When Did Britain's Kings Lose Their Power?

-------------------------------------------------------------------

The UK remains a monarchy to this day, yet the role of the King (or Queen) is mostly ceremonial. Today, all power is in the hands of parliament, yet it wasn't always so. In today's SideQuest, we'll explore the century-long power struggle between the King and parliament.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Have a fancy historical idea you'd like me to cover? Drop a comment and let me know!

-------------------------------------------------------------------

A big THANK YOU to the selfless supporters of SideQuest for their limitless generosity:

Leloo Wolf, Aradhya Khandelwal, dancingvulture , Nick Wen, Adrien Maillet, Tom Timmerman, FauxFowks , Ethan McCosby, semchapeu, Alex Newman, Titus Proctor, Shekel Dispenser, Clark Teeple, Joseph Bouqdib, Stoeoef , Roy Orbach, Dominic Tarro, Niels Krijger, D Meredith, Troy Humpherston, Mark Mills, Xian, Mason, Petru Cotarcea, Quan Van, Tony Drake, Leo Bond, Alexander Daily, Husandeep Singh, Daniel Mosco, SerialConvert, jack, Haris Bestowo, Ryfael , Bishop Morley, Ivrenis, Gary M Trentman, Ryan Smock, DigitalSir, Jamesie112, Santos, l'Empereur de Disco, Klaus, Oliver McKowen, Simon Baumeler, Jonathan Horn, Kirk Lance, William DeLoach, nand , Esbjörn Rundberg, CamzRC, Philip , Alex, Frad, Kyle LeGrone, Jackie, Efertone , Jack Fey, Mr.Suulix, Ebsan Uddin, PAPSTER, NimoydDev, JT96, Timothy Gaensler-Debs, O C, Matthew Moody, Alex Schwyn, Isaac Parker, Potato, Diogo Freitas, Viddax, Owain Lee, Lukas Schmidt, Dr D, Q 1, C. Briant Stringham, Randy Butler

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Further Reading:

[alexandergangaware]

Parliament: Treason is an offence against the country, not the King, and treason is bad.

Also Parliament: Literally collaborates in a foreign invasion

[zhuljinjager]

I'm surprised there's not many comments about Ireland and Northern Ireland actually being seperate now, I thought for sure when I saw the graphic at the end and heard "UK we all know and love"

[pieceofschmidtgamer]

Fun Fact: The British Monarchy still holds a surprising amount of power, however, it's not exercised by Elizabeth II because she, rightly, believes if she did so it would lead to the abolishment of the monarchy.

[exallted]

Glad to see SideQuest is getting sponsors, can’t wait to see you at one million subscribers!

[Hollows]

To clear up some confusion in this video: James II was the son of Charles I not Charles II as many have pointed out, James II became King because Charles II had no legitimate children.

[harryblischke]

I loved Saturday morning cartoons as a kid and I still love them as a middle-aged man. Thank you SideQuest for your EXCELLENT content, even the advert.

[iangard]

The primary reason James II was deposed was more due to the fact that he was Catholic. Also I kinda find it weird you just completely skipped Charles II and the restoration of the monarchy.

[ANDROLOMA]

"Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other."
-Oscar Ameringer

[scpdatabase]

It’s fascinating how an icon of actual power has become a pop icon instead. I wonder which force to be reckoned with today will be looked back on like the English monarchy today

[jdhed.mcpack]

I remember visiting this channel for the first time, it only had 32k subs a couple of months ago, but now it's ten times that, they've finally got the attention they deserve

[Oodelally]

The Second Barons war was actually caused by the taxes imposed by Henry III to raise funds for the Pope’s war against Sicily - which would give the title to his son, Edmund - as well as the favouritism he gave to the Lusingans and the Savoyards (the Lusingans were even above the law at one point). It was actually Simon de Montfort and later Edward I who instituted the House of Lords.

[Norsilca]

I've read a lot about this but I still didn't know about things like the Provisions of Oxford. Nice video.

[jonathanbowers]

The kings of Britain lost all power forever when Elizabeth II took the throne and declared she would reign forever. Our immortal queen will make sure that another king will not sit on the throne of Great Britain ever again.

Long live the Queen.

[Mario-hurq]

Crazy how fast this channel is growing, I remember subscribing at 10k.

[steezymeez]

I recently found this channel. I’ve always been a history buff, but I learn about everything I was never taught in school on this channel. Well done! You earned another subscriber!

[ALELisMe]

Man I really love this channel. I swear I see it coming 1-2 years from now you will have at least 1, 2 million subs and still be making this kind of videos hopefully. Really enjoy:)

[PugkinSoup]

While it hasn’t started yet I’m absolutely positive this will be yet another good video of sidequest

[mokinsen]

I have a new video idea: "That time, when a Swedish company had a monopoly over the German match-market"
After WW1 Germany was completely out of money and a Swedish match making company offered a deal for some money, if they could have the monopoly over the entire German match-market. With the "Zündwarenmonopolgesetz" (lighting ware monopoly act) that Swedish company controlled the German match-market from the 20's to the 80's

[Blackadderthefourth]

I look forward to SideQuest hitting 1 million subs, the deserve it for this content.

[RaKaNiShU]

This channel is brilliant at shining a light on so many lesser-known facts!!!