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  1. 5 days ago · By Lucinda Gosling. 6 May 2024. The Tatler pulled out all the stops for King George VI’s coronation, commissioning the illustrious Italian artist Fortunino Matania to design a glorious colour front cover, and printing an illuminated address dedicated to the King from the magazine and its readers.

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  2. 5 days ago · The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and language therapist played by Geoffrey Rush.

  3. 4 days ago · King George VI (1895 - 1952) and Queen Elizabeth (1900 - 2002) survey some of the damage after the bombing of Buckingham Palace, London, during the Second World War. Getty Friday 13th, a day that sends shivers down everyone's spine, and is known for bringing bad luck.

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  5. 5 days ago · Edward VIII, prince of Wales (1911–36) and king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and emperor of India from January 20 to December 10, 1936, when he abdicated to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson. Edward VIII was the only British sovereign to voluntarily resign the crown.

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  6. 2 days ago · Guests of honour were King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, but there amongst the the throng was the young student Jack Kennedy, one day to rise to become the legendary President of the United States.

  7. 4 days ago · The King's Birthday Honours 1951 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the King, and were published on 1 June 1951 for the British Empire, [1 ...

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edward_VIEdward VI - Wikipedia

    4 days ago · Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. [a] The only surviving son of Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour, Edward was the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant. [2] .

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