George VI

Updated on July 03 2019. George VI became King unexpectedly following the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII in December 1936.

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King George VI born Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George.

. Notwithstanding a workers death and few injured servants the royal couple fortunately escaped unharmed. He succeeded to the throne after his older brother Edward VIII abdicated. He is the father of Queen Elizabeth II Britain.

He developed lung cancer and in 1952 died in his sleep from a coronary thrombosis. On the 13th of September in 1940 King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth were in Buckingham Palace when the building was struck by a Luftwaffe bomb. Though formally known as His Highness Prince Albert of York within the family.

The second son of the future king George V the prince served in the Royal Navy 191317 the Royal Naval Air. A conscientious and dedicated man he worked hard to adapt to the role into which he was suddenly thrown. His father was Prince George Duke of York later King George V the second and eldest surviving son of the Prince and Princess of Wales later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

King George VI was born Albert Frederick Arthur George Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on December 14 1895 in Norfolk England. The future George VI was born at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria. He had married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923.

King George VI was a heavy smoker and the stress of the war took a toll on his health. Reserved by nature and of deep religious belief he was helped in his work by his wife. George VI also called 192036 Prince Albert duke of York in full Albert Frederick Arthur George born December 14 1895 Sandringham Norfolk Englanddied February 6 1952 Sandringham king of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952.

Although traditionally a feminine activity King George VI was a proficient. December 14 1895February 6 1952 was King of the United Kingdom Head of the British Commonwealth and the last Emperor of India.

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