Magnificently Situated Castle | The Crown (Claire Foy, Victoria Hamilton) 

Don't you believe it! The Queen Mother loved the adulation and deference she was paid as royalty. She would never have wanted someone to NOT know who she was.

Not the queen mother. That was The Queen, Elizabeth II.

@@odysseusrex5908 The Queen Mother was a stickler for royal etiquette and tradition although her public persona was that of the down-to-earth noblewoman. She knew how to play the crowd. It's not impossible that a scene played out like this one, but very unlikely anyone would not recognise who she was. Pearl Platt would have certainly had something to say!!!

@james, ? Elizabeth was known for turning down Bertie's marriage proposals several times because she had apprehensions on becoming a member of the royal family.

It’s been thoroughly documented that the queen mother was an utter snob and a generally awful person.

@frekenbok2755 100 years ago Spanish queen mother remarried her commoner lover and gave birth to many new babies AND played political roles. Well, a private marriage. Logically no problem. Only that her new husband treated her as his wife.

@@tinavino1575 well, actually it wasn't quite like that, she remarried really quicky after her uncle-husband died, while both her children were small, and started having children that were quickly taken away but such bad secret was bound to be found, and it did. She was basically shipped off, lost touch with her daughters who were spoiled and poorly raised for the roles they were expected to play. Not the happiest story, she found love at a personal level with her new husband and children but lost her children.

If she'd been a commoner she probably would have died at 65

@@MikelosMThe NHS never would have gotten her to 102, that's for sure. She would have died on a waiting list.

@@ednorton47 For all its faults, the UK (of which everybody is covered at least mostly by NHS) still has a median life expectancy more than 3 years higher than the US despite comparable lifestyle factors...

ESTABLISHED, not STABLISHED.

@@mjremy2605 oh troll, cut your BS

She truly loved her husband before he died, I wonder if this was the first man to treat her like a normal person since then, and whether he reminded her of her husband?

@@mjremy2605 sorry, not a native speaker here. Already edited.

@@vassalagem1 Ignore them. There are pedantic folks who troll RU-vid comments only to quench their own inferiorities through putting down others. @mjremy2605 knew perfectly well what you meant, as did we all. Carry on and enjoy your day.

The cinematography in this series has been amazing... The mirror work alone is stupendous.

Very well-observed! Her true status creates a distance between her and the old man. They went from two equal scottish people to a royal and a subject!

Great acting by Victoria Hamilton! The best of the Queen Mothers

marcia warren @@monmothma3358

no that was the queen not the queen mother

That was about the late queen, not her mother.

And imagine either of them talking about a "vacation" home. Or a "hike". Not in a million years

@@susannehunter4017 The late Queen often enjoyed long walks in the Scottish highlands (as does the present King.) She also had a very dry and droll sense of humor. So yes, I can imagine it quite well.

@@JWRogersPShave you seen the youtube footage of the bicyclists encountering a solo King Charles walking alone back to Balmoral? It’s amazing

Well actually if a formerly royal spouse remarries they take the title of the new spouse. It just didn't make sense to remarry in her case.

She could have been Queen of Norway

In those days and at that age very few women would want to go looking for another spouse especially if she had financial resources of her own

You really have to look it through the lens of people of that time. A widow really didn't have much desire in the 40s 50s and 60s to be remarried after spending so much of their heart and soul and especially pain when you look at queen elizabeth the mother not the second she only had 17 years on the throne and she wasn't queen Victoria it's rather historic that since queen Mary came back out of seclusion she really had to re birth her entire life her home her status her position. And your right a dowager queen which is what she legally was could have had so much freedom in choosing her next partner. Alot of women in that time especially the religious ot wasn't that un heard of in both the church of england and catholism if you were a young widow with no children you beame a nun. My father who passed in 2010 and my parents were both Americans and my father made an excellent point when my mom died he was preparing to become a priest and he waa born in the 40s! He told me "if i can't have your mother i don't want another bride ill devote what ever time i have left to god" But the monarchs especially look at the crown basically a calling from god as their life the husband's and wife's are advisors and they do love them but they really do surrender their soul to the crown.

@@rogerfielding1117 True but that wasn't a realistic option. She was past childbearing age and the British govt most likely would not have allowed it. This wasn't medieval Europe 😅

that's the joke

truth, she bought the castle

@@nikiryan8648 I mean the exchange between the Queen Mother and the gentleman I just found it very sweet

No this was just a special moment out of time Meeting again would not have been the same From that moment on it would had been a subject meeting Royalty

she was Scottish remember. If she farted dogs would get summoned.

She frequently spent more than her income. QEII was known for paying off her debts every year.

@@kristend344 Really ?! Knowing QEII, I'm sure she would have wanted to draw the line... But then again, the Queen Mum is not a force to be reckoned with...

@@OwlKing686 She liked to play the ponies, and she drank. a lot.

You thoughht wrong. The UK uses miles.

It's called imperial system for a reason.

The British still use miles for distance/ travel/ speed (whilst travelling) By KM, CM and MM when measuring things and in some instances distance/ travel

Where did you even think the Americans got it from in the first place?

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That the Queen Mother couldn't have others to treat her like a normal woman if they found out.

I wld love 2 hear some of thoes stories !!!!

and yet we make money from the Monarchy

Illegals are " living parasitically off the taxpayers" not the Monarchy

And we can go and visit there any time we want as it’s part of the Crown trust. People pay weddings for it… it’s paid itself back over and over. So, shh.

The castle was in shambles, and she oversaw its complete refurbishment, thus restoring a valuable historical landmark. It's been open for public use for decades and has increased tourism and commerce to the area. All in all, she did a good thing for the country. I'm sure you'll find a thousand other opportunities to virtue signal, but you chose the wrong topic this time.

Contrary to your belief, public money spent to benefit the public is not a bad thing.