Vile Victorians
Queen Victoria's coronation was a truly grand occasion as you'd expect but there were a few
hiccups good day you join us on the splendid Summer's Day in 1838 in London's Westminster
Abbey to celebrate the coronation of our new Queen Victoria at the tender age of 18 the
Archbishop now moves to place the coronation ring on Victoria's finger ow that's the wrong finger
sorry oh dear the ring would seem to be well and truly stuck ow archbishop you're hurting me
terribly sorry and now with the ring on the right finger Victoria receives the Royal Crown
I now pronounce you Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland the
Duke of Lancaster and the Duke of Cornwall that's what it says here and next in accordance with the
great traditions of the land it's time for the British Lords to touch the new Queen's crown
congratulations ma'am thank you now get lost and coming up the stairs it's 82
year old Lord Rolle congratulations ma'am and there goes Lord Rolle
rolling down the stairs and now as is customary the Queen's Treasurer scatters gold and silver
medals amongst the lordly congregation touching scenes indeed one is most terribly amused
as a child Victoria suffered from episcophobia a fear of Bishops just
as well she got over it before she was crowned or her coronation would have
been even sillier oh help it's a bishop oh help it's a bishop ohh calm calm calm dear
Horrible Histories King George III didn't die until he was 81 so
George IV had to wait an awfully long time to become king [Music]
I'm George the fourth the regent King which means I was just standing in acting King because
my dad George III had gone barking mad banana great palaces I did design Buckingham was one
of mine art and fashion I so rated and wives that's more complicated actresses and duchesses
the great loves of my life I loved more girls than I ate pies but I couldn't stand my wives
he couldn't stand his wife go away I only married Queen Caroline when
my debts began to climb cause if I agreed to tie the knot I said I'd pay off the lot
the wedding caused all sorts of strife cause I already had a wife a divorced
Catholic dad did sigh but the mad old goat just wouldn't die still here oh spoke to soon
at last I can go solo as true King my reign began though I was now older than your nan and as the
ruler of our nation I banned my wife from my coronation and knowing now that I did hate her
she promptly died just three weeks later but all those pies that I got
through meant 10 years later I died too hello have we met I'm a kangaroo
actresses duchesses the great loves of my life I loved more girls than I ate pies but
I couldn't stand my wife I had just ten years on the throne do you remember that
no all that you remember is
I was really fat
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Horrible Histories presents Crooked King John and Magna Carta
King John the story of a family at war and the future king born in the shadow of his older brother
Richard the Lionheart you'll never be king you'll never be king stop it
ridiculed by his father
maybe we should call you John lack-land lack-land get it because you lack
land it's not even funny Dad
a story of power, betrayal he may be a runty little pip squeak but at least
he would not turn on his own father yeah the thing is dad I'm sort of siding with
the French and rebelling against you john what have you done Mum dad's
dead can I be king no it is your brother Richard's turn so unfair
a boy desperate to be king but thwarted by his elder brother I gave him land in France on the
condition that he stayed out of England while I'm on crusade god wills it god wills it
and did he non he swooped back into England and started a full scale rebellion
two brothers at war but stuck with each other in more ways than one he's
a cheating scheming spineless idiot oui but he's our cheating scheming spineless idiot where is he
la I'm really sorry Richard it won't happen again I'll do anything so lucky he'll never be King
King John coming to a screen near you you'll join us here at Westminster Abbey 1199 yes he finally made it
it's the long-awaited coronation of King John an occasion of true dignity and celebrity and as the
Archbishop of Canterbury approaches John appears to be taking off his tunic and his undergarments
sorry can i just check something am I in the right place coronation of King John
it's just that he's getting almost completely naked they always did that okay weird the new
King emerges in some sort of nappy um but doesn't he look magnificent as he finally dons the crown
oh struggles a bit to be fair it's made of solid gold and it's been a long day for
everyone yes King John the man who will shape the nation as soon as he gets up get me out of
here yes when Richard the Lionheart dies John finally got his heart's desire and became King
he immediately started traveling around the country doing what he did best being a right
royal pain in the neck [Music] the past is no longer a mystery welcome to Horrible Histories