How to Become the British Monarch

Princess Kate photo by Carfax2

[enriquecartas]

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

[princeofalbany]

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.

[Telawin]

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

[OfficialOpticBoxx]

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

[jackjohn]

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.

[dandelionthief]

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

[midothunderstorm]

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

[chronovac]

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

[guidomista]

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

[addisonrahn]

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

[ocinnico]

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

[gewoonvictor]

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

[maxwelljiang]

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

[martinperry]

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.

[maarten]

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.

[VNActivityProjectRem]

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"

[illusiveman]

Instructions unclear: became Supreme Leader of North Korea.

[cowonaboat]

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

[ardwordcross]

The humor of the algorithm strikes again

[YOHARIS]

Directions unclear, became president of Russia instead