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Sep 18, 2019 · Here’s what to know about the royal family, their real-life tour of England in 1927 and their connection to Queen Elizabeth II, who visited Highclere Castle, the setting for Downton.
Mary, Princess Royal (Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary; 25 April 1897 – 28 March 1965) was a member of the British royal family. She was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, the sister of kings Edward VIII and George VI, and aunt of Elizabeth II.
This year saw the renaming of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, recognising in name the Irish Free State 's independence, it having come into existence with the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1922. Incumbents. Monarch – George V. Prime Minister – Stanley Baldwin (Conservative)
- Mary I, 1553 – 1558. Also known as Bloody Mary for the civil war that England was plunged into during her reign, Queen Mary I was the first female monarch of England.
- Elizabeth I, 1558 -1603. The namesake of the first Elizabethan age, Queen Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She is often remembered for her intellect and for her bold choice to never marry, famously saying that she was “already bound unto a husband which is the Kingdom of England”.
- Anne, 1702 – 1714. Almost a hundred years later, Queen Anne was the second daughter of King James II. She had 17 pregnancies in her lifetime but just one child survived, William, who died of smallpox aged only 11.
- Victoria, 1837 – 1901. Queen Victoria was the only child of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Edward Duke of Kent, the fourth son of George III. She is the second-longest reigning British monarch at 63 years and 216 days, second only to Queen Elizabeth II.
This is the family tree of the British royal family, from James I (who united the crowns of England and Scotland) to the present monarch, Charles III.
Sep 20, 2019 · It’s set in 1927, and revolves around King George V and Queen Mary and their daughter Mary, the Princess Royal, staying with the Crawley family at Downton in Yorkshire. While the story is a...
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Sep 21, 2019 · Although the film is set in 1927, Fellowes found his inspiration from King George V (Simon Jones) and Queen Mary's (Geraldine James) real-life visit to Yorkshire in 1912 (which is, ironically, the same year the events of Downton Abbey the TV series began).
