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George VI. Full Name: Albert Frederick Arthur George. Profession: King of the United Kingdom. Nationality: British. Biography: George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from December 11, 1936, until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth.
George VI died on 6th February 1952. His coffin lay in Westminster Hall where a short service was held and 305,806 people filed past the coffin. The funeral service, taken from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, was held at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on 15th February and the king was interred in a vault there.
George VI's decision to create Edward a royal duke ensured that he could neither stand for election to the British House of Commons nor speak on political subjects in the House of Lords. [80] Letters Patent dated 27 May 1937 re-conferred the "title, style, or attribute of Royal Highness" upon the Duke, but specifically stated that "his wife and descendants, if any, shall not hold said title or ...
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was concurrently the last Emperor of India until August 1947, when the British Raj was dissolved.
Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 – 25 August 1942) was a member of the British royal family, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary. He was a younger brother of kings Edward VIII and George VI .
En 1939, juste avant le début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un événement historique a lieu: pour la première fois, le couple royal visite le Canada. Il s’agit du roi George VI et de la reine Élisabeth. C’est le premier ministre Mackenzie King qui accueille les visiteurs royaux et les accompagne dans leur voyage d’un bout à l ...
King George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1895-1952) King George VI was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary. He was Duke of York from 1920 to 1936, living in London and also (from 1932) at Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park. In 1923 he married Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon; their elder daughter, later Queen Elizabeth II, was born in 1926.
