The future George VI was born at York Cottage, on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria. As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. He attended naval college as a teenager and served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during the First World War. He died of coronary thrombosis in 1952, and was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
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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 Emperor of India from 1936 until 1947, when the British Raj was dissolved. The future George VI was born at York Cottage, on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria. As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. He attended naval college as a teenager and served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during the First World War. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret. In the mid-1920s, he had speech therapy for a stammer, which he learned to manage to some degree. He often suffered from ill health and was described as ‘easily frightened and somewhat prone to tears’ He died of coronary thrombosis in 1952, and was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II. His birthday, 14 December 1895, was the 34th anniversary of the death of hisgreat-grandfather, Albert, Prince Consort. The Duchess of Teck did not like the first name her grandson had been given, and she wrote prophetically that she hoped the last name may supplant the less favoured one. George was fourth in line to the throne at birth, after his grandfather, father and elder brother Edward.
From 1909, he attended the Royal Naval College, Osborne, as a cadet, and moved up to third class in the final examination despite being bottom of the final class. In 1911, he came up to the top of the class, but despite this he was forced to wear corrective splints for which he had to wear painful splints. He died in 1952 at the age of 69, and is buried in Kensington Palace, London, with his wife, Lady Elizabeth, and their two daughters. He is buried at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringam, in the garden of St James’s Palace, in Norfolk. His last words were: ‘I love you all. I love you very much. I am so happy to see you all.’ He was succeeded as King by his son, Edward VIII, and later by his grandson, Prince George, Duke of York. George became known as a symbol of British determination to win the war. He relinquished the title of Emperor of. India in June 1948 and instead adopted the new title of Head of the Commonwealth. In September 1939, the British Empire and Commonwealth—except Ireland—declared war on Nazi Germany. War with the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Japan followed in 1940 and 1941, respectively, and George was seen as sharing the hardships of the common people and his popularity soared. His younger brother, the Duke of Kent, was killed on active service. In 1945, Britain and its allies were victorious in 1945, but the British empire declined.
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