underrated royal
Interesting that in pics as a young woman she was not as lovely as in her later years, when she was quite exquisitely elegant. It may happen frequently for men, but very rarely for a woman. She must have come into her own as a quiet force of nature. I believe her family set precedent for a Happy Marriage, which is often lacking among Royal unions.
Pope-Hennesy's book on Queen Mary is very good but the recent book on King George V adds to our understanding of this remarkable woman. She would have made a tremendous monarch but did well as a consort.
Its really Unexpected for today's World to have this deep understanding & most of all Sharp Clairty. Such as Queen Mary
Thank you for such a good video. I've even ordered the book you quoted you used for research purposes! ❤
I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did! :)
I have the original copy of James Pope-Henneseys Life and Times of Queen Mary…now out of Print.. So to be aware the abridged form is in a reprint…Is amazing. The Original was a total Toom of a book
I read that as preparations were being made for the coronation of QEII that Mary left instructions that the coronation should go on as planned if she died before it. I think it was around two months.
The most stunning jewelry wearer ❤❤
Very elegant woman, her posture and deportment was impeccable
She spent huge sums on jewelry. Some from impoverished emigre, some impoverished English Aristocrats. A lot remaking and re purposing auction buys. That was her creative outlet. That was her compensation for being the last dynastic bride, forced to marry.
Queen Mary had an extraordinary taste on jewelry... Really educated and fine woman ❤
Her family name was May
@bryan7038 May is an old nickname for Mary, there a lot of nicknames for Mary, Molly is another, but May was the most popular
Mary was a true Queen in every sense of the word! Thanks to her, the Monarcy has the magnificent jewels that they now have! Always remembered!
One of her girls is the spitting image of the Princess Royal.
She only had 1 daughter
Thank you for posting this video...
I saw a beautiful video of Queen Mary in a gorgeous light colored gown sparkling with rhinestones or diamonds, sitting in a grassy outside area laughing and blowing bubbles with a young Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret. They were all laughing and playing, and Queen Mary was obviously much loved and a very fun "grandma" to the young girls.
11:42 Heavens! Look at all those diamonds 💎 and that FABULOUS pendant
Fascinating Thank you!
Thanks!
Elizabeth II looked so much like her.
Dang, Victoria shaded the shit out of Mary Adelaide left and right.
My 15th cousin once removed .
Wow she saw last six british monarch:Victoria?Edward,George,Edward,George and Elizabeth,ans she also met the current King.
She was born within Victoria's reign and knew her well as her mother Mary Adelaide of Cambridge was Victoria's 1st cousin
Wonderful Queen Maryxxx
The whole Windsor look comes from Mary. And yes, the genes seem to be pretty strong.
Beautiful gowns jewellery collection best workman ship
QEII looked like Queen Mary.
Thank you ✌
Cambridge is pronounced ‘ Came bridge’
Her is Alexandra Federovna married to Nicholas Yusopov. Their children are.. Tatiana Mariana Natasha Natalie Ivan//Alexsei Igor//Nicolai
I thought this was about Queen Mary, but it rambles around a bit.
Good biography
Poor Mary.
Mary Adelaide was very high born… Queen Victoria never really acknowledged that fact…kept Mary Adelaide who was very popular with the Public...and her Husband very short of money…so much so… Not so long after they married Mary and her Husband and the children, really had no choice but to leave the UK rent out their Home... And go live with relatives around Europe for two years. Principally in order to pay off debts they had accrued. Queen Victoria did like Teaching Family a Lesson !!!! Princes May of Teck their only daughter... Became Queen Mary. and was always frugal and always ready to accept free hospitality and board and lodgings throughout her life.
Mary Adelaide was not next in line after Victoria. Before Victoria had children the next in line was her uncle Ernest Augustus the King of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland plus his family. Ernest was the 5th son of George III whereas Mary Adelaides father was the 7th.
@@pedanticradiator1491 Your totally correct. I despised the Prince Ernest of Hannover so much; Loathsome man... I forgot about him !! I've also amended "My Comment" accordingly
@@hotoneinspai when Queen Victoria ascended the throne, Mary Adelaide would have been something like 6th or 7th in line
Queen Victoria called someone fat?
😂😂
THE GREATEST GENERATION OF THE OLD.....Not ever coming back sadly ☹. From the people behind the craftsmanship of the Crowns of the old you can see the perfection of their craft....well executed well made. Even the style of Queen Mary's hair, perfect you cannot see a strand of hair astray. The clothes she wear, classy and dignified. People of the modern era are so used to the convenience that dignity is in the garbage and peolle refused to uphold dignity by surrendering to classy public appearance and make do with cheap, fleeting fashion all for the name of being judged as snub, insensitive.
Mary Adelaide was a looker - huh.
Yes! She "looked" like a grizzly bear.
Mary's second son's name was Albert, not George. George was his coronation name.
Yes. Hence his familial nickname, "Bertie."
01:28 omg 😩😩😩💀💀
Prince Harry looks like Queen Mary to me..
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Endless distracting mispronunciations
AI readers.
You offer to read then.
Be nice. It sounds like English may be a second language
Queen Elizabeth is a clone of Queen Mary
I can recommend "Matriarch", the biography of Queen Mary by Anne Edwards. The five parts within the book could easily have been the title of five volumes. One large complaint is that Miss Edwards insists on refering to the U.K. as E.N.G.L.A.N.D...S.L.A.P.P.E.R...
Thank you. I just ordered this
What was with the bizarre waive they all had. Didn’t have the strength to learn how people waive
Queen Mary become so obsolete carrying onions from PK that finally it’s owners’ decided to sell it off to a iron factory.
What?
Not my favorite royal, she liked too much what belonged to others.
Gosh her mum was different! Mind you Victoria was a dirigible in the end anyhow what goes round comes round!
Well.. Reigns are divide into 3.. Monarchy,, Dinasty,, Empire.. UK United Kingdom Netherlands Monarchy Royal Family Dinasty Royal Family GB Great Britain Denmark Monarchy Royal Family Empire Royal Family
A life to the Crown is a life devoted to the true people of the Country , the Crown whether as Monarch or Consort to the Monarch symbolises the position and duty of loyalty . Such a pity that her grand daughter failed to understand and recognise this , by dint of lack education , intelligence and the influence of others .
which granddaughter?
Are you talking about Elizabeth II? You couldn't be more wrong.
Cómo va a nacer en el 67 y hacerse reina en el 37??????
1867 y 1937
Francis, duke of Teck was of minor german nobility??? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
She meant minor relative.
Always downplaying German influence.
As a morganatic grandson of a King of Wurttemburg he wasn't considered to be in the first rank of German royalty
Must be strange marrying and sleeping with your brother in law.
Not really, marriage back then was for the most part arranged. They had probably met a few times, talked and it looked good on paper, so they got enganged. No wild romance and they certainly wasn’t physical.
George was never her brother-in-law because Eddy died before he and May married.
😮queen vic grewcto 51 INCHES WIDE,! Equal to her height,!😊
Her drawstring bloomers were 51 inches wide but they were drawstring - that doesn't mean her actual waist was this measurement.
It is a shame that Mary was not able marry that imbecile. Had she done so, she would have been relegated to some obscure second marriage in a German court. George would not have been forced to take on his brother's widow. Instead George would be matched with a German princess instead from the continent. That could have altered the dynamics following the death of Ferdinand. Had she not married George, the shameful abdication would not taken place.
But we would’ve never had the beloved Queen Elizabeth II
I find it enormously entertaining that you've swallowed so much lying propaganda uncritically. 1. Albert Victor wasn't stupid. It was easier for royal propagandists to portray him as stupid rather than to admit the truth that he was gay. 2. If Wallis Simpson had possessed the guts to ignore Edward VIII's threats of suicide and violence and leave him like she wanted to, there never would have been an abdication - and Britain would have had a traitor king at the worst point in history. The abdication saved Britain.
@@mehere8299 This! There's quite a bit of evidence that Albert Victor wasn't stupid and sometimes seemed insightful actually. He was gay or at least bi and was caught in gay brothels. Some courtiers were probably relieved he died because they wouldn't have been able to hide those scandals for years if he had lived to be king. People cling on to the 'stupid' thing because it was spread by The Firm to make George look better by contrast. Albert Victor wasn't a bright student, but that doesn't necessarily mean he was an imbecile. Edward VII wasn't particular bright in schooling either. To me Albert Victor reads like someone that had ADHD or a slight learning disability, but nothing as he's been portrayed. He was someone with average intelligence like most monarchs in his family. Also, agree with you about Wallis, it's a good thing Edward VIII abdicated. He would have aligned with the Nazis and was far too careless with state secrets. Good riddance!
@@feyrol42 Albert Victor was never caught in a gay brothel. He was implicated as being involved in one by a disreputable person but was never sighted there even after lengthy police surveillance of the premises.
Reading this is like hearing the thoughts of someone from 1938 lmao