King George VI did not expect to inherit the throne because his elder brother Edward VIII was first in the line of succession. Mondadori Portfolio//Getty Images The British Royal Family appears on ...

Queen Elizabeth II was the longest British monarch in history with a reign of 70 years. She died in 2022 at age 96, making her son Charles king.

On 6 February 1952, the Queen’s father, King George VI died suddenly and unexpectedly in his sleep. Aged just 52, the King had undergone surgery for carcinoma in September the year prior and had ...

LONDON, Feb. 6, 1952 (UP) - King George VI was born during the reign of a queen ... George soon became known to members of the family at Buckingham Palace as "the foreman." They tagged him with ...

On the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in December 1936 he was proclaimed King and took one of his middle names, George, on succeeding to the throne. The coronation of George VI and Queen ...

LONDON, Feb. 6, 1952 (UP)-King George VI died peacefully in his sleep early ... Advertisement The news was kept within the royal family and the highest government circles until Elizabeth, in ...

A celebration glass for the coronation of King George VI. George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and ...

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