Imagine you just chillin in Europe and someone comes up to you like boi you the king now

The king of Norway is in the line of succession for the crown of England: he would just have to kill around 70 people who are higher on the list.

Thanks fam it worked

Fun fact: the 1701 rules say that any legitimate descendent of Sophia of Hanover is in line of the throne and that's currently over a thousand living people. Years ago, they tracked down the last in line for the throne and she turned out to be a 40-year-old German postal worker.

"Did you become the King of England?" "Yes..." "What did it cost?" "Everyone."

Instructions unclear, Married my cousin, became King of Spain instead

I love how you talk about the crown as though it's a living entity "searching for a head to sit upon" like some kind of parasite

From what I understand, Canada hasn't updated our primogenitor rules, because we don't care super much about the monarchy. But the queen is still *technically* the head of state, so there could be a situation where England recognizes one heir, but Canada can't legally recognize them, and we end up with separate monarchs

instructions unclear, became pope, I think I went wrong on the part where it said not to be Catholic.

Crown goes to oldest son *laughs in ‘hunting accident’*

5 years old me who thought you become the king of England by welding Arthur's sword.

Loving how the UKposts algorithm decides to make this a recommended video in 2022 after Queen Elizabeth’s passing. Gotta love them engagement algorithms…

Many, many stick figures died in the production of this video.

Instructions unclear: became Supreme Leader of North Korea.

I imagine the crown is a living entity and it searches for suitable hosts through this process. Everytime the rules are to be updated they must first consult the crown

It's a bit late now but Prince Philip WAS in line to the throne. He was number ~300 as the great-grandson of one of Queen Victoria's daughters. But he would have had to outlive all his own descendants and all the descendants of Victoria's sons until it's time to look at Victoria's daughters. It's a bit moot now but that could have been a movie plot in the 90s, someone's been killing off distant relatives to the Queen and it turns out to be Philip working on becoming King by killing hundreds and hundreds of people with better claims than his own.

If say twins are delivered by c-section does that mean the doctor chooses the next heir?

CGP Grey: "just about every European alive is distantly related to him" Me (on the other side of the continent): "So you're saying there's a chance"

3:06 you say the Crown will always go up one level if the family tree dies out, but the Act of Settlement 1701 specifies it has to be a descendant of Sophia of Hanover which is still thousands of people today but not every European alive.

The humor of the algorithm strikes again

I’d like to see a TV show, a bit like Designated Survivor, when a tragedy strikes the royal family and some average European dude has to take on the crown. That’d be cool.

Damn I thought this video was going to show me how I could become the British Monarch.

It's kind of fascinating to see the crown as a code that calculates and moves on it's own, to be honest. it's an interesting perspective.

Thank you noble CGP Grey for helping me secure the position. You will be knighted for your strategic efforts. I hope everyone can follow the tutorial and become queen/king as well!

Imagine the stress on the gynecologist performing a c-section on a set of twins of the queen mother to be. He literately gets to pick the next king or queen.

"#2: Don't be a Bastard" Dammit

I found the “don’t be a bastard” super funny for some reason

Yesterday the Queen of England passed away. Today this suddenly-relevant video appeared on my recommended.

"Dont be a bastard" William I: *Am I a joke to you?*

Prince Charles: Mom can I be a King? Elizabeth II: No!

this video popped up in my recommended just after queen lizzie died

the algorithm chose violence huh

When you're a Catholic but the British throne says no Catholics... *looks at* *_Spain_*

Important side note: the change from male primogeniture to absolute primogeniture is not applied retroactively. So Elizabeth II's daughter, even though she is not the youngest of the four, would have to wait for the crown to pass through the lineages of her three brothers first before she could become Queen

Universe are you telling me something

3:36 Also, when the primogeniture is male preference, the dynasty remains patrilineal. In other words, if one day, a queen is crowned and marries her not king, but prince consort, the royal house changes to the prince consort's royal house. In absolute primogeniture, the total patrilineal dynastical system becomes cumbersome as the royal house will theoretically change every 2 generations instead of many, so they made it so the dynasty will become matrilineal whenever a queen is crowned. In other words, the royal house will remain the same forever (assuming every king/queen dies with an heir) as changing royal houses increases the chance of the monarchy being abolished. Also, this absolute primogeniture gives birth to the term "King Consort" in royalty, as the dynasty became matrilineal. That is why King Charles III belongs to the house of Windsor, and not Mountbatten. If Queen Elizabeth died before 2013, the UK will get to have a chance to open its last royal house, the House of Mountbatten (because no more royal houses will open in the future due to absolute primogeniture, assuming no kings/queens will die without any heir).

Directions unclear, became president of Russia instead

Eliminating the male part of the primogeniture rule had actually been agreed to in 2011. It took some negotiation because it had to be agreed upon by all the realms for whom the British Monarch is the head of state. When the law was actually passed in 2013, it was more or less a formality. And in the event, there are now a line of three males for the throne after Elizabeth, so it'll be the better part of a century before the change has any real effect, assuming nothing serious happens to George.

well i know what im doing next week

Im just now getting this recommended, youtube has a dark sense of humor.

“Don’t be a bastard” *Alexander Hamilton has left the chat*

He left out one important bit: the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 is not retroactive. Those born BEFORE 28 October 2011 follow the old format (male primogeniture). Those born after will fill cognatic (gender-neutral) order. Thus, any further children born to the Cambridges will come after Charlotte. Any children born to Harry will follow the new formula.

youtube algorithm knows what it's doing recommending this to people rn

Oh the timing on this recommended video!

Instructions unclear, ended up making an instructions unclear comment

If you're a twin and you want the crown just eat your other twin before they get too big problem solved

Time to apply the knowledge

Thanks Grey, It worked!

I can imagine a set of twins and the one that's just about four minutes older than the other twin gloating about how they'd get the crown because they're just barely older.

Fun fact, in Poland, back when we had monarchy, "królowa" ("queen") was the title of the royal consort. When we had an actual female monarch, she was referred to as "król" ("king").

One thing this video didn't mention is that legally not everyone with European ancestry is in the line of succession. You MUST be a direct descendent of Sophia of Hanover, not just any English king. That being said, I believe the latest estimates give about 5000 legal heirs to the throne.

UKposts has a sick sense of humor when it comes to timing.

If the king had twins that were born seconds apart, I bet the technically younger one would be pissed lmaoo

What if the Monarch's children are twins or worse..... *Quadruplets*

2:32 Mary I Tudor, Elizabeth I Tudor, Mary II Stuart, Anne Stuart, Victoria Hanover & Elizabeth II Windsor

youtube is funny for recommending me this now

the Doctor doing the c section to the new queen that have a twin I AM NOW THE KING MAKER.

Step 1 : send you chancellor to build a claim on an english county Step 2 : repeat until you have more than half of a duchy Step 3 : claim all counties and win the war Step 4 : usurp the duchy title Step 5 : press de jure claims on the rest of the duchy Step 6 : repeat steps 1-5 until you have more than half of the counties or England Step 7 : usurp the English throne Step 8 : now make the same for Wales, Scotland and England until you have more than 80% of the british islands Step 9 : emperor of Britannia, finally !

Mhmmm, this 9 years old video suddenle appeared on my feed, i wonder whant kind of event might ave happened recently for the algorithm to decide it was relevant content.... Mmmmmmmmmmhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnn ...no idea

King Charles: "Thanks, fam. This video helped me."

So I can't be king because Henry VIII split from my church so he could get a fuckin divorce?

Just a couple notes: First, while Grey mentions the line of succession going all the way back over 1,000 years, the current rules state that the monarch must descend from Sophia of Hanover (1630-1714). This was done primarily to exclude James "The Old Pretender" from the throne as he was next in line after William and Mary but was Catholic. As a result, the current number of potential heirs stands at around 5,000. Second, while the rules have been amended from male primogeniture to strict primogeniture, this change is not retroactive and did not alter the line of succession established previously. For example, under the current rules, Anne, Princess Royal would be 8th in line for the throne, ahead of her younger brothers Prince Andrew, Duke of York (15th) and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (18th). However, because the new rule is not retroactive, Andrew is 8th, Edward is 11th, and Anne is 14th.

So everyone is getting this recommended after the Queen died, right?

How funny this ends up in my recommend again today

"#2 Don't be a bastard." _Well, I'm always told that I'm a fairly decent nice guy and..._ "Sometimes it's good to be the king, but it's never good to be the illegitimate children of the king" _oh_

Grey struggling to pronounce primogeniture triggered the CKII in me

1980 my country's (Sweden) Act of Succession was updated and the rule was changed from agnatic primogeniture to absolute primogeniture. The heir apparent prior to this change was Prince Carl Philip (born 1979, our king's only son), but after the change Princess Victoria (born 1977, the king's eldest child) became the heir apparent and thus her children come before Prince Carl Philip in the line of succession, followed by him and his children and lastly the king's youngest child, Princess Madeleine and her children. Interesting fact: all European royal families are in the British line of succession. Sweden's king is place 300 something (source I found said 309, but that was written in August 2020 and Elizabeth II has died and I don't know who else in line before Sweden's royal family have died, if any. I have found that at least 3 in line and higher up than the Swedish king were been born in 2021 however). Worthy of note is that in the British line of succession Prince Carl Philip and his children come before Victoria and her children, or at least according to the source I found on Sweden's royal family's position in the British line of succession. Also, Queen Victoria was Sweden's king's Great-Great-Grandmother and so is the case for both Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip as well (note that these two are also related through one more line, so they were both third cousins and second cousins once removed).

sorting by new I counted at least 5 "King Charles III" accounts saying "lmao thanks fam it worked"

Instructions unclear, became queen of Egypt and got mummified

When ure 4th in line and u played a bit of CK2 * *prepares some hunting accidents* *

And now, the crown has been relocated once again. Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain

UKposts recommending this aged well

here in denmark we were more strict about the whole women on the throne thingy. here if you had only daughters, then you would be naturally dead as you say. this got changed in 72 because the only choice other than magrethe 2. was a guy that everyone hated, thus we changed it.

"first..don't be a catholic" Muslims: yeayyyyyyy

Here before this get recommended (again) to the masses.

Thanks for this tutorial! It helped a lot 😊

That moment when you realize you know succession laws and how to pronounce them because of a game...

Imagine being born and the nirse says: “im sorry your highness, but this isnt a person, its dead”

3:12 they have to be a descendant of Sophia of Hannover

I finally have a chance now

3:06 when you chillin' with the boys but one day you become King of England

Instructions unclear: Got executed by some bloke named cromwell.

I keep coming back to these old videos

so, UKposts decided to make this on everyone recommendations eh?

2:42 I’ll assume that thought bubble was meant to say ‘girl’

What if I had a big army and annexed the UK? Would I be considered a king?

Well, just in time to see this video…

Well would you look at that, the crown just went to the eldest son.

I think that the rule about the guy with the biggest army technically still applies. It’s just no longer worth the hassle.

0:44 THERE IS A CREEPER ON ONE OF THE BOATS!

what a content! those about to become the british monarch we salute you!

Thanks it really worked

Me: Watching a video on a British Monarchy in the UK Bernie Sanders add: I'm gonna stop you right there

So does this mean that because im catholic my dreams of one day starting a revolution and becoming king of england are over?

Thanks, i will be following this guide very shortly

perfect time to watch

CGP Grey should do a video on the house of Lords and how that has historically worked in Parliament, since it seems quite odd to an American like myself.

what if i found the Excalibur?

Very fitting to get this recommended right now

The order of succession for the crown was a bit different before William the Conqueror invaded, who breaks the 1701 rules because he was illegitimate therefore sometimes referred to as "William the Bastard." Before 1066 monarchs weren't given the crown for being the next of kin, they had to be nominated by the monarch's council known as the Witan. An interesting fact is that William the Conqueror technically wasn't the next king after Harold Godwinson but was Edgar Ætheling, nominated as king by the Witan shortly before William claimed the throne.