“I really think it would gratify her if you yourself proposed the name Albert to her.”
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George VI
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 also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947, and the first Head of the Commonwealth following the London Declaration of 1949.
sports · King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 · monarch · aristocrat · military officer · tennis player · also George VI, Albert Frederick Arthur George, King George VI, Albert Windsor, George Windsor, Bertie
Born 14 December 1895 · Died 6 February 1952 · Q280856
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“I am all impatience to see the new one, born on such a sad day but rather more dear to me, especially as he will be called by that dear name which is a byword for all that is great and good.”
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Mshale: King George VI Reaction | Road To Cheltenham Golden Knights Vs Ducks (ICTCm5mH2L)
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AOL.com: Andrew Wemyss, page at George VI’s coronation and Fife landowner who diversified from coal
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usracing.com: Bet on Ascot this Saturday: Calandagan Seeks Repeat in King George VI & Queen Elizabeth
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The Guardian: Kalpana wins King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot – as it happened
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The remains of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, were also interred in the chapel
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Joined Millwall in 2021.
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Joined Derby in 2018.
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Joined Reading in 2016.
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Joined Manchester City in 2013.
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Fifty years after his death, the remains of his widow, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and the ashes of his younger daughter, Princess Margaret, who both died that year, were interred in the chapel alongside him
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One of only two people (the other being Churchill in 1958) to be awarded the medal after 1946
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Died 1952-02-06.
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Won Albert Medal (1951).
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Career landmark: monarch of the Dominion of Ceylon (1948–1952).
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Career landmark: King of India (1947–1950).
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George and his family toured southern Africa
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Career landmark: monarch of the Dominion of Pakistan (1947–1952).
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Career landmark: monarch of New Zealand (1947–1952).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William (1946).
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The Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Field Marshal Alan Brooke, revealed that every time he met Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, he thought Montgomery was after his job
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Career landmark: monarch of Australia (1942–1952).
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Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister, though personally George would have preferred to appoint Lord Halifax
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Awarded Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius Equal-to-apostles (1938).
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Invited him to appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with them
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Career landmark: coronation of George VI and Elizabeth.
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Career landmark: Monarch of the United Kingdom (1936–1952).
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Career landmark: abdication of Edward VIII.
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Career landmark: emperor (1936–1937).
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But Edward abdicated later that year to marry the twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson
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Career landmark: Emperor of India (1936–1948).
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Career landmark: monarch of the Union of South Africa (1936–1952).
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Career landmark: monarch of Canada (1936–1952).
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Awarded Royal Victorian Chain (1927).
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Losing in the first round, and is the only member of the royal family to have competed at the Championships
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Career landmark: wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
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And they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret
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And 1922, reportedly because she was reluctant to make the sacrifices necessary to become a member of the royal family
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Career landmark: Duke of York (1920–1936).
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Studied at Trinity College (1920).
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The King brought his son's infatuation with the already-married Australian socialite Lady Loughborough to an end in April 1920 by persuading him to stop seeing her, with the promise of the dukedom of York.
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Awarded Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class with Swords (1917).
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Awarded Knight of the Garter (1916).
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Came bottom of the class in the final examination, but despite this he progressed to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
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Albert attended the Royal Naval College, Osborne, as a naval cadet
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Awarded Order of the Thistle.
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Awarded Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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Awarded Order of the Redeemer.
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Awarded Order of the Royal House of Chakri.
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Awarded Order of Saint-Charles.
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Awarded Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum.
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders.
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Awarded Military Order of Italy.
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Awarded Order of St. Vladimir.
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Awarded Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog.
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Awarded Order of the Bath.
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Awarded Companion of Honour.
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Awarded Sash of the Three Orders.
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Awarded Order of the Chrysanthemum.
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Awarded Companion of the Liberation.
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Awarded Order of the Star of India.
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Awarded Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum.
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Awarded Royal Order of the Seraphim.
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Awarded Legionnaire of Legion of Merit.
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.
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Awarded Imperial Service Order.
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.
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Awarded Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit.
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Awarded Order of the Star of Ethiopia.
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.
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Won Inter-Allied Victory Medals.
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Awarded Order of Saints George and Constantine.
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Awarded Distinguished Service Order.
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Awarded Order of the Phoenix.
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Awarded Order of Leopold.
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Awarded War Cross.
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle.
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Awarded Order of Merit.
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Awarded Order of St Patrick.
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Career landmark: the Blitz.
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Career landmark: Victory in Europe Day.
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Career landmark: London Declaration.
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Career landmark: 1939 royal tour of Canada.
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Career landmark: Munich agreement.
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Career landmark: World War II.
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Born 1895-12-14.
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