Televised Royal Death Announcements: 1972 - 2022 

I was at home, it was 3pm and I saw a news notification from all my news apps. I was like "this better not be..."

@@hestongreenidge2576ok

I was in my fifth period class at school and some boy blurted out that she had died and the whole class heard it

God. My little sister went "no! Little old lady!" Saddest thing ever

I was at home 9 pm September.9 when i see a video about what will happen if the Queen died and i went to the comment section and i tought it was a joke that they we're saying "Rest in Peace your Majesty🕊" and then i suddenly searched it up about the Queen and i was shocked

Technically, her death announcement took place in King Charles III reign. The moment she died, her reign ended and his began. Thus, the announcement will always be in the next monarch’s reign

It even happened as Woody.EXE and I started our reign of 80 years. Woody.EXE was absolutely devastated, 9 months on and still not over it

@@nicolelawless9942 woody.exe??? what are you talking about you also started your reign? you are under 7

​@@somethingsmart3975 yes I believe King Charles knew instantly as soon as he had a phone call and the palace said your Majesty on the phone even though he was aware she didn't have long left. I think The Princess Royal was the only one at our late Queens bedside at that moment when all others were on their way 😢

I was sitting on the toilet.

She must've died from sadness of something

Womp womp

Why would anybody be shocked by the death of a 99 year old?

I was 17 at that time, and I heard the news on the 9th at 12 am, I was scrolling Instagram suddenly a German page showed many photos of EIIR, then I searched her name on Google and got the news. It was such a piece of devastating news for me and I literally cried and could not control myself. It was like I had lost someone of mine, a vacancy was suddenly created. However on that day when the doctors announced that her health was not ok, I was not shocked and at an immediate moment, the thought that she would leave us came to my mind. The day was gloomy and at night I got the news.

@@harryhanz1690If you mean QE II, She did not pass at 99 but at 96

@@footballx2325 Here before people start calling you incredibly rude names for saying womp womp to the queens death

Wow it must’ve been a honour

Same here. I was literally crying like an infant. 😢😢

Same. I couldn’t stop…

I wouldn’t have managed it at all but I’m glad my 2009 Woody, my sister, Mummy and Woody.EXE we’re with me during the Qyeens death

I remember praying for her, including “God save the Queen.”

The shock should be never repeated the future generations will retire and young dynamic monarchy will avail...keep the faith...

Same for me

I excepted the queen to live forever. Never imagined her death

@@EcotEcot643 unfortunately I was too young to remember Diana’s passing. I was a few months shy of my 7th birthday

@@cindienolin564 no body lives for ever unfortunately not even the saint's could but you can take some comforting though from the scripters , in death we shall return.

Same

Mummy was 18 just 2 weeks before Diana died and little did she know she’d become Princess of Wales just weeks after her 43rd birthday. It was Woody.EXE who decided this and she’s been Princess of Wales for one year now, on that tragic Thursday night, it was totally unexpected but Mummy deserved the title from the start of 2021 when the Queen became sick, Mummy even knew it then

All 90s children know how big she were back then, her death is condiered as the end of an era, enter the new millenia

я в 1 класс пошел на следующий день после смерти Дианы (1 September 1997 года)

Diana just got murdered

People who escaped from North Korea also say they felt like that when Kim Jong Il died

We're in Canada but we were visiting in UK and were in flight to return home. One of the flight attendants announced it. What a horrible flight this was on all kinds of levels. Just about all of us grew up with HRM and she was admired globally. Quite the role model...

It was actually a Friday morning

@@neiljackson4904you do understand that there are different time zones, no?

@@neiljackson4904possibly didnt check the news until the next day

@@astronova3508 No, it actually was friday morning in Australia. It was thursday evening in UK and friday morning in Australia

"God save the King" from what? Eventually we all die

Now Woody.EXE might surpass Queen Elizabeth’s reign of 80 years. I’m honoured to live through it as his longest serving Queen

@@EllPhillipThe king actually means the British people, like how in court cases instead of the people against blah blah it is the king (or crown) against blah blah.

@@EllPhillipfrom you

R v Bob. Rex or Regina versus Bob@@Finnbobjimbob

I saw it getting lowered as well and I knew Woody.EXE’s reign has started. I delivered the news of the Queen’s death to him in a personal statement and he immediately came down to my house to watch the announcements being unfolded only to proclaim me as Queen hours later and my mother as Mummy, Princess of Wales. I’ve never seen anything like it

Probably couldn’t find coverage

Very valid points, particularly when you consider that the Duchess of Windsor was never a Royal and Diana, Princess of Wales was not a Royal at the time of her death and therefore they should not have been included in this video.

That's funny but I really shouldn't be laughing

Before or after her morning infusion of alcohol?

How the hell did she make it to 101

​@@hamburgerhamburgerv2Scotch.

@LaKellita: That, luck, and maybe a bit of spite?

it was actually sky news

@@pj.exconde yes, but that’s not one of the main channels - the main channels are of course BBC 1, BBC 2, ITV 1, Channel 4 and Channel 5

@@jackcrawford3921 Fuck main channels. A channel is a channel. They call it main because they were the only analogue channels to exist

Was it? I just happened to be watching Film 4 at the time of her death

@@thejlchannelofficial yes as they broke it before the BBC, ITV (and especially C4 who literally had to interrupt Hollyoaks to break the news)

Right?! It's mind-boggling that following a family for even 100 years is possible, let alone 1000!

1066 AD

There has been some breaks in lineage. The entire royal line is not related.

​@@trisiegt100 years would only be back to my great great grandparents. Not mind boggling in the least.

@@user-ux8ey5oi5iyes, my surname is Norman from that era too

No surprise, you are notoriously a racist country with an horrible mindset

I remember going on my phone as every normal lunch time but the text from Woody.EXE was very alarming saying “Queen Elizabeth II is unwell, it’s not looking good” I just had a minute to try and take it all in. Then I immediately messaged her back saying “I guess I’m Queen now?” I still have the messages from that day a year ago and I cry looked back knowing I was already Queen at 12:40. Then I immediately called my mother and she remembers me crying as I announced the news to her about the late Queen and she became Mummy, Princess of Wales later that Thursday night

@@nicolelawless9942what? 🤔

​@@nicolelawless9942Delusional or what!

QUEEN ELIZABETH II. 11 is ELEVEN 🙄

It was there

*HM, HRH stands for His/Her Royal Highness and HM stands for Her/His Majesty, HM is used by the monarch, HRH is used by those of a child, grandchild of a monarch or a grandchild of the heir to the throne, however royals can opt to having there children to have those titles, HRH

The fact that her terms were the shortest term for a prime minister of the UK, in history Such a lucky lass, in the most horrifying way lol

Bad move

And harry and meghan have avoided going there...

Paris is also built upon a mass gravesite

We're British, we nailed it!

Was it hard? I'm not from the uk so I don't know

It was a very poignant moment at the end of the funeral when the national anthem played and everyone realised they had to make the change to the new lyrics. I recall watching Charles and Camilla's faces and thought how they must have felt in that moment.

@@caz3502 You rocked it!

@@barsbay7598 Idk, but I am Scottish and Canadian, so I'm saying yes.

Why?

​@@leeosborne3793 Piss off

​@@leeosborne3793 This was because she was in many of our lives for such a long time, a Queen who many of us looked upto and she gave the feeling like she was a grandmother of the country and the common wealth. She was always there for us with her beautiful speeches that we call relate to. I know there some anti monarchists but may we carry on our traditions. When she passed I personally felt like I had lost a member of my family ❤😢

@@alextomlinson7688 I've got better things to spend my emotional energy on, to be honest. She was never "in my life" and I find the lives of astounding privilege and wealth the royals lead to be grossly offensive. They don't lead or represent me at all.

@@leeosborne3793I didn't actually think I would of emotional as I was bit we don't choose our emotions as they are natural. However I fully respect your opinion but as I say we all have our own views. (just curious though nothing I hope this doesn't come across aggressive in way but why view this video if you had no interest in our late monarch?)

What about Mountbatten ?

'Peacefully' is a figure of speech.

Diana was still young and in excellent health and died suddenly The rest were up there in age and/or had severe health problems or both for a long time before they passed on

Well, she didn't. A car crash isn't a peaceful way to die, is it.

@@ohwell94i didn’t realize an ira boom stick constituted natural causes

She was not the first! They played God Save the King on BBC and CBC Radios (and others, most likely) after George V's and VI's deaths, and I believe on the TV for George VI's where TV was on the air in the Commonwealth. There was simply no way to record those events at the time.

@sboudreaux27 well, owing to his circumstances (having abdicated, seen as quite shameful in the British royal system), it would’ve been seen as an innapropriate measure probably.

I never knew that until now, at least Woody.EXE agreed to have this happen when I’m no longer here and I would be his Queen by then. I dread him reigning on without me

No she wasn't. They played it for many royals before her.

​@@evaharrison1733shameful yes. But just think, if he hadn't abdicated we would never had the most respected and dignified and longest reigning monarch. Simpson wouldn't have given Edward an heir so it makes you wonder how things would have been

HM Queen Elizabeth ii is a monumental death of the 21st Century ya Charles and William and even George will eventually pass but nothing from the royal family will hit as hard as the Queen did for a while.

I was in college lunch break when her health was declining and then, Wody.EXE randomly messaged me about it because my sister had told him to message the news down and I remember saying “you got to be kidding me?!” He knows how much I loved the Queen so he decided to announce it. Woody.EXE never wanted to do this but he just knew he had too. My college tutor Sophie allowed me to go home an hour early than we usually do and she said “keep me updated and I’ll be thinking of you” and I went home early to be with Woody.EXE and my sister who were gathered together already waiting for Mummy to come home so we could be altogether during this moment. At exactly 6:30 on that tragic Thursday, the Queens death was sadly announced and Mummy became Princess of Wales and I was already Queen Elizabeth III. I only screaming “No not the Queen, I thought she’d make it to Friday but NOPE!” I went to tell my 2009 Woody what’s happening and even he couldn’t believe it. I stayed up all night having the news on in the background so I didn’t miss anything. The grief from Woody was probably the most heartbreaking thing I’ve ever experienced since he adored the late Queen and all 5 of us hardly slept until the funeral was over. I was only 20 then

He was absolutely a royal, a cousin to the Queen. first uncle to the late Duke of Edinburgh, and a descendant of Queen Victoria through the Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, Alice who was Victoria's daughter.

He was an actual royal. His family gave up their titles in WW1 because of their German ties

@@LaKellita Yes and they became known as the Mountbattens.

@@therathergoodengineer9285 still royals, though

@@LaKellita Yes, absolutely.

Yes i woke up early and heard the same on world service and radio 4 interrupted i was so shocked i rang my mum i jad onky just talked to my ex from wales the night before and heard she had died a shocker that she hadnt worn a seatbelt. I cannot fathom why Harry hasnt done any speeding or seatbelt campaign

Umm...she was 96 and her husband,who was 99, died 17 months prior so her passing was not entirely unexpected. It seems that couples who have been married for decades one spouse passes away and the other dies within a few months.

The awkward thing that strangely came out ruining his career revenge for schofe

She wouldnt have been Queen nor Queen Consort if she would be alive today though. They were already divorced by then....

I felt the same when Pope John Paul died, I was 11 when he was elected.

So we'll take no notice of it

@@caz3502 6:17- 'It is with great sorrow that Her Majesty announces the death of her beloved husband. . .' as per royal protocol means that she was WITH him at the time it happened instead of in another part of the Castle at the time' it was announced TO Her Majesty' or another place altogether 'Buckingham Palace announces the death of.. '. Hence, I'm giving the benefit of the doubt that she was with him when he left this world at age 99 (having known him from the time he was an 18-year-old naval cadet and she was a thirteen-year-old princess).

I don't think that's how it happened. Sophie (Edward's wife, now the Duchess of Edinburgh) said that he passed away peacefully with the Queen by his side. So more likely than not his health had just rapidly deteriorated and everyone knew that it was time.

I was a day away from six when Diana passed away

Because it wasn't a BBC annoucement

Yes.

😳😳😳

Trifle dark, that...

Bit dark mate

You are rancid! King, Queen, Commoner, Pauper....Your comment is vile

Next Wednesday, Tuesday, and Monday

Its funny they died on these days

UK National Anthem

Yep, because Charles became King the moment QEII passed.

It was a massive shock.

Yes, I was also only six. I remember it well, though. It was the first time I can recall ever seeing my mom cry

Yet she wont have been ever had he married camilla in the first place she might still have been alive

@@veggie42 Queen Diana, Official Goodwill Ambassador of the British Royal Family!!!!!!!!! Queen Diana, would’ve massively outshone her husband; King Charles Yet, in this timeline, we’re left pondering on what could’ve been

God Save The Abdicated King

@@CarpentersBiggestFan totally confused as to why him and his Hitler loving wife are even in this video How about the earl of montabaln who was assasnated by terrorists?

@@scottaznavourian3720 me too but you know

No, he supported Hitler.

He brought shame to the RF but look what we got. Instead of a nazi loving king, we got a dignified, universally admired and respected monarch who ruled for 70 years

I just watched this video and made a similar comment before scrolling through the comment section . Not copying you just coincidence . Also glad someone else remembers him .

Wait he was part of the royal family...i mean he was the duke of Edimburg uncle...i don't know about the royal family im from south america

@@tacituskilgore5372 Lord Mountbatten was the late Queen's cousin .

@@robertclark2253 hum...i never knew

You're not alone, I hope to live and see them become King and Queen, we feel this way probably because with social media, we can even go into their lives every other day, I'm not fan of famous people, but this family is one I love seeing, so yes it will be sad for many, let's hope for the best. 🤴👸 🫅👸🫅

Just England??? Maybe really The United Kingdom !!

@@wardenblack9734 ohhhhh yes👏👏👏

That's because it's full of illegals. We're losing our traditions and identity

Probably didn't include him as it was well known he was a paedophile

@@darenotoole Evidence?

Although he was related to the Queen, he wasn`t an official member of the royal family.

Because Prince (of the United Kingdom) Was his title Aside The Duke of Edinburgh. It is just like when you say HM The Queen Elizabeth II. But i could be wrong with the explanation.

I am not sure why but using the definite article indicates a higher status. So Prince William actually became The Prince William when his father became king, and technically Harry would be The Prince Henry as the son of a monarch. However as William became the Prince of Wales within a day or so, his title became the POW, so he was only The Prince William for a day or so. Because of Harry’s circumstances he may have elected not use his title as The Prince Henry.

@@brontewcat he was the Consort and not a blood royal so that is the correct address for him

@@racheldemain1940 I am not sure what you mean - The Prince Philip is a higher status than just Prince Philip. It had nothing to with him being a consort. The Queen had it within her gift to create whatever title she chose. If you look at Wikipedia articles on the royals, the articles often set out each royal’s title and styles as they progress through life and their circumstances change. When their parent becomes monarch a royal’s style changes to The Prince or The Princess. Look up Queen Elizabeth II, and you will see from Dec 1936 until she became the Duchess of Edinburgh in 1947 her style was the Princess Elizabeth. Then her style became the Princess Elizabeth, the Duchess of Edinburgh Besides all of which, Prince Philip was of Blood Royal - he was of the royal houses of Greece and Denmark. So he was Prince Philip until he married the Princess Elizabeth. On marriage he renounced his foreign royal titles and was created the Duke of Edinburgh, but he wasn’t given the style of prince. So he was HRH Sir Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen then returned the style of Prince to him in the late 1950s, but gave him the higher status of The Prince Philip.

It gives the higher status to the title. Such as when Queen Elizabeth II became Queen there were 3 living Queens. Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen mother and Queen Elizabeth II. Hence the use of The Queen for Elizabeth II. Whilst at the time I don't think there were any other Prince Philips in the RF the definate article will raise Prince Philip above the others.

He abandoned his duty, but he wouldn't have been allowed to rule and marry Wallis. The government made that decision for him really

@@Darquesse24601 The whole 'consorting with Nazis' thing kind of overshadows the abdication.

@@bas3q true, but he abdicated before he joined the nazis

Everyone regardless of their decisions in life moral or immoral deserves a funeral. We can judge them as God will do.

@@gregorarmstrong2478 So Adolf Hitler deserved a state funeral where people paid their respects and no one judged him? I fear you haven't thought this through very carefully...

She died on my sister’s 50th birthday

She didnt that much because H&M couldnt have the working relationship they needed..

She wasn't a royal by birth and she dished out the crap too