that just blew my mind

I was there, 3000 years ago...

Timestamp missing. Here it is 3:23

Holy moly, that's one hell of an observation 👍

And look at the lava!

Exactly , le mont saint Michel, is a french castle , more specifically in Normandy

That confused me as well honestly

I think Grey got confused between Mont Saint-Michel and St. Michael's Mount. The former is in France, but the latter is in Cornwall, in England. He pictured the French one, but the English one isn't too different in appearance -- except the church on St. Michael's Mount isn't as pointy as the French one.

@@cyberherbalist Yeah, having been to both, st Michael's Mount is no where near as impressive, but still very nice

I was also very confused; I thought it was some kind of joke.

Is this a hoi4 reference?

yes

Why other royal families don't exist: King Carol ll's life style

Lol, it also look like stelaris reference as well

@@No.no_body king Carol is honestly why i despise playing Romania. Even though you can get rid of the starting years are very important

But never fear, the rules are here.

And his bowels, apparently.

Lord north was the prime minister

Fliyo MB But never fear, the purple stools are here.

I mean technically parliament lost the colonies....

Lol, there's no way we'd let Wales be first!

Or SWINE for short.

-_-

@Jamie Owns you can try, but they have a lot of fancy expensive stuff to trade with specialist mercenaries to stop you. good luck, cuz if you're coming for royal land, you are going to have trouble paying the army I wouldn't worry about the royals. They're not worried.

If only a P fits.

djcfrompt Le Mont-Saint-Michel - a real beautiful place!

Small correction: It is an abbey and not a monastery.

Yes

It’s because there’s a twin monastery of the same name In Cornwall so he probs got the wrong one

Forgive him, Yank. Wouldn't know an ancient building if he crashed into one. 1900 is ancient there. If it looks like Cinderella's "castle "at Disney, it's a castle.

I would use the world dishonest

What's bold here is to assume that the royal family would just be able to claim back the profits of their land after being abolished, as if they currently have private ownership over it

But they do though

@@daniellittlefield11 they do

@@kms_scharnhorst they also rule over the country legally and still i am pro guillotine

What video does he say that in?

@@BogusmanTheSwagman The video on domestication of animals

Explains a lot

Might also have something to do with that America is from there and its deeply tied to their countries history. Other countries don't go to Britain that much, and when we do it's not because of the royal family. Of course I can't speak for everyone, but a bunch of us have our own royal family and know how boring they are.

But they aren't. Unless you talk only about Americans, France gets way more tourists than the UK.

@@lavitorroja2632 but he's only talking bout American tourists, not worldwide ones :-) (Though I didn't look the numbers up)

They aren't though. He just straight up lied.

Agree!

LB that’s the joke

@Kandy Kandy Chill.

I mean, to be fair.. it was founded under the Norman and Anglo-Norman kings

@@rafaelluna2529 I doubt you've ever listened to hello internet, but that kind of "joke" is very much not Grey's style. He accidentally put the wrong photo in, or misidentified it, he doesn't do misinfo as comedy, and he particularly dislikes people doing it in informative videos.

Really original comment, no one has commented this before in the 9 years this video has been out. I guess this video has been completely debunked...

They'll be back

oh

They’ll remember they belong to me...

Sucker

You’ll remember that I served you well...

i was already wathing those before phillip died

Queen *dies*

who the hell is phillip

@@modkip25 HRH the Duke of Edinburgh

Queen dies

It's actually the toilets in France that stink....oh and most of the people....

*Laughs in Versailles*

@ Well, you cant die from stench, on the other hand It's not unlikely that you would regurgitate your organs if you ate British food.

That is like... the joke

@@heinrichmirgrautsvordir6613 bist du dir sicher, dass es dir nicht vor willy graut?

Marc Latorre Spain still has a royal family?

Lazy Spark yes, but it makes no profits for spain that I am aware of.

Marc Latorre It's probably because to Americans, Spain isn't as popular to them. American's came from the UK, and thus find a fascination with the Queen and the rest of the royal family. Americans are not actually taught much about Spain, even in AP World HIstory- most of any royal family they learn about is the UK's royal family. Hence, why if you mentioned that to most Americans, they would most likely act surprised- not even knowing Spain has one.

Nicole Shattuck Or it's because you barley or have never seen them on TV.

LAIthAMantis a The worlds tourist's like to come to us - we like to go to Spain.

Yes, it's Saint-Michel. France also makes about 200 billion euros in annual revenue from tourism, compared to the 120 billion euros Britain makes. But I'd still agree with his estimate of "british castles seem cooler than french ones because they're still in use". It's just a bit hard to compete with Paris, the city of love, you see. Also not a reason to pick such a dickish tone there, pal.

@@alduinfeetpic9250 I didn't want to offend anyone, that "rosbif" was based on a rival-friendship - if that's correct (sorry, English isn't my mother tongue as may already have guessed).

@@bobing1752 I've only seen "rosbif" used to refer to the British once up until now. It was graffiti on British war dead memorials in France, and perhaps you can imagine that not-so-nice things were written around that word. If you meant no offense then it's fine, but from my understanding this is pretty incendiary, or at least preferably used by people who mean to incend. You should perhaps not use it that way anymore. Then again, maybe I don't know full context either. Maybe I was out of line, in which case I apologise. I'm glad you took a step back when you realised you may have crossed a line, and explained you meant no harm instead of doubling down or something. More people should do that, thanks.

@@alduinfeetpic9250 though it’s mostly subjective the numbers don’t lie when it comes to tourists. Bucking ham lags behind Versailles immensely and that makes sense. You can’t enter buckingham and see the queen’s bedroom, 99.9999999% of people who set foot in England will never get within 500 yards of the the royal family. The “novelty” that royals still live in the palace is not a selling point but the main reason why tourist aren’t allowed inside Buckingham palace at all. Versailles on the other hand has its rooms open to tourist and draws in millions more each year. I think out of the many arguments that are halftruths in the video that one there is just a blatant conjecture presented as if it’s fact.

@@druzo5198 Yeah this whole Video was so dishonest and just eucking up all the propaganda about the royals. If anybody wants to know the real cost of the monarchs they should watch Shaun's Video.

I think not!

or U.R.SW.I.N.E

that are 7 letters, two less than three times three! that surely is no coincidence! illuminati confirmed

Der eine Linus 2 points form a line and what has 3 lines?

lucas henrique OMG!!!! The solution why it is 9-2(!!!!!) !! didnt even thought about that! you are correct. now everything comes together. also, what has...3 corners!!!! double confirmed!

We love our Queen!

+realevilcorgi An American ending a YT video with god save the queen. The Founders must be turning in their graves. That said, god save the queen. Republicanism hasn't worked out so well.

+realevilcorgi Fuck the queen.

+David Kelly Aren't the Brits our favorite allies now? Also, CGP Grey has an EU citizenship so he is an European anyway.

Joshua Chung As far as I know, Grey is still American. He went to Europe for work and never bothered to come home after changing careers.

I think he’s just using figures from just the royal lands in the UK alone. But even just using that figure, it’s still a 160 million pound profit for Parliament. 160 million pound is still no joke.

The monarchy is only leaching money from Commonwealth nations. Britain benefits at the cost of millions.

Actually mindless

Watch Shaun's rebuttal video to this. Most of the numbers were wrong in this video unfortunately. The royal family costs us a lot more than 40 million.

@@alexanderchristopher6237 Not true. If the monarchy were abolished, that land wouldn't go the former royals. The British Royal Family don't actually own the Crown Estate as private property! That land, and its revenue, belong to the State.

+Zoidberg Jesus "What the Hell" to Google Translate...

That isn't accurate to my knowledge

Google translate is barely ever accurate...

+William Bushe yeah I'm bilingual (French and English) and always found it utterly hilarious when English kids would use google translate for French presentations and go up to the front of the class and read that crap. They rarely had any idea how dumb they sounded ahaha

dulmater Sometimes they go up there and mutter "the fuck is this" under their breath... I always found that amusing.

Yes, I also want the queen to turn to sparkly dust and pave the road with her remains

This comment has aged poorly

glad to know that if your parents ever got wealthy you would donate the inheritance you got from them to the poor, real inspiring of you

@@goranpersson7726 Assuming this is a comparable situation, which it isn't, because nobody here has tens of millions of pounds in annual income, wouldn't you also do that? Keep enough money to live comfortably and give the rest to whoever needs it more than you. Basic humanity. Anyways this also doesn't address the actual argument, that the royals created their privileged position with no say from the citizen and are using it to justify their other privileged positions. The reasoning in this video hinges on "respecting royal property" which in its inception was actually state property, meaning belonging to the community and handled by the ruler. Changing the definition to mean "owned privately by the queen" does not make their owning justified. Moreso when large parts of "royal" land is national parks and public spaces, which under no circumstance should belong to a single person.

@@dankos2556 and noone ever creates a "privelaged" position by letting others decide if they should be in that position, doesn't mean they didn't earn it by successful getting there

@@goranpersson7726 Precisely my point. If my friends and I beat up a person and steal their money it doesn't mean that it's rightfully mine because I "successfully got there" and that you can't make me give it back. Legally, ethically and morally it should not belong to me or to any of my descendents. No royal family derives its power from the consent and decisions of the citizens, they take a hold of it and retroactively justify it by maintaining and strengthening their power and supporters. It's a cycle, they have power (or lands or whatever they want) because they allow themselves to have it and they do that because they hold the power. It's a system that allows no change to itself and has no right to exist in a country that claims to be democratic.

@@dankos2556 fun little fact, the UK is not a democracy it's a constitutional monarchy.... And before that a feudal monarchy so that's a moot point, also how do you justify taxes? Because for the most part that was about the only thing a king could take from his own subjects because otherwise there would have been civil wars and uprising supported by vassals/people alike to overthrow them which happened. The taxes? Mostly went to keeping the kingdom running (fueling the army, upkeep of fortifications (those castles weren't just a swag place to live but also to protect and house just about everyone living in the local area incase of invasion) and upgrades to industry n the likes) sure a part of it went to the king's personal upkeep but that was usually not that large a part of it. They really weren't all that different from modern politicians.

american made vid

Mary Christine And Mont Saint-Michel is a fortified monastery anyway, not a castle.

THERE'S ONE IN CORNWALL

@@494Farrell He lives in the us. I know I’m necroposting.

@@jiraffe9600 he lives in london

When speaking of taking things seriously ;)

AMERICA FUCK YAAA!

The person who put together the video must have recently walked through the neighborhood Walmart!

Han Nelson better watch it we got the biggest and most powerful army in world 🤠🤠🤠

hondo ohnaka productions I think Putin wants a word with you.

victorian times nibbas: ok this is epic

/i saw it, don't get it

now this is an e p i c moment

Because France is better doesn’t nullify that many people visit the uk because of the royal family

@@luisandrade2254 i was a tourist and I visited Buckingham Palace, but I didn't do to see the queen and she is never there anyway. I did it for the history and the historic landmark. Those would not vanish if the royal family stopped holding political power or stopped being funded by the tax payer.

@@yavantii3615 Exactly

Vincent Poirier I think you are right.

Vincent Poirier you are correct and that bothers me too.

Was about to write the same thing. Claims to show how cool English castles after complaining about French castles but shows a picture of a 1) french 2) not castle.

CGP did it as a joke I think...

A convent actually, or so I have heard.

+Interceptor810 YES I FOUND YOU SIR

+Interceptor810 Yep

+Interceptor810 There is one in England as well...

+The_Almighty_DUCK Please do show your sources! I'd really like to see the English Mont St. Michel!

+Bastien Boutry Seriously? Just google it. It's in Cornwall with the same name.

Too soon

How pathetic for people to devout themselves to an old inbred bat

Butthurt is the number one word I'd like to see removed from existence. It's the lamest, laziest, most overused way of addressing someone's opposing viewpoints.

Vajid Ali YEAH! Finally someone who understands! And also fuck BMW while we're at it; all profits belong to the people who work in the plant, not the people who own it! The same with any large company that makes profits that don't go to the workers (all of them)! Down with capitalism; up with communism! On a slightly more serious note. I disagree; I am sure you have guessed why.

Vajid Ali Clearly, you did not actually WATCH the video you commented on...

Vajid Ali Not being funny m8 but it clearly wasn't your ancestors they took the money from

Tahia Towhidul yeah those ones do.

Tahia Towhidul British? Hah

Ye I never realised, and apparently no one else in my family knew either

It's called a coat of arms not a shield.

Lol Samw

And the cost of their weddings and funerals. They get so much free money! It's a disgrace

@@yoloswaggins7121 The weddings earn them just as much money btw, you'd want to check out the stats for the William Kate wedding imo

1. Grey is English 2. The royal family is a figurehead of the uk and barely has any political power

@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodo436 I made no assumptions on Grey's nationality... Just meant that many people would die to get out from under the yoke of hereditary rule... Kind of makes me embarrassed that I wouldn't.. however my point still stands.. I was born subject to someone.. and that deeply upsets me..

@@lukebrooks8071 but your not under Hereditary rule, your under the rule of parliament and elected individuals. The monarchy is just a line of state representatives who have to act under parliaments rule

@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodo436 They do have political power - more than they'd want you to know about. The Queen has vetted 1000s of bills passing through parliament since she became head of sate and has always voted to keep her finances hidden from public eye

Yep, he made a google image search for Saint Michel Mount (in England) but got instead the way more famous and huge Mont Saint Michel in France). That's a huge fail when attempting to proove that english castles are more attractive than french ones.

Or maybe he did that on purpose..

nope it was defiantly on purpose

He not only did it on purpose, he had a defiant attitude about it? So who was he defying?

Mont St Michel isn't even a castle.

Jossie Palmer I wanted to write exactly ... exactly the same ;)

It could be St. Michael's Mount, in Cornwall.

Joe Kennally It looks similar, but go and look at a picture of Mont Saint-Michelle, France; it's the exact same as the one in the video

I was about to say that...

It's definitely in France. Joe Kennally​ you're and idiot ;)

May she bring death to Norway from the great beyond 😭

she can but she is fully aware that it could start s chaos

@@someoneelse6900 she's dead.

Australia would like a word

Exactly

Fu corgi

Noobs DeSroobs lol

What have we done to deserve that? XD

@@Helperbot-2000 sent a ugly x mas tree

@@eapelll2600 aaaahh!

Yeah! I saw that to Mt Saint Michelle!

***** To be brutally honest, our American stereotype is that of being overweight, dim-witted and overly patriotic to the point of being nearly indoctrinated. (Not that I'm at all saying that that's what you are like).

Sam Otten lol Britain is the same thing

Luca Bernabei I've been there! It's magnificent!

***** smelly

REAL AMERICAN no they visit europe

If it were just a question of speaking English, we'd just go to Ireland. They're closer, and we like the Irish more than we like the English. Stop popping out adorable royal babies and hosting fairytale royal weddings and you can kiss American tourist dollars cheerio.

@@jesseberg3271 Tourism to Versailles makes more money than tourism to the UK because of the Royal Family. Need I remind you of what the French did to their king?

@@duncanhw You are the most hateful person I've run into on the internet today. Congrats

@Duncan Whyte We Americans call our country “the land of the free” because our national anthem refers to the US as “the land of the free.” In case you didn’t know, that song was written in 1813, back when we were fighting against Europeans for our freedom. The more you know.

“Appropriate” close. Good for you on most of it

What does it mean in Norse?

@@DanS044 what the fuck

I meant Norwegian

@@DanS044 still means what the fuck

thejoke.jpg it does have some arthurian significance tho iirc

Thought I recognised the Mont Saint Michel

it's not even a 'castle'

But that’s the point- when you know a royal lives in the castle, it becomes more special, even if the first statement is actually false.

There is a twin version in Cornwall as well just like it

If we renamed Northern Ireland to Ireland North, but that doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

+Jack Johnson Ireland in the North?

ireland the north!

How about the Anglo-Celtic Union? ACU has a rather nice ring to it...

A rather nice ring yes but that's the name of a Texan university XD

@@zilionis8003 I think he's talking about the willingness (of the mean US American visitor or the mean French citizen) to speak another language than English (or French) - or rather the lack thereof. It's pars pro toto, the monarchs speak English because it's an English speaking country.

Yeah, the revenue of tourism in UK, a monarchy is *145.9 billion GBP* while France, a republic is *170.6 billion GBP.* So, yeah I guess the Theocratic Government doesn't have effect on tourism.

@@fathfez7991 I mean the UK is tiny compared to France, so I'm not sure that really applies?

@@aidanquiett668 Nope, does Russia has the most tourist revenue because it has the biggest area? No it doesn't. Though UK has ⅛ of French land, they have almost the same population count.

@@aidanquiett668 *37.9 mil tourists visited* UK, while *89.4 mil tourists visited* France. Monarchy have little to no effect on tourism.

Me after i finished Shaun's video.

Well, me I guess. I'm a bit disappointed in Grey tbh.

+1

y

Me!

Did you account for American tourists? What about other castles?

Because of MONAR--- Oh wait never mind

and also the second one isn't even a castle btw

Doesnt in any way change the point that millions of people visit the queen

lama banana that was the joke

That was steelmanning

How about the palace of Versailles?

None at all mate my grandad got an MBE 20 years ago and he still lives the same way today as he did then. And in reference to influencing options, most celebrities world wide are more influential on political opinions by a large margin.

She doesn’t have any political power now

Human trading is illegal.

Yeah sure, but the profits of those lands would go down anyway, because like he said, they attract tourists because they have royals using/living in them. If they were just big government owned mansions with nothing there it'd attract waaay less money for the government. Thereforce kicking them out turns out in a net loss which they don't want

@@captdarkstar3238 Thing is, he says this without evidence (and there is only evidence to the contrary out there from organisations like Visit England), and when if you look at somewhere like France, which gets *far* more tourists than we do, you'll see people go for the buildings, not the people. BTW, Buckingham Palace is often closed to the public *because* the queen is there. So you could easily argue the opposite - that the revenue would go *up* because they could open them all the time. He also assigned all £7bn in tourism to be because of the royal family for some reason, as if London is the only city that exists, and has nothing but the Mall and Buckingham Palace or something.

Well you do. When your parents die, you should inherit their estate. So why should the royals be stripped of theirs? If you believe in stripping the royals of their salary AND lands, you support theft. If you agree with that, then you might as well dissolve parliament and voting for your leaders.

@@azzameentv I mean, taxation is also theft, as is the very institution of private property. The question is what forms of theft are considered socially acceptable and in what kind of circumstances.

@@azzameentv You know, I've seen some logical leaps in my day, but "If you support stripping a single family of the land they gained over centuries of unjust rule and conquest, you support theft, and therefore are against democracy and also the concept of voting" is a unique level of bumbling, careless and inept logic that I don't even really know where to start with.

Yes, and they they walk out and say "God that Palace was stinky" and the other replies "that's not the Palace sir, that's France"

@@atokasa9776 France has something like 3x the tourism of England. Nearly every point made in this video has been disproven.

Atokasa um, no, that was disproven as well. France has one of the most well visited CASTLES in the world. Even MORE SO than England.

Atokasa Take two seconds and Google "most visited castles in the world". Versailles is 2-3 times more than the Tower of London, which is the highest of ALL English tourist attractions.

Atokasa And it's a reputable source. www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/worlds-most-visited-castles-180954081/

Diamond pick has a lot of durability

Alex Wong yes, it does. But it's more worth using for obsidian and things that only diamonds can mine.

You only have to get 10 blocks of obsidian and that's it.

Spoods The Milkman true, unless you wanna build an obsidian house to keep creepers away

and 4 for enchantment table

bit weird as the video is many years old

@@dontspikemydrink9382 lol yep ^^

And if the SNP and Plaid Cymru get their way it'll be U.R.I.N.E.

Make dublin the capital city and make irish gaelic compulsory in schools.Convert everyone to catholicism..Ban Soccer,rugby league and cricket and replace them with the irish games of gaelic football and hurling.And of course the flag well that would have to be green white and orange.

Dylius01 That would actually be the funniest thing ever!

U r swine. Wow.

Alvin K To right?

Ouaip c'est marrant, ça m'a *vachement* fait penser au Mont St Michel... ou le Saint Michael Moutain comme ils l'appelle là-bas (je suppose ;).

God save the queen, it's a frenchman! Get him out of this English comment section!

+The 7th Hold your longbow, I come in peace ! And I learned recently there IS an actual castle/monastery in Cornwalls named Saint Michael's Mount that is almost a clone of OUR Mont St Michel... ... ... ...Seriously, -Britannia- Great Britain ? ^^

Normandy would be ours if you didn't cheat in the 100 years war!

+The 7th Dear Perfidious Albion, We will make an excuse when you'll bring us back Joan of Arc ! ... She's still fine, right ? RIGHT ?!

They can keep their private properties but the crown estates are not their private property. They belong to the crown which for all intents and purposes belongs to the government.

Hah! If only. By the way, if anyone wants to have this video dissected into pieces, watch Shaun's video. The title is "Abolish the Monarchy! - A response to CGP Grey". He published it 7 years later after this video.

the ukgbni

@@leol2254 If you want to be technical, yes...

WheresWallace4883 technically back then the french loved napoleon

Joe JJ I know, but let's be honest, as awesome as Napoleon was, at a certain point he was definitely acting *not* in France's best interests, by his constant expansionist attitude and his refusal to make any compromises.

WheresWallace4883 Ikr. France is the most visited country per year anyway

France did try to keep Napoléon as emperor. The coalition countries forced him into exile not once but twice

The coalition restored the bourbons to power after Napoleon got defeated. It was in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 when the French got sick and tired of Napoleon III and formed their republic

This video is full of lies, he mistakes French castles with British castles and thinks security and other costs don't exist.

@@chriswatson3464 I think that castle thing might've been a joke, but yes, the other thing is bullshit

_Cringy_.....

yea, muricans pronounce the r too strongly. should be 'tennah'

Tenner is a common term in Boston.

EpicRexx its choida!

It's used here in Ireland, as well, full R-y goodness.

You sound mad and french

yeah but castles and stuff like like that arent the reasons people visit france. people visit france because of its countryside, beaches, food and paris

stormageddon _ Are you really suggesting that people don't visit France for the old palaces. You're off your head!

err.. it was not the only reason I visited London, but I'd be lying if I said the notion of the royal family that is part of the history of thoses places (and things) being still there and reigning was not a major plus. So yeah. To many people, the fact that you still have the royal family is an important detail when choosing to visit.

seleniaactimel I will not deny that it is a very nice, and awfully pretty thing. But it is not in line with the British values of fairness and democracy. It is a relic of something that we as a modern people are striving to move beyond... that god awful class system where people are simply BORN better than others...

Shaun is a dumbass who uses PragerU tactics to debunk PragerU

@@zombiehorsefranzferdinand9304 tbf, PragerU is pretty fucking ridiculous. I ironically stan Dennis Prager, tho, bi icon.

@@citizeninsane8518 what

@@dontspikemydrink9382 Dennis Prager is a bi icon, and we stan.

Why not? Democracy is flawed.

@@christopherzhou5361 Just less flawed than anything else.

@@christopherzhou5361 how?

All hail the king of the losers!

Rogan?

***** Roman?

Wololo

The wonder the wonder the... NOOOOOO

*French

@@nikonikos9734 It's not even a castle. Beautiful place though.

There's a twin castle in Cornwall though

I have never heard of the Frech.

It's no surprise though, he is obligated to do so

"old man in power chooses not to change anything" man thats crazy never saw that coming

Sad cold noises

@@markusnashorn1145 you ment revenge?

@@markusnashorn1145 were going to invade agin whith the hellp of the us if you try to take away our *FREDOMMMMM!!!*

Nah, its st michael's mount in cornwall

Maciek Bos No, it's got a paved road going to it.

Maciek Bos, Well there's an exact replica of it in Normandy then...😒

oh yeah fair point didn't see that

Maciek Bos, No prob, man.

They are having anti monarchy rallies and demonstrations in Spain currently.

""Idocy" lol. You need to spell things correctly when you call someone else stupid. Go lick some boots.

Fuck off, teen.

You sound gay

Robot HandLove Remember what happened last time they kicked the Spanish Monarchy out? Oh yeah.

ironic, right? and he used that castle to say that 'british' castles are "awesome".

tristan perdoux Neither. It looks similar to a real English castle, st. Michael's mount in cornwall. Considering they both look similar and both have the same name, it's an easy mistake to make.

Thorntonian English and french castles were the same, after the french domination of more than 350 years on England, england was a vassal of France, so they used the same techniques than the french to build their castles.

tristan perdoux I didnt say otherwise. I just said that that's why it was an easy mistake to make.

Thorntonian St. Michael's mount has some resemblance to Mont St. Michel, but I'm pretty sure the castle in the picture shown is the latter. Not that it really matters for his monologue :)

Can you explain this "Hva faen?!" joke. All I could gather from google is its translation.

It translates to "What the fuck?!" I believe he laughed more at it being surprising, than actually funny. Still, that's a very common Norwegian phrase over the gazillion English ones ("What the fuck" "What the hell "What the heck" and so on) and can, indeed, be rather funny in the right circustanses, such as this - directly destroying my previous thought. Enjoy the ramble. :)

Damn you, you Scandinavian riddler, I am more curious now!

Coffeestain It was a pleasant surprise, yes. Didn't exactly see it comming.

Deniz Kara ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

That's our majesty you are speaking of

ALL HAIL QUEEN MEOW

@@joelrodrigues2434 I apologize for offending her majesty.

Hi brother

@@Azozygc hello

chiefHunzahua My suggestion would be the Commonwealth of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I don't believe the the UK would use the word Republic, nor do I think it should take a name similar to another nation (like your US suggestion). Alternatively, it may just go with simply 'Great Britain and Northern Ireland', as with our neighbour Ireland. Or maybe the Union if Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Republic is a distinctly un-British word, and I would be greatly opposed to including it in our country's formal name. (Though i'm a monarchist, so this point is fairly moot, i'm happy with UK)

(JOKE) (your head)

denzal689 Actually I would prefer that the United Kingdom to be renamed as the Greater Britannic Empire with Elizabeth II as Empress

permaveg Vladimir Putin fanboy ;)

ProMonarchyGenius Are you? I thought you were a royal lickarse, I pity Russia having a despot like him as their leader, oh and fast 'thumbing' yourself up makes you look quite sad.

***** you have a very handsome avatar

Saren Michael Rosen.

***** I guess it's some sort of joke?

HaoSci If your comment is about my avatar, I already changed it a month ago and about the Victoria the Epic thing I have no idea.

***** I was going with Victoria the Not A Number

Yeah for reasons mostly unrelated to castles and queens. Good weather and good food, nice mountains, lakes, and beaches, and it's easier to get to for most Europeans. Why make the extra effort and cost to come to the grey and dreary UK?

@@MarcoTheGreat2008 Because actual Queens, Princes and Princesses.

@@MarcoTheGreat2008 but the Palace of Versailles gets way more visitors than any castle in England. Most Americans don't to to the UK for their monarchs, we go there because they speak the same language as us.

@@TheNavid001 We don't speak the same language as you, you speak the same language as us!! ;)

Ever heard of the eiffel tower?

There was a change in the laws regarding the royals not long after this video was published so they no longer have set fess but increase proportional profits