Inside The Dark History At Tower Of London & Visiting Westminster Abbey - Princess Diana / Nando’s
London England Jan 2025
Transcript
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today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Saturday January 25th
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2025 a beautiful day here in London
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England I'm going to do some things I
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have not done yet to be completely
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honest very overwhelming on how much
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there is to do being on a time frame for
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returning home we're still here a few
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more days but I'm definitely going to
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have to return because there is so much
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to do here cannot do it all in a week
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that is for sure Sunburst and I would
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imagine it'll be very
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busy because it is the weekend is in
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full effect
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now got a few things on the agenda I
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want to get done but I will probably do
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other things as well heading this
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direction to my first spot to hopefully
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see some horse guards got the birds
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flying by there definitely a beehive of
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activity out
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here welcome everyone Adam the woo here
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there's a few other things I would like
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to do I would like to go to the Tower of
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London and also Westminster
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Abby and again I see some horses and the
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guards just see where the day leads I'm
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inviting you to join me good to have you
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here shall you that's a proper
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roundabout right there
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not the one from European Vacation
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different one but it gives those
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vibes got to say I'm getting a little
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bit better with the whole jet lag thing
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got out and about by 1130 a.m. a little
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after 11: it's 11:40 right now of course
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5 hour time difference between Florida
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Florida would be
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6:40 a.m. at the moment 42° right now
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and looks like it's going to be an
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overcast day it's going to be a nice day
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love it lot of traditional British pubs
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here this one's called the Horse and the
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Guardsman for good reason because right
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down here there are horses and
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guards right down here I passed by this
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the other night but I think it was so
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late they weren't out I think they had
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already been put in for the
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eve very interesting so even though they
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have the telephone boxes here they don't
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call them boo they called telephone
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telephone
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boxes this kiosk is no longer in service
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but they are keeping it
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here for future generations to see the
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history of them well at least those are
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there might be active payones in England
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but those two were
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not commanderin-chief
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1895 passed away 1956 was born don't ask
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what his name is because it does not
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state it on the side he's just referred
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to as commanderin-chief no name given
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could be on the other side
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but let's call him
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Commander all right there is horse guard
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there and there's also look like they're
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doing little March there
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I have wanted to see this my whole
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freaking life
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cool you don't want to get you cannot
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get past the white
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line I seen videos of the horses biting
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people and the guards yelling at them
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tell step
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the back door behind the horses now open
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I don't know what's going to
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happen it's going to back
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out hor is going to turn around this guy
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side oh everyone's going let going
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around the that cleared out the
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courtyard Bells Are
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Ringing his officers are making sure no
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one gets in this little section here
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because they're switching out the
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love the ringing of the Bells the Chimes
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right on the hour
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cool off for show pretty dang
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spectacular
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all right I got to head over now pass
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Big Ben and over to Westminster Abby
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also last night I was on a Harry Potter
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tour and the guy took me to a spot I
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could get a photo of of big Benin and a
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telephone box similar to this one and he
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said oh the one the other one that
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everyone knows about and goes to it's
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like a 2hour wait for a photo and now I
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see exactly what he was talking about
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look at this my photo had a little bit
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more stickers on the telephone box and a
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lot more trash on the ground but if you
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want to see that photo it's on my
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Instagram Adam the woo atw that's Adam
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the wo atw I posted it on there every
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one of the teleph telephone booth boxes
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are very very popular for the photo off
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there got to get that Big Ben in there
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and I know Big Ben is the Bell not the
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clock tower
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itself but I think everyone calls it big
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oh wow I did not expect there to be a
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sculpture of Abra Abraham Lincoln here I
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like
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it on the stab
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building ceremony
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and funeral of Princess Diana was inside
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here always remember watching
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that I was working at Kmart at that time
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in CMI
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Florida Elton John
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singing getting all having a hard time
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singing the song he wrote the lyrics to
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Candle in the
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Wind well him and his partner rewrote
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the the lyrics for Princess
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Dian it's like a little bit of a line to
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get in there but going to go check out
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the inside this is not the visitor
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entrance it's in the front I believe
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it's the exit a visitor entr has a
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really long line I did get the London
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pass which includes a lot of different
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attractions this is considered an
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prin just being carried in there through
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the front door that's the same
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door same
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building good thing I'm here today
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because tomorrow there are no visiting
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times they just have the church
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service reserve for worship
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I'm getting in line I think this is
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probably going to take at least an hour
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to get inside
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in all actuality I was looking a little
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bit of stuff up while I was online and
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the royal family has used this building
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this church building Cathedral for many
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things weddings funerals Etc now they do
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not allow filming inside there's a big
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sign when you go in saying still photos
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are allow but please no filming talked
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to one of the guides inside he was very
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very helpful sharing some info how back
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in the day so it's interesting when I
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watched the Princess
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Diana uh funeral on TV years ago in the
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late '90s
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'97 didn't realize that the place was
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separated into two so you see down here
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there was like a separation there he
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said back in the
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day there would be the prisoners of the
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church the the normal congregation then
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there would be the monks the monks would
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be closer to the
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front and the the congregation would be
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towards the back very beautiful probably
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the most beautiful church building
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Cathedral I've ever been in I mean ever
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I think it's not even a close second
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that I personally have stepped foot into
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so you'll see here so closer to the
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front of the building is where the monks
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were and then now the congregation or
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the congregation was back here separated
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by this area here he said the organist
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sits up
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top and then the monks were all right in
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here again just very beautiful ornate
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stain glass just
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incredible would have been perfect to
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get some video in there but there were
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definitely some signs saying not to
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so just decided to do it this
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way and I didn't realize too before
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going in there there's also a lot of
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graves like a cemetery inside the
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building where the congregation meets
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which is very
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interesting did not realize that before
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stepping foot inside there all these
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different rooms you see here here's some
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of the etchings on the people that are
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laid to rest here many many tombs inside
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there just an expansive
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property here is King Richard II that's
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his
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tomb here's some others as
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well Jay dren so I
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found where Elton John playing candle in
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the when performed you'll
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notice little markings there and you'll
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notice the sculpture here so I found the
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exact spot that he had his
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Pian I'll never forget watching that
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performance and I've watched it many
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times
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since he was even getting a little
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little emotional and choked up
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performing I can't imagine what it would
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have been like to have millions of
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people then and then from now till then
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watching that performance all all eyes
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on you no accompaniment no background
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track just playing the
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piano but there's the spot so if you
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notice that right there and then this is
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what it looks like
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now I mean just seeing that it's just
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incredible and then Princess Diana lay
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there in her
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casket right above
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where they're sitting there underneath
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that little Archway seat and this little
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high
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up Pulpit if you will and then the
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staircase there and that's it now that's
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it modern
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day
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wow thought about getting another magnet
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but I've already got quite a few magnets
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from this
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trip all right from here I think I'm
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going to head over oh the Tower of
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London over near Tower
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Bridge not to be confused with London
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Bridge so I thought it was going to take
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an hour to get in there it took about
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probably 35 to 40 minutes way to get
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that L wasn't as bad as I thought but
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definitely not a quick little walk
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in it's a weekend so got to bring your
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patience for getting in some of these
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places all right got to take the two
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tube I guess I've been saying it wrong
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it's not the tubes or take the tube in
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the
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underground which is their version of
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Subway please stand back from the Ed
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Mine The Gap all right I'm getting the
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hang of this now I'm here in Westminster
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need to get over to Tower Hill so I need
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to get on this one District Circle lines
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eastbound platform two going to town
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hill find the gap
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just be sure to mind the gap the Gap
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refers to the gap
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between the
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platform M the gap between the train and
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platform that's the correct uh
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terminology they use when you're getting
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off it's like a really large Su dial so
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I'm going to spray paint it here yeah it
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is a really big Sun
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Dial and across the
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way I think that's it right there that's
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a tower of L definitely has
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a interesting history to say the
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least Not only was it a prison a lot of
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people lives were ended
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there pretty horrific way the boat is
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all grown over now they don't use it for
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water
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anymore all right heading through again
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I have the London City Pass which
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includes a mess
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load of
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attractions just I got it for the
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duration of my stay so I just show that
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scan in that way of having to buy
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tickets all these legs well then before
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we carry on those of you that haven't
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been inside the complex already just a
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few words of advice be careful of the
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cobbles uneven Services he was Crown
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King William the of England on Christmas
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day of 1066 after his famous victory
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over W uh Harold at the Battle of
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Hasting to use the tidal flow of the
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river temps so twice a day and wash into
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and around the mo in order to keep it
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clean and that system seemed to work
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rather well at first however Master vter
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wasn't the expert that he thought he was
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now thankfully as English we're an
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efficient Nation aren't we and we only
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let that situation continue for the next
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500
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years true
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story used to be
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a
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scff in
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1465 which caused much concern in the
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city over the years no less than 75 men
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of noble birth that's as well as all the
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other Nells of low life 75 men of noble
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birth were to be executed up there by
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block and act alone having their heads
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chopped off the first 1381 was a man
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called
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Simon oh that's a strong
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one behold the head of a traitor so die
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all traitors God Save the
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King it's a little bit
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better this is incredible
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that is to say between the inner and
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outer valum or defensive walls the inner
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wall is 50 ft High the outer wall behind
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you is 28 ft thick if you look this side
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you can see mint street so name because
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it was here that all the coins of the
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English and Irish realm were designed
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and produced till about the year 1810
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when we move them up the road to the
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mint at St Catherine stock then app and
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people used to float up and down the
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street Sir Isaac Newton used to work
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right over here live right over here and
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work in the tower that way you can see a
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tall narrower Archway than the one
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through which we have just passed it's
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his office was right up
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intended to detonate supply of gun
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powder Gates and unload their caros in
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safety therefore this gate was
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originally known as the
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water today remember everything's been
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raised up because of originally called
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The Water Gate full dep another
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15 really imposing water
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there's Tower Bridge right
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there from inside the London
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Tower five of that seven were female and
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three of that five were queens of
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England before I tell you about that
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let's point out a few more of the
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buildings up here on the to for her
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execution amberin was the first queen of
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England to be found guilty of high
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treason and executed it doesn't matter
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what we think now it happened then she
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was found guilty of Trumps of
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charges so it's all right here in this
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little Courtyard notice the church steo
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the the bells
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here there's a little bit
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more there's a sculpture behind me marks
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the spot where Queen an ban was thought
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to been executed in 1536
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here not just her
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but a lot of other names here Malcolm
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mcferson Samuel mcferson
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Highlander
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Shaw Lady Jane
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seating would have been really cool to
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go inside this building but but again
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they got some reur going on in
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there is thato it is yeah it's a little
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video now we have one you have one I
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also have one too triple a triple here
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I'll film
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yours sorry can I take a
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pho of
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me we're both getting photos
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okay really
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cool all right Crown Jewel time oh I
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don't think I can take photos in
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here says no photos in here yes because
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it's like
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Fancy no old school telephones either
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and no
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hamburgers no videoing no photos okay
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it's all for my own human eyes all right
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that was kind of interesting to be
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honest I'm not really too excited about
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jewelry and jewels and all that but some
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of the crowns with all the history on it
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was neat there's a lot more in there
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than I was
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expecting here are some
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monkeys right that it looks like some
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sort of like not paper mâché but like a
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metal mâché
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evidently this is the slow season I
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guess you could could call it even
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though there's a lot of people walking
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around London I've heard during the
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summer the tourism is even a lot more
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intense crowd wise and this would be
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proof of that look at
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the queue
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here the ex extended queue just to see
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the crown
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jewels so 25 minute wait just from here
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I just walked right
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in
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fascinating some of those crowns in
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there were
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just very
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intense tell her what some of those
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things are worth that's a big crow that
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is a big
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Crow it's like the size of a dog yeah a
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little dog dog it'll eat a dog eat a
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dog looks ch
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this is inra with a monogram of King
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George III and that of Charles first
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Marquee Korn Wallace G general of
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ordinances
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they're closing the
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door going to lock me in
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here gra
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beasts a polar
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bear oh yeah look at this King her the
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third received a polar bear the king of
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Norway
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shop thank you oh you actually actually
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should go through the gift shop to get
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out so it's not just a clever
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saying fuddle you actually have to
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fuddle through the gift
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shop got some pretty good merchandise in
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here
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though having trouble getting it off
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area got all the
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crows the Ravens I should say
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the ceremony of the keys the mighty
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Battlement the White
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Tower the keys there these little
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goblets here these little drinking cups
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look at this thing it's like a knight's
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hand that's
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awesome that's give like a proper toast
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I was never going to give a toast I'd
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want to do it in this here here
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cheers that is a that's an epic drinking
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glass rum and other
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items it's like the Ravens are the main
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mascot could fancy myself wearing one of
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these little headwear
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here a fancy little eating place here
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the Copa Club his little like spherical
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glass top the glass balls
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pict I think I'm going to walk over to
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St Paul's Cathedral about a mile from
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here place I wanted to check out since
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I've gotten into town I haven't yet it's
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Banner states that All Hallows by the
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towers the oldest church in the city of
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London that is
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fascinating these these might be Crips
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too H not
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sure oh wow there is a pub by the name
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of the hung drawn and
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quartered it's interesting to have a pub
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named
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after doing that you when I think of
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England I think of London I think of
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Mary
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Poppins classic
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film and one of the most iconic songs
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from that movie Sherman Brothers
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soundtrack feed the birds
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took place right here at this Cathedral
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now they did not show up here and film
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the scene with the lady feeding the
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birds for tupp in a bag they did however
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use it as an artistic rendering probably
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like a painting of some sort behind her
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they had her on the staircase and they
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had St Paul's Cathedral behind her
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as Julie Andrew sang the song and over
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her vocal rendition and Nar
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ation had the bird lady feeding the
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birds and one of my one of my favorite
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songs one of my favorite Disney songs I
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should
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say just gets me every time when I was
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at d23 Expo this last
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year they had an artist I can't remember
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who it was but they did a cover of it
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and the entire Arena just kind of went
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silent was just everybody just just
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really was taken back by the performance
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and the song and
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was Walt's favorite
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song he would go and listen to the
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Sherman Brothers play that on the piano
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in Burbank at the
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studios that song just kind of really
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just hits homes there's something about
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it it's just very somber and beautiful
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and
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amazing under the backdrop St Paul's
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Cathedral here in
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London I am C curious if there are any
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pigeons around and if there is a bird
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lady feeding the
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birds I got to find out what a beautiful
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scene I recently rewatched Mary Poppins
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I don't know probably six seven months
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ago again it's actually right after
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Richard Sherman passed away I ended up
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watching Mary Poppins and Saving Mr
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Banks and that that scene definitely
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definitely definitely hit you right in
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the fields there it is right there
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iconic what a what a magnificent
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structure the church is here the
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cathedrals I say should say our next
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level see all the foliage that usually
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stretches along the vines here on the
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side obviously right now this time of
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the year not a lot of greenery but kind
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of interesting all all the vines have
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just taken over this rod iron fence
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right here at the base of the cathedral
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not seeing any pigeons though wow look
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at the sunset over
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there beautiful didn't notice it when I
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was walking over in that area but now
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that I stand up here a little more
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elevated here next to the
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sculpture there a little waterfall there
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of
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sorts well not a waterfall but a
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fountain of sorts there in the
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foreground kind of a little shopping
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center mall to multi level right across
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from the cathedral and I have been told
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by quite a few people that I
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know that Nando
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is really good so I found a Nando in the
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general area of where I was and I am
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going to get a bite to eat from Mandos
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right
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here not exactly what I'm in store for
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but I think they have chicken and other
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assorted things and to be honest I don't
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know if it's 100% a place that's in the
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UK but I've heard that when you're in
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London you should try Nando so I'm
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giving it a try going in on the nandos n
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a n d o apostrophe s I'm spelling
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everything out that I'm saying because I
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know a lot of things around here when
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you say something it's not necessarily
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is phonetically how it is spelled but
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yeah nandas all right got my leftovers
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with me have a little chicken snack
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later food is really good I liked it
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all right going to take the St Paul
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station
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now take
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tube back over towards
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padil platform one two stops toborn and
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then from hbor I'll walk over to
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Picadilly I don't think it's that far or
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I can connect with another one but I'll
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probably just walk it once I get to
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right arrived at
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hbor I'm just going to hoook IT luggage
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hold the handrail
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too luggage hold the handrail too
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luggage hold the handrail
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too evidently they want luggage to also
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we're getting over to Picadilly there's
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luster Square also spelled nothing like
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if you would pronounce it well at least
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I would pronounce it in the
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US it's part of the Theater District and
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I was realizing I
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noticed that not only have done a lot of
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premieres there yesterday I was talking
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about all eight of the Harry Potter
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films well all seven films all eight
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parts were over in that square but also
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in 19 90 there was a Back to the Future
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3 premiere and Princess Diana attended
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and I think they even did in ' 85 they
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did 90 for part three I think they also
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did the premiere there for the royal
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family in ' 85 I guess the royal family
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really like Back to Future I figured I
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just throw that in because talking about
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Princess Diana and went to a spot where
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to the cathedral where she had
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her Memorial or funeral
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out it's hopping down here way it's when
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the people who created you should be
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paying it they created the liability by
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having unprotected sex that moment they
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created a huge liability and then they
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fed you with a rubbish that you they
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were sending you to school to educate
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you which is not the truth they sent you
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to school to babysit you because they
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couldn't look after you themselves cuz
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they had to work right or whatever and
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then in school they taught you that when
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you're 18 that's it they don't take care
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of your rent anymore why why do your
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parents stop paying your rent at 18 why
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they should be paying it all the way
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long till the day you die because they
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brought you here and that's the theater
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I was referring to where Princess Diana
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went inside for the premiere of Back to
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Future 3 and I think in ' 85 Back to
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Future one thanks for watching I'll see
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you in the next video the Vlog up