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@CatFluff-pm6qr
@CatFluff-pm6qr 5 месяцев назад
She went into the local butchers shop in the villiage and a old lady said to her" you look like the Queen" and Her majesty said " that's reassuring " 🇬🇧 Aww miss you Ma'am🌹
@janolaful
@janolaful 5 месяцев назад
She died in the place she loved God bless her 🙏
@lsmith9249
@lsmith9249 5 месяцев назад
@CatFluff-pm6qr no offence, a former protection officer Richard Griffin has told the story as he was with her and they weren't anywhere near a butcher's and it wasn't an old lady who stopped them, it was 2 American tourists in fact the video is on here of Richard Griffin telling the story the full story is very funny, he tells it much better than l could
@ninamoores
@ninamoores 5 месяцев назад
@@lsmith9249 The butchers shop story is reputably a separate but equally true story.
@lsmith9249
@lsmith9249 5 месяцев назад
@@ninamoores our late Queen was having her portrait painted and told a similar story to the artist, but it was a grocers not a butcher's
@MatthewPorter-hq9mb
@MatthewPorter-hq9mb 2 месяца назад
Thats what i heard too. It was to dumb yankees. Nothing to do with a butcher…
@barrygentry5364
@barrygentry5364 5 месяцев назад
Connor, there is a story about the queen taking a walk with her head of security, through an area that was open to the public, when they met a couple of Americans who they stopped and spoke to. One of the Americans, not recognising her, asked the queen if “she had ever met the queen”. The queen replied “I haven’t but this man (indicating her security guard) has on several occasions.”
@mariahoulihan9483
@mariahoulihan9483 5 месяцев назад
head of security? lol. No.. her close protection officer.. one of them.
@ct5625
@ct5625 5 месяцев назад
They then asked him what she was like and he said something like "Very nice, but she has a wicked sense of humour".
@dotregan1506
@dotregan1506 4 месяца назад
Yes, I've heard that several times. I seem to remember the Queen herself telling that little anecdote and laughing.
@nicksykes4575
@nicksykes4575 5 месяцев назад
By all accounts King George VI refused to leave London during the blitz as he said he'd never be able to look a Londoner in the eye if he left, and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother refused to leave without him.
@ed_ward_1430
@ed_ward_1430 4 месяца назад
(quote) "The girls can't leave unless I leave and go with them, and I can't leave unless the King leaves. And the King will never leave."
@nicksykes4575
@nicksykes4575 4 месяца назад
@@ed_ward_1430 Thank you Ed, I couldn't remember how the full statement read, and I didn't want to misquote it.
@CatFluff-pm6qr
@CatFluff-pm6qr 5 месяцев назад
King Charles bumped into three bikers last year on the Balmoral estate, they where stunned to see him just strolling along its on RU-vid, he stopped and chatted to them , they couldn't believe it🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@t.a.k.palfrey3882
@t.a.k.palfrey3882 5 месяцев назад
When I was at Cambridge, there was a story that an American, a keen gardener, who visited one of the quads one day and was blown away by the prestine lawn. He asked an older man, who was working on the borders, how he might get such a lawn at his home in Virginia. "Oh, there's nothin' to it sir," replied the sage gardener. "All you need do is roll the grass with a bloody great roller three times a week.....for 400 years". 😅
@cireenasimcox1081
@cireenasimcox1081 5 месяцев назад
I hope Connor sees that - right up his alley.😁
@susansmiles2242
@susansmiles2242 5 месяцев назад
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♀️
@MatthewPorter-hq9mb
@MatthewPorter-hq9mb 2 месяца назад
You would think that you’d know how to spell pristine if you were at Cambridge…
@cireenasimcox1081
@cireenasimcox1081 5 месяцев назад
Connor spoke about the Royal Family going "somewhere safe" in WWII? I still don't think that the USA fully understands the Monarchy-thing in our history. In fact they moved into Buckingham Palace right in the middle of the Battle of Britain- Queen Elizabeth's mother said they were going to take their chances with the rest of their subjects. And the future-Queen enlisted. Famously, when the Palace did get a hit the Queen Mum said "Thank goodness, now I'm just like everyone else".
@MarkmanOTW
@MarkmanOTW 5 месяцев назад
They spent much of their time in Windsor Castle during WWII, and shuttled back and forth to BuckinghamPalace to be visible in London.
@rosieposie6521
@rosieposie6521 5 месяцев назад
No the Queen Mother said that SHE FEELS AS THOUGH SHE CAN NOW LOOK LONDONERS IN THE FACE. AFTER LONDON'S BLITZ DURING THE WAR.
@susansmiles2242
@susansmiles2242 5 месяцев назад
@@rosieposie6521I think she said she could now look the east end in the eye but it amounts to the same thing
@dotregan1506
@dotregan1506 4 месяца назад
The somewhere safe was Windsor Castle where they slept in the dungeons, I kid you not !
@geecee310
@geecee310 5 месяцев назад
A friend was walking across the estate in winter some years ago. Through the deep snow Ona clear day, they could see a distant figure dressed in red, cross country skiing vaguely towards them. After some time, they came right up to the person, when they realised it was (them) Prince Charles, entirely on his own. They chatted for a few minutes, exchanging views on the terrain and where they were heading, before the Prince bid them a good afternoon and carried on skiing.
@Remnants100
@Remnants100 4 месяца назад
Acre is an Imperial measurement Connor which we still use. We very rarely use the Metric equivalent of Hectare.
@lindaj5492
@lindaj5492 4 месяца назад
The ‘garage’ is a covered entranceway designed to be tall enough for horse & carriage to enter: passengers can then alight protected from bad weather. It’s now more closed off.
@heartofoak45
@heartofoak45 5 месяцев назад
The 'garage' you keep referring to is a 'porte-cochere' which has an entrance and exit for vehicles to pull in and for passengers to alight.
@mariahoulihan9483
@mariahoulihan9483 5 месяцев назад
The Princesses lived at Windsor Castle, outside London, during the war. The King and Queen were very taken up with public moral during the war and would spend Monday to Friday at Buckingham Palace and rejoin their daughters most weekends. The castle at Windsor is a very secuire fortress.. that is why it was used for the Princesses to stay in with undercrofts from hundreds of years ago which acted as air raid shelters. All Royal Official residences and private ones .. had their lawns dug up and used to plant vegetables as the Government wanted everyone to do that.
@kellyk209
@kellyk209 5 месяцев назад
I’m from Ballater, 10mins from balmoral. She pronounced crathie incorrectly at the beginning and the queen used a piper outside her window to waken her up each morning at 9am, he would play for 15mins
@nicksykes4575
@nicksykes4575 5 месяцев назад
Be realistic Connor, all your units of measurement are originally British, so yes we do use acres.
@andycapp3499
@andycapp3499 5 месяцев назад
Conner, the part you are calling a garage is actually called a portico. It's where you would alight from your carriage (now a car) without getting wet. The carriage/car house is actually down the driveway away from the castle.
@paulwillard9687
@paulwillard9687 5 месяцев назад
It’s creeping Virginia , the plant climbing on the outside of castle it turns Red over spring and summer and doesn’t do the damage that ivy does to the building.
@daveyr7454
@daveyr7454 5 месяцев назад
I’ve said it on several videos like this….if you want to review a video about a particular British location or property, choose one produced by someone from Britain, not an American. That way there’s a better chance of getting correct information!
@laurabambam5342
@laurabambam5342 5 месяцев назад
Victoria and Albert had 9 children, 42 grandchildren, and 87 great-grandchildren. Victoria was called the "grandmother of Europe". Queen Elizabeth died at Balmoral
@johnkemp8904
@johnkemp8904 Месяц назад
I remember seeing somewhere on social media after Her Majesty’s death a question on the lines of ‘why did they send her up to Scotland when she was dying?’ This suggested that the questioner was both a foreigner and under the delusion that he was discussing a poor old lady of very advanced years who had fallen into uncaring hands. I hope that person has watched this video which answers the question.
@paulharvey9149
@paulharvey9149 4 месяца назад
"Hello Charles?!!" "Hello, Your Majesty," you mean - and only if he speaks to you first!! Thereafter, you call him "Sir." Upon first greeting, The Queen is also "Your Majesty," and then "Ma'am," rhyming with jam! Other members of the Royal Family are "Your Royal Highness," and then Sir or Ma'am - if they have HRH titles, that is. If they don't, use Sir of Ma'am - just to be on the safe side. They do occasionally meet members of the public while they're out walking and normally they will stop to exchange pleasantries; but Queen Elizabeth II was known to play along with anyone who didn't recognise or didn't dare acknowledge her as such, talking about herself in their person, for example. When Prime Minister, Theresa May and her husband were being given a Land Rover tour of the estate, Mr May later said, "I awoke form the most sensational dream, in which I was being driven across the moors by Her Majesty The Queen, and with my wife sitting in the passenger seat, being addressed as "Prime Minster!" And then I awoke and realised, it wasn't a dream at all...!!"
@knowledge-seeker-x7u
@knowledge-seeker-x7u 5 месяцев назад
Love you choice of things to watch. Is there any chance, though, of pulling the green curtain across behind the picture we're watching....those snowy mountains in the background are 'fighting' with the rolling glens of Balmoral!!!! :)
@chrishawkins3376
@chrishawkins3376 5 месяцев назад
Lucky enough to visit 2 years ago. A lovely place set in the most beautiful area!
@LilMonkeyFella87
@LilMonkeyFella87 5 месяцев назад
Stirling Castle is one of, if not my favourite in Scotland. Very historical. I'll be putting a video up about it soon. Barmoral is more of a residence than a place for defence and battles etc. Obviously, beautiful famous building still
@knowledge-seeker-x7u
@knowledge-seeker-x7u 5 месяцев назад
Big houses were put to use as hospitals. Your 'garage' is the main porch!!
@MaryScott-ue7ih
@MaryScott-ue7ih 4 месяца назад
Many of the castles were used as hospitals for the recovery of wounded servicemen, they were not left empty. The king George VI spent the war in Buckingham palace with his Queen. His children spent the years in Windsor near. London.
@susansmiles2242
@susansmiles2242 5 месяцев назад
I have been to balmoral twice and seen the Queen once whilst I was there on her way to church on Sunday
@danhumble9199
@danhumble9199 5 месяцев назад
Connor! Never stop talking about the grass! You are fascinated by it and it makes me appreciate our greenery even more.
@duncanalmond7880
@duncanalmond7880 5 месяцев назад
Hi, Connor. I'm pretty certain that at least a couple of the interior shots in this video have nothing to do with Balmoral Castle. They appear near the start and at the very end (the ones with very rich neo-gothic interiors). The thing you kept referring to as a garage, is not a garage at all, but a 'porte-cochere' ..... a covered coach/carriage gateway. The wooden doors you see are a later addition to the structure, which I think can be folded back (or removed). Carriages in the old days, and cars today, pull-up under the porte-cochere, where the main entrance doors to the castle are located. Basically, it's a structure to protect you from the elements as you arrive or leave the castle.
@annfrancoole34
@annfrancoole34 5 месяцев назад
An Acre is an imperial measurement. A hectare is a metric measurement which is approximately equal to 2.471 acres.
@maureenjones7222
@maureenjones7222 5 месяцев назад
You make me laugh Connor when you go on about our grass! We take it all for granted unfortunately. ❤
@audreythurman513
@audreythurman513 5 месяцев назад
As a child I remember my father creating a lawn. The digging and raking , then a heavy roller and sewing the grass seeds. When it was cut with a lawn mower it was done from end to end creating the stripes. He was always on the lookout for weeds and removed them. The edges around the flower borders were always clipped to perfection. He grew most of our vegetables plus fruit as well. Happy Days Dad xx
@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036
@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036 5 месяцев назад
Perhaps, Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert having nine children had something to do with wanting a bit more space added on to the existing castle...?
@charlestaylor3027
@charlestaylor3027 5 месяцев назад
Lots of servants and their families.
@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036
@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036 5 месяцев назад
@@charlestaylor3027 ...which were 'needed' back in the day, if you were of a certain standing in society - and especially, when (as in this particular case...) you had lots of children.
@micade2518
@micade2518 5 месяцев назад
@@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036 ... and a huge house to maintain spic-and-span!
@martinwoollett8468
@martinwoollett8468 5 месяцев назад
in the second world war the royal family stayed in London to show solidary with the people.
@daniel_sc1024
@daniel_sc1024 5 месяцев назад
"...we'll be going on a tour inside Queen Elizabeth's Balmoral Castle." Shows only four rooms, and two of them aren't even Balmoral Castle. 🤣🤣 The two elaborate rooms shown are not Balmoral Castle. 5:53 shows the Gothic Drawing Room in Eastnor Castle, and 6:10 shows one of the rooms in Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. Like Sandringham House, Balmoral Castle is privately owned by the monarch and not open to the public, so beware any supposed videos of the interior.
@Shoomer1988
@Shoomer1988 5 месяцев назад
That's what happens when you use AI to make videos.
@gillianrimmer7733
@gillianrimmer7733 5 месяцев назад
Excuse me, Balmoral Castle IS open to the public in summer - I've been. You can tour the grounds or do the castle itself . www.balmoralcastle.com/admissions.htm
@jacquieclapperton9758
@jacquieclapperton9758 5 месяцев назад
I grew up nearby. Balmoral and Sandringham are personally owned by the monarch rather than the Crown as they were bought by Albert and Victoria as individuals, Balmoral for themselves and Sandringham for their eldest son, the future Edward VII on his marriage. If the UK monarchy were ever done away with, the family would still have these two estates. When Edward VIII abdicated, George VI had to buy them off his brother who had inherited them from their father. There is no law of trespass in Scotland so the public can roam the hills and paths; they often meet members of the royal family out and about, same in the local town of Ballater. King Charles is known to prefer Birkhall nearby which he inherited from his grandmother and it's said that he plans to make Balmoral Castle more open to the public. It's not even that big when compared to, say, the estates of the Dukes of Buccleuch and of Hamilton.
@lolsaXx
@lolsaXx 5 месяцев назад
I grew ip in the area too and met the queen once while walking in the hills once as a kid.
@jackdubz4247
@jackdubz4247 5 месяцев назад
"If the UK monarchy were ever done away with, the family would still have these two estates." Not if the people of Scotland have a say in it.
@Penny-z9b
@Penny-z9b 5 месяцев назад
Really!!! I was in Scotland at the time of the Queens death and all the local Scots were upset and regarded the Queen as one of their own.
@victr2098
@victr2098 4 месяца назад
@@jackdubz4247 What are you talking about? And, who gave YOU the right to speak for ALL of the people in Scotland?
@lindaj5492
@lindaj5492 4 месяца назад
Balmoral is being opened to public indoor guided tours this summer, for just a few weeks, at a high cost per visitor (I think about £100). I wonder if paying visitors will be barred from taking photos, live-streaming or filming? Buckingham Palace is already open to tightly controlled visits: but with current renovations, might not be open at present.
@irene3196
@irene3196 5 месяцев назад
It didn't show the Ballroom. The late Queen would have attended the Ghillies Ball there where she and other royals would mix and dance with the Ghillies and, I suppose, other servants. The Ghillies attended the royals on hunting etc outings on the estate and they carried the late Queen's coffin out of Balmoral, where she died, and onto the hearse. The "garage" is a Porte-Cochere where carriages could drive in so that the occupants could disembark without getting caught in bad weather.
@auldfouter8661
@auldfouter8661 5 месяцев назад
I very much doubt that's the " garage" at the corner of the castle with the big doors. More likely a grand entrance porch to let guests get out of their transport in inclement weather.
@colettewhite9196
@colettewhite9196 Месяц назад
I was there a month ago it took my breath away it is utterly beautiful !!!!
@margaretcrane8275
@margaretcrane8275 4 месяца назад
American brought grey squirrel to U.K., and they nearly have wiped red squirrels out. Rarely seen only on Scotland now.
@finnishculturalchannel
@finnishculturalchannel 5 месяцев назад
There's also a Finnish Honka Log Cabin situated on the Balmoral Estate by a beautiful loch in the most protected rural location. Finland's president at the time, Urho Kekkonen, made a state visit to UK in 1969: "Finnish State Visit (1969)" and "State Banquet For Finnish President (1969)". The same year, a member of staff from the Royal household, wearing a kilt and accompanied by a translator, visited Finnish log home manufacturer Honkarakenne Oyj's premises in Finland, pointed one cabin and said that Her Majesty would love to have that type of a cabin, "Not as big, but with the same material and with paned windows...". The next year such cabin was delivered to Her Majesty as a gift for the Queens silver wedding anniversary, and it has been a favorite picnic spot for the Royals ever since. The cabin has no electricity and it was furnished with a table, settee and chairs all made of Finnish pine and decorated with Iittala glass design. Her majesty stated that the log cabin is greatly loved haven for the Queen and Her family when they stay at Balmoral and reminds her of Finland and its lovely people. Her Majesty visited Finland for the first time in 1976 and was introduced to Finnish forest and vodka: "Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in Finnish forest". If you ask how did all that come about? On Finnish log house: "Traditional Finnish Log House Building Process", "Traditional Finnish Log House/Cabin in 1988 and 2019" and "Why is the Oldest Finnish Log Cabin in New Jersey?". On Honka: "History of Honka". On Finnish architecture and furniture design: "AALTO - Official Trailer", "Interview with Kenneth Frampton on Alvar Aalto", "The Most Popular Stool of All Time | Behind The HYPE: Stool 60" and "A documentary film about Ilmari Tapiovaara (1914--1999)". A look to Iittala in 1970: "DISCOVERY GOES TO FINLAND 1970 TRAVELOGUE HELSINKI IITTALA GLASS FACTORY". On Kekkonen: "Kekkonens Nightmare".
@Stewart682
@Stewart682 2 месяца назад
I grew up 20 miles from Balmoral but we only went there when we had visitors from out of country!!
@lailachopperchops9290
@lailachopperchops9290 5 месяцев назад
Recently declassified papers show how hundreds of soldiers were deployed to the royals' beloved Scottish residence in Royal Deeside during the war.It has been revealed that a "ring of steel" was placed around the castle in the summer of 1942 in order to protect King George VI, the Queen, Princess Elizabeth - who would become the future monarch - and her sister, Princess Margaret. This was during a time where the threat of Nazi attack was severe and plans were drawn up to defend the King and his family. The documents state: "Their Majesties ... will be at Balmoral Castle from August 11 for three to four weeks. During the visit, defence measures are to be put into force."
@knowledge-seeker-x7u
@knowledge-seeker-x7u 5 месяцев назад
Don't forget there were hardly any hotels in Victorian era and Queen Victoria etc would have had most of the rooms full of their visitors....sometimes for weeks on end in the hunting seasons. Compared to Windsor (built in 1070AD), Balmoral was pretty much a house!!
@leehallam9365
@leehallam9365 5 месяцев назад
Prince Albert wasnt engaging in a loophole, and it wouldnt really have mattered if Queen Victoria bought it. It was her money anyway. The point is that The Crown Estates which include Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace are in a form of public ownership. The King couldn't sell them, he has use of them and responsibilty for them, but they don't personally belong to him. They belong to him while he is sovereign. Balmoral and Sandringham and privately owned by the King. If we became a republic, he would still own them, but not the Crown Estate properties.
@misscoutts6193
@misscoutts6193 4 месяца назад
They do belong to him personally because king Edward viii when he abdicated sold them to his brother, future king George vi because he owned it.
@leehallam9365
@leehallam9365 4 месяца назад
@@misscoutts6193 Do you mean Balmoral and Sandringham?
@stevenharland556
@stevenharland556 5 месяцев назад
fun fact Connor,there is a pyramid somewhere in the grounds of the estate,built by Victoria,it is on youtube if you want to see it.
@louisekullar6629
@louisekullar6629 4 месяца назад
Yes we use acre, mile ( sign posts between towns), yard and feet . We still use gallons and pints ( milk and beer)as well as Stones and pounds ( when weighing ourselves) but we are skitzo and use Kg,g Km, m and L and ml for many things, especially on official things and in Science!😅
@gabbymcclymont3563
@gabbymcclymont3563 5 месяцев назад
Our local Minister (vicar) stayed with the royal family for a week many years back. They all went to one of the cottages on the estate for a BBQ. The queen did the dishes and Philip did the drying. I used to live in the smallest house designed by the same guy as the castle. It was stunning with many fire places and 2 turrets, i miss that house.
@LilMonkeyFella87
@LilMonkeyFella87 5 месяцев назад
I was just due to drop a series about castles funny enough. I just put up the first episode, about Dover castle. A good series, that spotlights the history of various castles and famous owners and stories linked to them "Secrets Of Great British Castles - Series 1 Episode 1 - Dover Castle - 2015 HD"
@RandomerFellow
@RandomerFellow 5 месяцев назад
Old castles around Europe fascinate me a lot and upcoming vacation trips will all have at least one castle in the destination.
@MaryBradley-s3s
@MaryBradley-s3s 5 месяцев назад
Balmoral Castle is owed by the Royal Family as his Sandingham Estate in Norfolk. 🌹🇬🇧
@jpatpat9360
@jpatpat9360 5 месяцев назад
That "garage" is a carriage portico i.e. an entrance cover to allow people to alight from their vehicle under cover - a drive through
@Brookspirit
@Brookspirit 5 месяцев назад
What i find funny is i have EXACTLY the same electric fire as she does. lol
@Davidjohnson-o6g
@Davidjohnson-o6g 5 месяцев назад
I didn't realise there was "American English." I thought it was just "English. "🤷‍♂️
@jeanauguste-f7i
@jeanauguste-f7i 5 месяцев назад
It's cos they spell words different from us. ie colour they spell it color. There a a lot of words that are spelt differently.
@Davidjohnson-o6g
@Davidjohnson-o6g 5 месяцев назад
@user-xk3ej6jd5h the scots spell a lot of words differently to England. Does that mean there is scottish English.🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️
@johnbell9622
@johnbell9622 5 месяцев назад
Stop it Americans. It is English the end.
@Shoomer1988
@Shoomer1988 5 месяцев назад
@@Davidjohnson-o6g There is Scottish English. Even has its own Wikipedia page.
@brigidsingleton1596
@brigidsingleton1596 5 месяцев назад
​@@jeanauguste-f7i For example: Tyre -Tire Colour - color Queue - cue Kerb - curb Aluminium - aluminium Licence - license Realise - realize Zed - zee ... 😶
@lolsaXx
@lolsaXx 5 месяцев назад
I grew up in the area. When I was 10 or so, with my big brother we met the queen when we were out hiking in the hills. She was alone with a couple of dogs and a cane. We talked to her briefly about our day and then went on our way. I never realised who she was. It was only after that my brother told me. I never used to think much of the royal family. The roads used to get busier when the came to visit and we'd sometimes get stuck behind lots of police bikes and cars but that was all.
@simon54
@simon54 5 месяцев назад
There is at least one big naval base on the coast of Scotland, that was the security risk.
@chrismackett9044
@chrismackett9044 5 месяцев назад
I think that during the Second World War the royal family would not want to be seen as abandoning London when it was being bombed. After Buckingham Palace was hit by bombs, the queen said something like ‘At last I can look the East Enders in the eye’.
@catwoman2582
@catwoman2582 5 месяцев назад
It was the Queen Mother that said "Now I can look the East End of London in the eye"
@chrismackett9044
@chrismackett9044 5 месяцев назад
@@catwoman2582 yes, but at the time she was the Queen
@Antony_isleofwight
@Antony_isleofwight 5 месяцев назад
Connor, watch a video on Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, built by Prince Albert, you’ll love it..! 😊
@robertlangley1664
@robertlangley1664 5 месяцев назад
Even I would struggle to mow the grass at Balmoral by the time you finish it’s time to start again 😂
@marja-leenakhan1964
@marja-leenakhan1964 5 месяцев назад
Like Golden Gate Bridge
@robertlangley1664
@robertlangley1664 5 месяцев назад
@@marja-leenakhan1964 yes , but I don’t like heights I will stick to mowing the lawn
@weejackrussell
@weejackrussell 5 месяцев назад
You mentioned a croquet lawn, I went to a school, (not a private one but one run and controlled by a local council) and we had one there! If you're interested in croquet lawns, you'd be amazed at how many of them there are in a park in Rotorua, New Zealand! It seems to be the croquet capital of the world!!!! In fact if there is a video on Rotorua you might enjoy watching it.
@geoffreynolds8835
@geoffreynolds8835 5 месяцев назад
😂😂😂 Is that the Garage 😂😂😂
@Jamie_D
@Jamie_D 5 месяцев назад
Beautiful place :) especially the grounds but there are also better castles and grounds, we so lucky.
@laziojohnny79
@laziojohnny79 5 месяцев назад
Eekhoorn is a Dutch word. Just as Dollar, cookie, aboard, Bazooka, booze, Buckwheat, Coleslaw, frolic, Boulevard (no not French), Yankee, Wildebeest, starboard and many, many other words in American and British English derived from Dutch and/or German.
@urbanshadow777
@urbanshadow777 5 месяцев назад
When I was working for Tempest (military and school photography company) I photographed the queen with the Officers from 2 scots (I think it was 2 scots if I recall) on that lawn in the thumbnail 2018. The account holder who I was working with is Charles Dances cousin.
@alisonscurr4395
@alisonscurr4395 5 месяцев назад
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the late Queens mother stayed at Buckingham Palace during World War II, leaving the Palace during the evenings to spend them with their daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, who had been moved to Windsor Castle for safety. The Castle is around 25 miles from central London. The Government wanted the Royal family to go to Canada during the war but the King and Queen refused to leave their people. They wanted to show solidarity with the British people. By staying in London and sharing the dangers and difficulties faced by the general population, they aimed to boost morale and demonstrate that they were not exempt from the hardships of war. The part of Balmoral Castle you asked if it was a garage, well it is more like a car port. Cars drive in to drop off passengers then drive out again. Especially useful for keeping guests dry if it's raining.
@rbohYSL
@rbohYSL 5 месяцев назад
Grey squirrels are an invasive species here in the UK. Not originally from here, and have pushed back our UK red squirrels to the point they are endangered now. It's almost a 'special' thing when you're out and get to see one, so cute!
@tenniskinsella7768
@tenniskinsella7768 5 месяцев назад
Why did Connor think theyvrun away. I thought everyone knew they stayed put in london
@Ayns.L14A
@Ayns.L14A 5 месяцев назад
Hey Connor that's ivy on the walls bud.
@lizjohnson6324
@lizjohnson6324 5 месяцев назад
I love this castle.
@charlesfrancis6894
@charlesfrancis6894 5 месяцев назад
Acre is a well used word.
@caroldelaney4700
@caroldelaney4700 5 месяцев назад
The queen always loved her Scottish homes.
@DB-stuff
@DB-stuff 5 месяцев назад
Think acre is a old English word, dimensions based on how much land can be ploughed in a day
@auldfouter8661
@auldfouter8661 5 месяцев назад
By one man using a horse. An acre is 4,840 square yards which is one furlong ( equals a furrowlong) by a chain. That being 220 yards by 22 yards broad. A furlong is one eighth of a mile and also 10 chains.
@mariahoulihan9483
@mariahoulihan9483 5 месяцев назад
its still in use today.
@Shoomer1988
@Shoomer1988 5 месяцев назад
@@auldfouter8661 Wouldn't depend on the man, the horse and the day?
@willswomble7274
@willswomble7274 5 месяцев назад
@@mariahoulihan9483 But unofficially only. UK farms and planners all use hectares nowadays. A hectare is 10,000 square metres or approximately 2.4710538146717 olde worlde acres for our backward cousins over the pond.
@auldfouter8661
@auldfouter8661 5 месяцев назад
@@Shoomer1988 Yes of course but it's a rough guide. Winter days in Dec and Jan ( when ploughing was done in Scotland) are only 7 or so hours of daylight.
@fullfacility
@fullfacility 5 месяцев назад
The security aspect in WWII was more about the possibillity of a paratroop attack.
@davidwebley6186
@davidwebley6186 5 месяцев назад
Come on Connor, you are one of the most respectful and intelligent US guys commenting on our land and culture. An acre is an imperial measurement . Imperial relates to Empire in this case the British Empire so all US imperial measurements originate from guess where ? No second guesses allowed 😉😉
@JohnResalb
@JohnResalb 5 месяцев назад
Ah, that's a house for you, Jibby, with those audience figures you have, that's a castle within your price bracket. There are many other castles in Scotland which you might also consider.
@dawnsheard4786
@dawnsheard4786 5 месяцев назад
It’s so beautiful.
@knowledge-seeker-x7u
@knowledge-seeker-x7u 5 месяцев назад
Again.....not a garage (there's a huge stable yard for vehicles of all kinds. It the Front door/covered porch traditional in large houses.
@julialk4536
@julialk4536 5 месяцев назад
Shortly after the Queen died the grounds of Balmoral were opened to the public. We were holidaying in Scotland at the time and drove over to visit and pay our respects.
@Jeni10
@Jeni10 5 месяцев назад
The US uses Imperial Measurements, which is really weird because you got that from the British Empire hence Imperial. Now the British have dropped Imperial and gone over to metric. It was also introduced in the US but no one in the US likes change so it has never caught on properly. Having the two systems has caused plane crashes too, due to the incorrect parts being supplied.
@bigdaddigaming
@bigdaddigaming 5 месяцев назад
I’ll guarantee croquet has been played on that lawn hundreds if not thousands of times over the years, acres is a term we use to use but sadly more people are using hectares nowadays although acres isn’t totally dead as a term
@JamesLMason
@JamesLMason 5 месяцев назад
I think that acres is still in common usage. I'd go as far as to say it's more used than hectares, at least in everyday speech.
@peterbiggin7193
@peterbiggin7193 5 месяцев назад
I'm surprised Connor never mentioned the grass
@glenn20081965
@glenn20081965 5 месяцев назад
That is not a garage....I believe it's a covered entrance.
@willswomble7274
@willswomble7274 5 месяцев назад
Or ga-raaaj !
@nadeansimmons226
@nadeansimmons226 5 месяцев назад
Never trust an American voice over on a little doco about the royals. Ikh! Especially a sickly sweet soothing one. No reflection on you. Love your channel
@gtaylor331
@gtaylor331 5 месяцев назад
Don't fall into the trap of thing 'too small'? You are seeing the castle after it was made bigger.
@Remnants100
@Remnants100 4 месяца назад
Didn't show much of the Castle's interior on the video, in fact it mainly consists of the same viewpoint across the 'Grass' (Which you seem to enjoy more than the Castle)😂
@lindayoung4590
@lindayoung4590 5 месяцев назад
The Germans didn't only bomb Britain from Germany they had bases in Norway so would easily have been able to reach Scotland. Why would they have needed a garage in the 1850's? 🙂 Shetland ponies are on Dartmoor 570 miles away.
@auntielucysings7709
@auntielucysings7709 5 месяцев назад
In second world war the royal family stayed in Buckingham Palace in London. To show solidarity with the Londoners in the Blitz
@valeriedavidson2785
@valeriedavidson2785 5 месяцев назад
The term 'Acre' is part of the old British Imperial measurements. It is NOT American although I know Americans use it the same as they use feet and pints. The europeans tried to make us use 'hectare' but we are still using Acre.
@marcus3261
@marcus3261 5 месяцев назад
Is the grass where you live Conner not like the grass you admire in your videos?. I live in the Emerald Isle and the grass is the kind of grass you love maybe because we have a very different climate to the one you are used to. I love to walk barefoot in the very green grass, gets you grounded and connected to nature. 🙋💚😁🇮🇪🇺🇸👍🏞️☘️
@nowhere982
@nowhere982 4 месяца назад
Our beautiful red squirrel was almost wiped out by the importation of north american grey squirrels in 1800's
@danielleporter1829
@danielleporter1829 5 месяцев назад
Prince Philip passed in April 2021 not April 2020. Prince Philip passed away two months before his 100th birthday, At the time of the purchase of Balmoral Castle , Q. Victoria and Prince Albert had 6-7 children at the time. That's why the castle 🏯🏰 wouldn't suit their needs.
@suepoole8323
@suepoole8323 5 месяцев назад
Really missed so much by us all.
@irenerobertson-smith5502
@irenerobertson-smith5502 3 месяца назад
She loved coming to Scotland because we gave her peace, quiet and the ability for her familiy to just regular folks. The village close by was called cràaaathie not crethie, get it right announcer or you insult us.
@Jeni10
@Jeni10 5 месяцев назад
Connor, you’re looking at it AFTER it was remodelled.
@Kissameassa538
@Kissameassa538 5 месяцев назад
5.19 is not a garage it is the entrance to the castle.🇬🇧
@Jeni10
@Jeni10 5 месяцев назад
The only annoying thing is that the documentary is American narrated by an American. It should be the Brits making it so the information is accurate. One example stands out already! Meghan Markle’s version of her future involvement at Balmoral. Yeah, nah!
@edwardwoodstock
@edwardwoodstock 5 месяцев назад
Conor you make me laugh....oh my god is that a door!.....a ga-rarge...garage 😂 Why do you like grass so much? It is mowed in shapes to emphasise layout and condition. You can tell a good man by the cut of his grass 👍 Have you read about queen Mary ( our old queens' grandma)? She would visit houses and express how much she liked an item they owned. This meant she wanted if and they would then feel obliged to offer it as a gift 🤣🤣 Rapscalian behaviour.
@Ayns.L14A
@Ayns.L14A 5 месяцев назад
Hey Connor, this is not a good video mate, Balmoral ia a private home, it is not open to the Public , those internal shots were not Balmoral....
@melvincain5012
@melvincain5012 5 месяцев назад
You CAN visit the grounds as they have opened them to the public.
@Ayns.L14A
@Ayns.L14A 5 месяцев назад
@@melvincain5012 I did say the home, not the grounds..
@TheShedOccupant
@TheShedOccupant 4 месяца назад
It''s not grass it;s 'lawns' and yes we use acres, those are not garages
@lauraholland347
@lauraholland347 5 месяцев назад
Land is usually still expressed in acres.
@josephberrie9550
@josephberrie9550 5 месяцев назад
the germans flew from Norway to bomb scotlands north coast and islands...they also had great airborne troops
@christinestromberg4057
@christinestromberg4057 5 месяцев назад
As of 2024 King Charles III is opening up the private retreat to visitors. This summer, the castle will offer special guided tours through several of the beautiful rooms within Balmoral Castle. A lot of the rooms in the palaces and castles are used for staff. That commentator has the most irritating voice. Yes we use acres. What you thought might be a garage is the entrance porch.
@mariahoulihan9483
@mariahoulihan9483 5 месяцев назад
they had a lot of children and courtiers.. so yes.. their needs were large.
@mariahoulihan9483
@mariahoulihan9483 5 месяцев назад
plus nannies, nurses, you name it.. staff up from London and visitors who came to stay. they went hunting and shooting and fishing up there so that visitors join them.
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