George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth...
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On 6 February 1952, George VI, King of the United Kingdom, died at the age of 56, at Sandringham House, after a prolonged cancer. His state funeral took...
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Royal Family Order of George VI is an honour that was bestowed on female members of the British royal family by King George VI. Princess Alexandra, The...
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The King George VI Memorial Chapel is part of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England. The chapel was commissioned by Elizabeth II in 1962 as a...
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George VI (1895–1952) was King of Great Britain and the British Dominions from 1936 to 1952 and Emperor of India from 1936 to 1948. George VI may also...
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succeeded by his younger brother Albert, who took the regnal name George VI. George was born on 3 June 1865, in Marlborough House, London. He was the...
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The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot...
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The coronation of George VI and his wife, Elizabeth, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, Emperor and...
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Lionel Logue (redirect from Lionel George Logue)
(MVO), which had been conferred upon Logue at the time of George VI's Coronation. King George VI died on 6 February 1952. On 26 February 1952, Logue wrote...
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King George VI Memorial Chapel was constructed in 1969 between the Rutland Chapel and the north choir of St George's Chapel to a design by George Pace...
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List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom (redirect from List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom of King George VI)
20th century 21st century George I George II George III George IV William IV Victoria Edward VII George V Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II Charles III...
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the throne passed to the first person in line, who became George VI. On the day of George VI's death, 6 February 1952, the line of succession to the British...
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the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary. He was a younger brother of kings Edward VIII and George VI. Prince George served in the Royal Navy...
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Harewood was the eldest grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary, nephew of both King Edward VIII and King George VI and first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II...
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1947 the George VI coins bore the inscription GEORGIVS VI D:G: REX ET IND:IMP: ("Georgius VI, Dei Gratia, Rex et Indiae Imperator", or "George VI, by the...
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The King George VI Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. This medal...
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George VI received numerous decorations and honorary appointments, both during and before his time as monarch of the United Kingdom and the dominions...
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Giorgi VI the Minor (Georgian: გიორგი VI მცირე, romanized: giorgi VI mtsire; died 1313), from the Bagrationi dynasty was the 19th king (mepe) of Georgia...
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Wedding of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (redirect from Wedding of George VI and Elizabeth the Queen Mother)
The wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI) and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother) took place on...
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Sandringham House (section George VI)
the royal residences of Charles III, whose grandfather, George VI, and great-grandfather, George V, both died there. The house stands in a 20,000-acre (8...
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The George Medal (GM), instituted on 24 September 1940 by King George VI, is a decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, awarded for gallantry...
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there have been five British monarchs of the House of Windsor: George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II, and Charles III. The children and male-line...
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The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Memorial, situated between The Mall and Carlton Gardens in central London, is a memorial to King George VI and his...
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Coins of British India (section George VI)
Victoria (dated 1862–1901), Edward VII (dated 1903–1910), George V (dated 1911–1936), and George VI (dated 1938–1947). No British India coins were issued...
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Alec Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (section Private Secretary to Edward VIII and George VI)
the king's abdication in December 1936; he continued in this role under George VI until his early retirement in 1943. Alan Lascelles, the Assistant Private...
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Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (redirect from Richard Alexander Walter George)
Gloucester, the youngest of the nine grandchildren of George V, nephew of Edward VIII and George VI, and first cousin of Elizabeth II. He is 31st in the...
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Queen Anne and King George I were second cousins, as both were great-grandchildren of James VI and I. For a family tree that shows George I's relationship...
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Dreadnought-class submarine (redirect from HMS King George VI)
class. The next three boats will be called Valiant, Warspite and King George VI. Since the retirement of the last Royal Air Force WE.177 nuclear bomb...
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Coronation glove (section George VI)
Glove Collection Trust, again made by Messrs Harborow. The glove worn by George VI at his 1937 coronation was once more made of white kid leather and measures...
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The King George VI Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Kempton...
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