The Queen's Platinum Jubilee | Easy English 123

Hello, welcome to Easy English.

So recently, we got to celebrate the 70th anniversary,

or ''Platinum Jubilee'' of Her Majesty, the Queen.

So myself and Isi decided to watch along

the three day event and we enlisted the help of

history enthusiast, ''The Crown'' expert and

Easy German host, Cari.

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So let's get started,

This is the Queen's Platinum Jubilee,

here we go.

Even though I always thought the Queen likes gin and tonic,

she actually doesn't drink gin and tonic,

she drinks a different gin drink.

Do you know?

- Gin fizz.

No, it's actually called Dubonnet.

Let me see.

- Dubonnet?

- Dubonnet.

Is that French?

Yes, It's a mix of gin... - very bad French accent.

And some kind of like, wine-like drink, apparently.

I want...

I don't if they do it, but they should market it;

would be a teacup with Prince Charles's face,

But his ears... it'd have to be a double handed cup.

And his ears are the... the handles.

Oh look, look at the horse s**t everywhere, already.

Why... is the hat called a Beefeater, or the guys?

They're called...

I think they... they have another name,

but... wow!

Good panning work!

Beefeater because as a snack, when they stand all day long,

in front of Buckingham Palace, as a snack,

they have beef in their pockets.

- Hmm...

The people are called Beefeaters, or their hats?

Er... the people, these people now,

these are all known as Beefeaters.

But, I don't know what the right answer is.

And I don't know why they wear the big hats.

Now, does it still sounds quite German to you?

Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Yeah; carnival.

Um-pah-um-pah.

Yeah, sounds like German carnival.

Um-pah-pah-um-pah.

Maybe that comes from Germany,

'cos the royal family has German connections, right?

Cari's already bored by this.

- Are you bored?

I'm...

I'm reading about the...

the hats.

- Oh!

And how they are actually made from black bear fur.

Jesus!

- That's horrible.

Yes, there are like, animal rights organisations,

that criticised.

But they're still being like,

they say no bear is killed for the hat.

Oh here we go!

- Oh, Camilla.

- Who's ther... oh!

Oh!

I thought they were all inside having a brekkie.

Quiet applause.

Waiting for getting on the balcony.

Little gin for breakfast.

I've been here before and this is like,

the other end of Buckingham Palace.

Calm down.

And erm... this is like,

where they do the horse...

all the horsey dancing, for the Queen.

Oh!

Horrible, isn't it?

Quite a few bears died for these hats.

But what part of the bear is it?

We don't want to know that.

What part of the bear?

The whole bear is like, furry, isn't it?

Like, one paw.

I guess, any part...

How many black bears...

- Nola!

- are in one...

The royal researcher.

How many black bears died for the Jubilee?

How many black bears died...

- Nola! - for the birthday parade.

It's something that someone wrote before.

- No!

Who's screaming in the background?

Ahhh!

Did you hear that?

Do you know who's on this statue?

The gold statue?

- No.

It's a Queen, another Queen.

- Queen Vic?

It is Queen Victoria.

I should be the expert here.

And look at lovely London.

- Yeah, weather-wise,

they're really lucky aren't they?

Yeah.

- Hmm... are they all sweating?

Does she, or did she, maybe not any more, did she ride horses?

I think so.

- Oh, she did.

She loves horses.

- Look, there comes Cari's knowledge.

From ''The Crown''.

-

She was still feeding her horses a few days ago.

Beating?

I think she...

feeding!

Ah, so.

Oh God.

I think she had more energy for that than for...

for this parade.

- Oh yeah, because that gives her life.

Trooping...

trooping the colour.

Trooping the colour.

- Where does that name come from?

Tell us more, Mitch.

You are the...

- To troop?

You are the true British National.

Yeah, I don't know.

It'll have to be in our ''Vocab Sheet''.

And I have to look after we finish the video,

of what troop is.

I guess like, to show.

You will find that in our worksheet,

if you become a member of Easy English.

Oh, some Scots playing the bagpipes.

The horsey dancing is now over,

everyone's still thoroughly bored.

There are two vans, they're just disappearing.

Oh yeah, that's taking away Prince Andrew.

Not here today, you've got COVID.

You wanna see Queenie?

- Aw, little Liz.

And who's the guy on the right, Mitch?

Tell us about him.

- I read about it, it's her cousin.

Is it her cousin?

- I think.

- I don't know.

Oh my God.

I think it's her cousin.

He's the Duke of Kent.

- Yeah!?

Which is her cousin, right?

What are his...

what are his badges for?

Some drunk people; argh!

He did, 100 metre swimming badge.

And who's that, Cari?

Is that her cousin?

Can you please tell us?

- Erm... wait,

I have a full list of attendees here.

Ah, look at her, she looks so good.

Lovely, isn't she?

- It's a bit like a cowboy hat, innit?

Yeah, why's her hat so up?

Oh, she's talking.

He's answering without showing that he's talking, look.

...

Yeah, are they speaking about official things

or just asking like; ''what time's tea ready?''

''Look at all the horse s**t.

Why didn't they clean up after this?''

Oh, we should make a drinking game.

Every time he says hello to horses, we should drink.

I think everyone else is on the horse now

and that's why they are alone.

The kids as well?

- No, the kids not, they are inside,

they are on another window...

- Having ice cream.

Having ice cream, watching their dad on a horse,

with a furry bear hat.

Do you think, they are like, discussing like;

''how long do we have to stand here?

Will anyone tell us when we can go?''

''And when is it drink time?''

''Where is the gin?''

Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Can I have a little one in between?

Oh she's... she's really smiling now.

She's having a good time.

Maybe because someone said you could go now.

- Yeah.

They can smell dinner.

They're like;

''Oh yes, sausage and mash.

I think, maybe they've got their pyjamas on,

below like, their waist and they're just like;

''right, when this is over; jump into bed, four hour nap,

start again, hit the gin''.

Yes, but this was day one, right?

So there's also...

There were some cannons being...

- Oh!

- Oh!

Or is it just an explosion?

I think it's just a sound effect.

Oh!

- wake up!

Even the cameraman.

Nap is over.

Did you follow this along, the whole weekend?

I'm not really into the Royal Family,

but I can...

- You got very quiet when you said this;

I'm not really into the Royal...

I'm not really into the Royal Family.

But I can appreciate, you know, the...

the pageantry of it all and the kind of, you know,

Can you?

- Yeah, it's all very decadent and...

what I think, people think English people are.

Have you been to Buckingham Palace?

Have you been to Buckingham Palace?

Have you?

- Inside?

Nein, I don't think you can go inside...

Oh!

There they come again.

- Here she comes.

Woo!

Everybody go crazy.

Who else we got?

Camilla's a bit like; ''where should I stand?

Where should I stand?''

Charles, William, Kate.

Oh, taking the limelight.

Wow.

- Louis, you have to stand over here.

Don't be in front of the queen.

Your nana's the star of this whole show.

Nana's got that cane for a reason.

Imagine, you're standing there for hours.

And then, finally.

It looks like she has a planet on her head.

Oh yeah, the rings of Saturn.

Is this something normal to you, Mitch?

To see this.

Do you feel like this is culturally,

part of your life?

Because to me, this would be...

there's nothing like that in Germany, ever.

Like, no monarchy, no parades, no patriotism,

no flag waving, none of this.

The Red Arrows definitely did a flyover, too.

And they're a bit more.

Yeah, The Red Arrows are a good summary

of what it feels like.

Because essentially, The Red (Arrows),

the things they fly are like, fighting jets,

but they're kind of, like a party popper version of a fighter jet.

How does Prince Louis address his great grandmother?

Like as, Granny Queen.

- Granny Queen.

Probably Nana, or?

- Your Majesty.

Nana?

- Your Majesty.

On the left of the Queen, we have all the...

like, cousins and stuff like that.

So we have Bridget, the Duchess of Gloucester...

is Gloucester correct?

Is that pronounced correctly?

Yes, Gloucester.

That's ''British Airways'' isn't it?

Oh yeah, it's a ''BA''.

Oh my God, that must be so loud.

Look, Lewis is not happy.

- Oh yeah.

Aye, aye, aye, aye.

- Wow, wow, wow, wow.

He just wants to watch SpongeBob SquarePants.

Aye, aye, aye.

That's a coincidence.

- A ''70''.

- Oh, wow.

Very nice.

Just by accident.

- A proper formation.

Oh!

- She likes it as well.

Da, da!

- Look at that.

The Dutch flag.

- The French flag.

The French flag, yeah.

An honour to William the Conqueror.

Yeah, imagine that; they just had the wrong colours in.

Oops!

Ah.

- Ah.

There we go.

- God save Her Majesty.

Time for my gin.

- Let's get pissed.

She's out of there.

She's out of there.

There's Boy George on the right, big hat on.

Tell us a bit about this cathedral, Mitch.

Oh, er... it's called St Paul's Cathedral

and it's obviously in London.

And there it's got big bells in it

And the biggest one is called Great* Paul.

This is the part... the leader of the Labour Party.

Who is, funnily enough,

must be horribly invited as the first guest, to stand on his own.

Yes, but at least he's invited.

That's nice, huh?

Oh, I know this guy, is he the Mayor of London?

Yeah, ah you don't need me.

He's walking as well.

- And Meryl Streep.

And Meryl Streep.

- He's like;

''I don't need a car, I live next door''.

He just came from work, you know, like;

''hey, I'm just across the street''.

''I was in the area''.

Oh is this Bojo?

- Yeah.

- Getting a good booing.

Oh, he's booed.

Boo.

- Boo.

- Boo.

Oh, hello.

That's not a good entrance, is it?

Oh, good advertisement for ''Five Guys'' in the background.

The leader of the country, on the Queen's Jubilee, being booed.

Look at this, there's so much pageantry going on here.

Who is he?

- Unknown, but I'd say he's part of, maybe St. Pauls.

This dude here's got a huge sword

and a raccoon on his head.

And what is this golden thing?

- I don't know.

Is that the crown?

Ah, that's a sceptre.

He's a big, pink superhero.

Why do they look like this?

Bit ridiculous, isn't it?

Yeah, they all look like, kind of,

characters you'd pick in a fantasy game.

Yeah, yeah. - to raid a mine.

Isn't that crazy, though?

You just accept that, being English,

I just accept like, this is just normal.

Yeah.

- If these guys walked into a room,

I wouldn't even blink an eye.

Oh!

And this is er...

Who's that down there?

- Oh.

- Is that Beatrice?

No.

- Eugene?

- No, no, no, no.

Ah, here's Andrew.

This looks more like Andrew.

Edward.

Edward sorry.

Thank you, royal expert.

COVID Andrew's there?

Is he bringing COVID into the church?

Harry!

Harry and Meghan!

Woo!

Are people cheering?

All the way from California.

Everyone's cheering.

Wow, these guys are more popular than Bojo.

Yeah, the stars.

people miss them.

And he's like; ''how is it in LA guys?''

They miss them, everyone missed them.

She's dressed like a New York detective,

like Dick Tracy.

The real stars, I tell you.

- Yes.

Hollywood in London.

The Hollywood couple, aren't they, yeah.

I always ask myself; if they sit in there for hours,

is there a toilet?

Can they have a drink in between?

Can that take a water?

- Oh my God.

Do they have snacks?

- No drinks, no toilet.

Do they have peanuts?

- Isi, come on.

Do they have peanuts?

I mean, there must be a toilet, or?

Ah, that's William and Kate.

- How d'you know that?

Because I know Kate's dress.

At some point soon.

- Yeah.

- This will be your king.

Yeah!

- And, you'll have to change...

you'll change your... the currency;

the head on your currency, you'll change your national anthem,

it will be ''God save the King'', right?

And we'll change our stamps.

- How...

your stamps,

everything will change.

Like, what are the character traits that make the Queen

stand strong through 70 years of being the Queen?

Well, I guess she's pretty stoic, right?

She's like... she just doesn't...

people would say she's... she doesn't have emotion,

or she doesn't show emotion,

that's maybe then the negative part,

but that's probably considered the strong part about her, too.

Here see a picture of her.

Like it's a...

- Hologram.

A hologram.

Isn't that modern Mitch?

Isn't that modern?

- Very fancy.

Imagine if you would have told her in the 60's,

that in 2022, you're still alive

and you'll be... you're being carried around as a hologram

while you're still alive on your balcony.

Yeah!

She'll be like; ''why can't you just do this always,

So I can just lie in bed all day?''

Oh, let's stand up.

Let's stand up for the hologram.

Yep, Charles is still standing.

Prince Charles does not know when to sit down.

Maybe he can't sit.

Knee problems or so?

But the person behind him.

Anne looks at him like; ''sit down, Charles''.

The question is, why isn't everyone else standing?

He's...

- Oh, because he's the representative of...

Ah, for the... - he's the future king now and she's not there,

so he has to stand, maybe.

Here come the Scottish people,

very loud.

Take your seats.

Look at this guy, taking photos of everyone.

He's just taking picture.

- Selfies.

Who is that even?

- That's hilarious.

Prime position, who's sitting there?

Just watch the YouTube link.

- Selfie, look.

He's so happy.

- He's taking a selfie with Charles.

He's like; ''can you... can you look down?

Yeah''.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Me, me, me.

Oh no, they're marching again.

Explain it to us.

- So, I learnt about this word ''pageant''.

Well, it seems to be a...

a very fancy ceremony of like,

people going in the streets, is that a pageant?

- Yeah.

Like, it's like a... it's not like a march,

but it's like a kind of presentation of...

- Yeah.

The kids... look, look, look, George.

The kids look always, super annoyed of this.

When's this over?

- Look!

So, is the Royal Family sitting there for 3 hours?

I mean, I would also feel like Nola.

Like just; oh, let me go home.

Get this finished.

Oh.

- Oh wow.

Dubstep.

What's happening now?

The history of dubstep.

It looks like the daughter of Sara's doing it.

Oh, is BoJo there?

He likes to ride the bike, right?

What is this?

the random parade?

What is that?

- The riding through the horse manure.

Okay, so I think this is like,

a parade showing everything that has happened

throughout her reign.

So I think there's like, erm... like a 1950...

there's like, 1950's stuff, 1960's stuff, up until now.

Wow, this person's very confident on their bike.

Do they have drinks?

Hopefully they have drinks with it.

I think under the balcony, there's all kinds of stuff going on.

Snacks.

- yeah, yeah.

Like; ''oh, I dropped one of my medals''.

Yeah, woo!

Oh.

- Oh, dancing.

- Oh, dancing people.

Ah cute, isn't it?

That's cute.

The poor people of London.

Look, they look all really cool.

No, they do look cool.

Is this 1950s, d'you think?

God, Louis is just like; ''how long mum?

How long?''

He, just...

I can't get it out of my mind,

that Prince George looks like a football manager,

watching his team losing.

These puppets look confused.

Like; ''where the hell am I?''

''I've immigrated to the United Kingdom''.

''Why am I 20 feet tall?''

Now, suddenly things moved to the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

Where's the Queen?

This whole parade was taking place in front of Buckingham Palace, right?

Exactly.

- And, It was the royal box with everyone in it,

but the Queen.

And now, everyone is waiting for her appearance.

There she is.

- Oh yes!

I see her in the green dress.

Green for hope.

look, George is like; ''oh, again!''

He's like; ''why are they so interested in us?''

It must be so strange.

He's like; ''she's just a little old lady.

What are you so happy about?''

Imagine you're eight years old

and you know you'll be the king of this country.

That is like, so weird.

- It's super weird.

- That's really weird

And everyone whispers into your ear;

''one day this will all be yours''.

''All yours''.

- ''It's all yours''.

Oh, are they singing?

- Yes.

Do you think they sing ''God save Nana''?

My great mama.

Ah, they are singing it.

William is singing.

Yeah, everyone's singing.

She's even the singing... a bit.

The true winner in this... all of this,

I think now, from what I've seen, is the weather.

I cannot believe there's three days and nobody got...

nobody got wet.

Thank you very much, Cari.

That was very interesting.

Thank you, royal expert Cari.

Well, I'm...

I'm impressed that,

watching four seasons of ''The Crown'' makes me...

you know...

- More knowledgeable than me.

And gets me an invite to Easy English,

so thank you for the invite.

So if you ever want to be part of Easy English,

just watch ''The Crown'' and you'll be the royal expert.

Yeah, it was nice being with you.

Thank you for having me.

I got two big glasses of gin and tonic

and that was a nice afternoon.

Thank you Cari.

- Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

We need to walk Nola now.

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