I thought the same thing, but thinking more about it…. Maybe it was horrific for everyone else considering they didn’t know how to rule without her. No one knew how to handle it. Everyone was in denial about her sickness.
The truly horrific experience was what she had to endure before with so many younger close relatives passing before her in close succession. Her own death sounds rather pleasant as such things go, with family around in a beloved home. Even Wilhelm II got to be around.
It wasn't an horrific death!! She suffered heartache of losing 3 adult children & a grandchild, that part is horrific for any body to have to deal with.. She lived a long life, she died at home surrounded by her loved ones. That's how all of us would like to end our days.
That’s what most people want it’s not horrible she was with her family and died in her own home. 😊 She had losses but at that age she had seen many losses her whole life. She knew that she was going and she was where she wanted to be.😊
Old woman dies peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Absolutely HORRIFIC. My dear, you need to stop this baiting. P.S. I will no longer watch another of your videos.
Please stop calling this series 'the horrific death of..' its cheap clickbait, its disingenuous, if you have to have spectacular headlines to get people to watch, then you havent got an interesting story!
Another ridiculous and misleading title. Queen Victoria died peacefully in her old age. She was comfortable and had her family and those close to her at her side, nothing "horrific" about it.
I am a bit confused... how is dieing in your favorite house with your family around you, horrific? Sounds like it was pretty ideal, as death's go. Was her family so bad that that is what made it horrific? I guess it is just click bate.
All the people in Ireland and around Europe that died in the potato famine would probably have swapped places with her. Getting evicted from the hovels they had to live in and watch your children starve to death, while also starving yourself and homeless. She was more comfortable in death than most of her subjects were in their lives.
@@gerrybailey447 That's very well said. She was more comfortable in death than most of her subjects were in their lives. Their lives were so pitiful, they're better off dead. That old fat, selfish b*tch will have to give an accounting to God of how she spent her vast fortunes.
I’ve enjoyed this channel greatly for the past year, but five consecutive episode titles with HORRIFIC seems hyperbolic and all for clicks. As much as I like a dark tale, I hope this isn’t turning into “Her HORRIFIC History.” Also hope RU-vid hasn’t forced it to come to this to sustain or grow viewership. Your content has been very good, and stands on it’s own merits.
Also, she made 2 different videos of basically the same thing. One of QV's HORRIBLE death, and the next of her DISASTROUS funeral. Seems like the funeral was covered in this. Not to mention she did another video on the death and funeral a year ago. Maybe she's running out of content???
I was about to say the same thing. Horrific is not what comes to mind after reigning 61 years as the monarch and dying in one of your grand homes. Horrific is more like being dragged behind a horse during the Trooping of The Colour.
I was brought up in an English school, with the royal religion forced upon me (even though I would never change that). Queen Victoria I've always learned was ill. But I can tell you a few horrific deathes out my own family of young people gone to soon. Please don't feel sorry for her death. Feel sorry for her childhood
Well said Scott! She was wrecked in childhood and likely suffocating around Albert. Being with him must have been liberating. She stopped herself from finding happiness.
As many have already Commented, her death was hardly horrific. She was remarkably old for that time, died in her home, and with family around her. From all I’ve heard about QV, she was not a particularly “nice” person. She was very cruel to her children, and ridiculed and dismissed her husband Albert’s chronic health issues. Today Albert’s symptoms would likely lead to a diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease, a very painful and debilitating disease. IMO, I believe the most remarkable things about her were the length of her reign, the number of children she had, and the way in which her children were used, as is so common among royalty, to marry into other European royal families for political alignments and to spread that royal blood of hers around; you know, the blood that carried hemophilia and all that entailed regarding the Russian revolution.
@@EMarie-pe2ds She enjoyed sex, but not the end result of being pregnant or a child being born. She refused to breast feed any of her children or be around them but for brief moments until they were practically adults. She used "Wet Nurses" for all her kids, basically a female slave who had just given birth to her own child, but is ordered by the Queen to come feed her child first. Kind of like we do cows nowadays... we impregnate them and then take their milk for human babies and give powdered milk to their female calf. The male calf is of no use other than to take to slaughterhouse for veal.
Keep in mind it was a different time, especially for the upper class. People were relatively cheap, so servants were common. Royal kids were often kept distant from their parents, in the care of governesses, tutors, and didn't go to a school or college. By the time of Victoria's kids, marrying for politics wasn't that big of a deal, but you still had to marry among Europe's royalty. Kaiser Wilhelm and Tzar Nicholas were nephews of the Queen. Victoria I believe was from the house of Hanover (or maybe I am thinking of George). Lot of German cadet branches. It's actually the opposite, they don't want commoners to be elevated to royalty, splitting kingdoms and estates. There were a few Morgantic marriages because of that (no titles for the kids, the line escheats back to the crown). Cousins marrying long enough cause problems. They didn't quite make it to the Hapsburg level in Spain while Charles VIII.
In my opinion, the Victorians were rather melodramatic or lived in denial. Unlike today, Victoria had reigned for 64 yrs. It's likely that until the House of Commons and the House of Lords would have had to be consulted to even know what the procedures were for the protocol to plan a State Funeral. I suspect the family's reaction to her death and the chaos of figuring out a State Funeral was rather horrific. I personally would find it horrific if I were ill, blind, confused and had been lonely for years had a horde of relatives crying, sobbing, wringing their hands and talking about me as though they had no idea what to do about a funeral should I actually die, would be quite horrific.
At the time of Victoria's death, there had not been a State Funeral of a Sovereign since William IV. No one even knew what the procedure was for a coronation. Surprised that no one thought to look in the past records.
8:20 Imagine the look on the Undertaker's face when the Royals asked him "Where's the coffin?" lol. Not horrific, just a lot of grieving family members coping with the death of an elderly relative. We all go through it. They just happened to go through it with nice mansions / palaces, fancy clothes, jewels, underpaid servants, no financial worries, yadda yadda yadda.
The Boer Wars (please note plural) were not fought between Britain and Africa, Africa is a continent of many different countries. The Boer Wars were between the UK and the Dutch speaking Cape Colonists.
Well done video, but the title is misleading. I wouldn't call her death "horrific" by any sense of the word. She died of old-age, surrounded by her family, in her favorite home.
No wonder Queen Elizabeth planned her funeral way ahead of time. What a bunch of fawning nicompoops her relatives were to not even accept the poor woman was dying. She must have been relieved to be laid to rest beside her true love, Albert and get her privacy back after all that.
She was very obese so enjoyed her food while her people starved and aye bread mixed with chalk and plaster and sawdust. Shechad the very best of everything and lived a long life by any standard. Losing a great deal of weight is common as elderly lose their appetite when their body cells no longer repair or replace themselves so less calories are required in preparation for death. If anyone put a feeding tube in me while I was naturally dying I would haunt them. Death in old age is a normal part of the life cycle. Those who can afford good hospice care are fortunate like Victoria.
What’s the damn difference from then and now? Charles was just crowned at the cost of millions, all while the economy crashes, his people can’t afford food, electricity, water.
@@annettefournier9655 Nonsence,my father born 1887, father a tailor, mother a waster, said no one ever died of starvation. If there was no work there was the union,if you didn't want to go into the union,you could join the army or the navy,earn enough money to feed your family
I knew someone who died when her car was hit head on and then rolled down a hill. That was a closed casket funeral. I knew someone who drowned when the commercial fishing boat he was on was caught in a storm, began to sink and he was trapped inside the cabin. He was only 13 years old. My friends husband died in a freak avalanche. All these incidents are good examples of horrific.
What’s so bad about dying at a ripe old age, in your own bed, surrounded by your family, soon to see your recently deceased relatives, having had the chance to make your soul right with God? Sure beats dying alone in a hospital bed, connected to machinery, no family or friends?
Great commentary on the death of Queen Victoria. Nothing horrible here, just the truth around her dying moments and family chaos that ensued. RIP Queen Victoria. She was buried next to the love of her life, Albert. It doesn’t get any better than this.
Wrong to use that word, as I'm sure most people watched your video anticipating a never publicised distressing fact to be revealed about this great queen's passing...
But at her age, this is part of the path of life. Once a person has reached 80 or 90 years, s/he will have most likely outlived their peer group. That is just a natural fact of life & living.
You know what? Stop writing that something was "horrific" unless it actually was. You are single-handedly destroying the English language with this abuse.
One of the greatest murders of history. She not only refused to aid the Irish in their days of need, she also actively prevented other people from going to their aid.
If this is a horrific way to die, at your favourite home of many, surrounded by family, then what is a good way to die? Please don't lower your standards and become a click bait channel.
Good job but a few things. 1) The Prince of Wales was not shot in Belgium, an assassination attempt was made. 2) The ring was NOT John Brown's but his mother's. John Brown never married.
I dont know if her death was horrific, not really whats taught to brits. But i do know her bedroom she died in at Osbourne house, which is a big wrap around room, had the strangest atmosphere when i walked through it. Shuddered shoulders. Was glad to get out of that room.
When I see the words 'Shocking' 'Horrific' 'Brutal' etc in a video title I skip straight to the comments to get the real story and sure enough I'm never disappointed. Saves me a lot of time watching a vid and waiting for the 'Horror' to happen.
In the movie about Victoria and Brown they told of the burning of their correspondence and destroyed his bust she’d commissioned. I wonder if that was historical fact. Her published correspondence lacks cohesion creating the possibility something like that happened. I think the “horrific” part of her passing, was in my opinion, the behavior of her grown children.
Having previously read about QV’s death, when I read the video title I thought some unknown information had come to light. Saying her death was HORRIFIC ( and yes you even used CAPS), was merely for click bait as there was no new information, Very sad, but hey everyone else does it so it’s okay, right???
Thank for this. I just realized, as a cousin from across the pond, that I spend more time watching the histories of the British Monarchy & others, than I do from my own country, rotfl. I guess it does help that my father's side is English/Irish.
I would appreciate if in future whoever is reading these entries to be taught how to pronounce EVERY word correctly. For example,while I am aware that such a word as INFALLABLE might not be in daily use for everyone, it is not an archaic word and to know how it should be proounced is not asking the impossible.
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Did not die on the job like men women and CHILDREN in her time on the throne, horrendous conditions endured to get some poor pay to live. She was bigger around the waist than she was high, no hard work there. Absolutely no tears shed here.
Whereas I enjoyed the substance of this video, I was annoyed by several mispronunciations in the commentary. The word "corsage" was spoken instead of the word "cortege", "ettiquette" was mis-spelled and mispronnouned, Boer was pronouned "Bo-er" nstead of "Bore", "Willhelm" was pronounced with a W instead of the correct V. The word "News" was several times pronouned "Nues" instead of "Niews" and there were other similar mistakes. Is it too much to hope that these could have been checked and corrected?
You use the term the horrific death of Queen Victoria , I do not understand this, Queen Victoria was surrounded by those she loved and in her beautiful Osbourne House. A death in a family like this is surely definitely not horrific!!!
What a shame the poor old girl had a real rubbish time without her best friend by her side I've always admired victoria for her strength and reign over the world largest empire god bless her soul 🕊🙏🏻
FFS, people. "Horrific" doesnt only mean grisly, terrifying, murderous-bloody. It can mean dreadful, fearful, horrible, awful. Several deaths upon deaths, feeling sick knowing your end is near, and multiple strokes...? Sounds pretty awful to me.
Those who have died in the name of Jesus- mostly the Catholic saints- have had horrific deaths. Those who have died for their country for the sake of independence from a monarchy, have had horrific deaths. Those who have died for humanity, in poverty and all alone have had horrific deaths. YOU NEED TO READ THROUGH THE DICTIONARY AND THE BOOKS OF LIFE TO LEARN WHAT "HORRIFIC " MEANS!!
My Grandmother, who was born in the 1800's, remembered only learning about Queen Victoria's death, more than 5 days after it happened, So the comment that it spread fast across the World is inaccurate, especially in farming communities in Yorkshire, news such as this could take days to be spread by word of mouth.
The telegraph, invented in the mid 19th century in America, long before 1901 indeed fast relayed big news: as of the 1877 weeklong day-to-day dying, then death of Utah Mormon leader Brigham Young, to distant newspapers such as The New York Times, which gave it front page coverage. But in 1944 it did take 5 or so days after D-Day for first film footage of it to be flown to USA (East Coast) to be shown in newsreel theatres.
i've always been curious as to why they cut off Queen Victoria's hair. was it because she didn't want to be embalmed and they worried the hair would do something? or was it for a type of royal relic or sacred thing kind of like items and relics of saints?
She lost the love of her life, Albert first. That had to have taken a terrific toll on Victoria. The deaths of her children and some grandchildren only underscores what a loving mother and grandmother she was. RIP Victoria.
The use of the term 'horrific' to describe the peaceful death of an old lady is ridiculous clickbait. To be avoided if you want your channel to be taken seriously.
These videos put up TITLES to catch your attention. IF your gonna tell a story please tell the truth. There are so many videos on you tube telling incorrect stories and hurting people.