American Reacts to Ridiculous Jobs on the Queen's Staff

I wonder, when is Tyler getting, that this is not staff of a rich individual. They are not hired and fired for a certain job. These positions are an honour. A lot of the persons who have such a position are not paid - or not paid a lot. They do it, because they serve their queen and their country through it. In the UK people are proud of their monarchy. The monarch is a servant of their people and a lot of people give back in return, doing stuff they know well. They are not selfish - and not after the money. It may be a foreign concept for a person from the United States.

one of the reasons that stamps are so important to the Brits, is because they invented the whole idea of a postage stamp. They made the first-ever postage stamp and it doesnt have any nation mentioned on it because there was no need to. That condition exists to this day. Their stamps STILL dont have a nation printed on them.

The person breaking in shoes is totally overblown in this and other videos I've seen. One of her ladies breaks her shoes in, she doesn't employ someone specifically for that. She is on her feet for huge amounts of time and shouldn't be in pain. When my mum was old I did the same for her.

I knew what Philately means, and English is my second language :P

It's important to note that most of these appointments aren't proper jobs, they're honorary positions. Like receiving a knighthood or other honours. The people given these appointments are given a title and a chance to perform some stately duties as a recognition for what they've achieved throughout their careers in a particular field. These titles and duties also help them to encourage others to take an interest in their field. For example if an astrophysicist visits a school to encourage kids to take a keener interest in science, that's kind of cool but a bit boring; if that astrophysicist is the Royal Astronomer, a member of the royal household, it demonstrates something more exciting and proves that there are rewards and recognitions out there for people who apply themselves to doing something with their education.

Philately is stamp collecting. This bloke is as thick as 2 short planks!

I do not think you really understand what a stamp is. It is much much more than a sticker to put on a letter to show you paid for it. They are documents of history and culture. They are documents of connections and small pieces of artwork. There is good reason for philately.

Tyler, please put the time in to do proper research - reading Wikipedia and watching a few videos are not proper research. Since Markle invaded the British royal family there are an increasing number of Americans critiquing Britain, the UK, the British monarchy, its history and its place in Britain and the world. They seem to think they're somehow entitled to do so. Yet, when "H" critiqued points of the U.S. constitution Americans were outraged - "How dare he meddle!!!" Don't get me wrong, I think "H" should keep his uneducated opinion to himself. U.S. citizens are the people with the right to judge their system. Just as I think the Americans ridiculing the British constitutional monarchy should keep their uneducated opinions to themselves.Cheers.

Not the “master of playlists”! The title is “Master of the Queens Music”

I would take most of this with a pinch of salt . I'd work for the Queen I think she's marvellous, duty to her people and country for 70yrs not bad bless her 🙂

Breaking in Queen's shoes is not a job as such. When she buys new shoes one of her staff wears them for a bit to make them comfortable since she is on her feet a lot of time and needs comfy shoes. Please don't think only to do that, she isn't. Grossly exaggerated.

Now, don’t start taking the Mickey out of us on the matter of swans or we might have to cite the annual POTUS ceremony of pardoning a turkey, where POTUS has a choice of two turkeys to pardon and picks one. Not only is this ridiculous but there’s no fancy costumes or hundreds of years of tradition involved to make it exciting viewing. You’d think in a land 40 times as big as the UK that you could afford to pardon both turkeys - that’s not including POTUS. The swans - hundreds of years ago, swans and their eggs were a valuable source of food. So, that food needed protecting. Nobles and merchant organisations claimed them by putting marks in their beaks and appointing, “swan masters” to protect, count and mark the swans. Over the years, the monarch took over the ownership of the swans. However, to this day certain merchant groups, like the Vintners, are responsible for swans in certain areas. This is now a ceremonial ownership involving counting and ringing swans every year. Yes, the swan masters have ceremonial boats and uniforms, but a lot of UK customs have such traditions.

It's an honour for Lord Rees to be selected from all of our excellent astronomers to be given this title. He is a well respected man with an excellent history. He is probably retired now so this isn't his 'job'. He had a career as an astronomer. He is a member of the House of Lords and President of the Royal Society.

No, the Queen doesn't get woken up at 9! She gets up at 7.30 every day of her life (including Sundays and holidays) gets a cuppa & goes to work on the Royal Dispatches. She's been Queen for 70 years - so that's 70 years without a lie-in!! (And most of the royal family utterly hates the 9am 'concert' btw!) Most of the swans on the Thames are the property of various organisations and are marked that way. It's only if a cygnet (baby swan) is found without a marking that she takes it in - usually these are orphans. Adult swans without marking are few & far between as you can see by the fact that they are all checked regularly. As for swans being regarded as beautiful & graceful in the USA - I'm pretty certain that every country that has wild swans feels the same. That's exactly the reason they were once served at the Royal Table: so dainty & beautiful that only a monarch could eat them: fit for a King. Or Queen. It's been a part of swan protection for hundreds of years - long before conservation became a thing - to put a royal sanction on killing them. What with all the wars & famines & crop failures, swans on the Thames would probably have gone extinct hundreds of years ago if they didn't have royal protection. The shoe thing was kinda exaggerated. It's no-ones actual job - she'd have to be buying new shoes every week for that! My mother used to use me for this same thing - but the Queen usually asks one of her Ladies in Waiting to do it.

Many of these titles are given to people who are top of their game, just a recognition . Get small renumeration. Bagpipes significant in UK history? Wow can't believe you asked that, they go with the kilt and are significant in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Bagpipes … armies had pipers, still do. They went into battle playing to frighten the bejesus out of the enemy. The Queen’s mother was Scottish but there are Irish, Welsh, English pipers. Bagpipes are quite loud - he walks outside. This piper travels all over the country with the Queen. There are various bagpipes - Northumberland pipes are softer.

I think you don’t really understand that the title of the job is not necessarily the job that the appointed person does and very often having the title does not bring a great financial reward. Try listening to the explanation throughout without interrupting then you might understand more comprehensibly.

Come on, we can all see you love it all. ❤️ I’m British and now live in the United States. We Brits love all the pomp and circumstance.

King George VI (The Queen's dad) was an avid stamp collector and at tours around City's and Town's etc, any local people who also collect stamps used to bring bits from their collection to show The King and he very much enjoyed seeing/discussing them. Can't say I see the fascination myself but each to their own!

Wearing in the shoes is not a job. It is done while that person continues her normal role. It's philately and yes everybody knows what it means.