King George V and Queen Mary

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Hanna

June 16, 2012, 12:12:17 PM
For anyone interested, on Monday at 9 pm, BBC2, there is the first of two films about George V and Queen Mary  :nod:

The Royals Who Rescued The Monarchy

jackdrake

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June 19, 2012, 06:24:04 AM
It was a very interesting look into the past hope all of you enjoyed it somewhat. I will be presenting a new Historical Fact programme later this year which will include a lot of information previously unheard about Monarchy of past.

LouisFerdinand

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October 18, 2016, 11:41:21 PM
Prince Henry met high ranking officers.   
Duke Of Duke Of Gloucester In Middle East (0) - YouTube

LouisFerdinand

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October 24, 2016, 11:33:11 PM
Prince Henry laid the foundation stone of a new library.   
Duke Of Gloucester In Exeter (1937) - YouTube

LouisFerdinand

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November 01, 2016, 11:15:50 PM Last Edit: January 08, 2022, 12:58:06 AM by TLLK

LouisFerdinand

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December 17, 2016, 09:37:31 PM
King George V paid tribute at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in 1925. He left a wreath bearing an inscription "From George V, to the Unknown Soldier".     
     
:xmas4: :xmas4: :xmas4: :xmas4: :xmas4:

LouisFerdinand

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January 02, 2017, 09:37:38 PM
Queen Mary and her son Edward when he was still King Edward VIII in November 1936.   
Edward viii, Queen mary and November on Pinterest

LouisFerdinand

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February 21, 2017, 10:12:38 PM
Queen Mary joined in with the war effort of the Second World War. She inspected the Ship's Company in the West Country in 1941.

LouisFerdinand

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January 20, 2018, 10:39:58 PM
Prince Henry opened Kent Agricultural Show.     
Duke Of Gloucester Deputises For Prince George (1929) - YouTube

LouisFerdinand

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February 10, 2018, 11:53:43 PM
Mary had been brought up to believe that the position of Queen was the highest to which she could aspire.

LouisFerdinand

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March 08, 2018, 07:15:38 PM
King George V took a great interest in a collecting of stamps when he was only thirteen years old. He did his first purchases at Pembertone and Charles Phillips.

Curryong

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March 08, 2018, 07:23:32 PM
Yes, George's philately hobby lasted through his life and eventually his huge stamp collection became extremely valuable. He spent quite a bit on it though.

LouisFerdinand

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March 09, 2018, 07:39:20 PM
Who inherited the stamp collection of King George V?

Curryong

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March 09, 2018, 10:49:55 PM
Quote from: LouisFerdinand on March 09, 2018, 07:39:20 PM
Who inherited the stamp collection of King George V?

It's gone by inheritance through the Monarchs, and the Queen has it now, though no-one since has had his keen interest in philately. There's a courtier who looks after the Royal stamp Collection and on occasion adds to it, with special issue Commonwealth stamps for example. The Collection is probably priceless. I believe it was one of the artefacts that the new King George VI had to buy from Edward VIII after the Abdication.
King George V was inspired to start collecting stamps as a boy by his uncle Affie, (Alfred Duke of Edinburgh) who had a small collection. When Affie began of course, stamps themselves were quite a new phenomenon.

LouisFerdinand

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March 26, 2018, 06:33:23 PM
Queen Mary attended "Shop Window" Fair.   
H.M. The Queen (1934) - YouTube

amabel

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March 27, 2018, 05:27:29 AM
Quote from: LouisFerdinand on February 10, 2018, 11:53:43 PM
Mary had been brought up to believe that the position of Queen was the highest to which she could aspire.
Obviusly it was....She could not be queen regnant, but she could aspire to be queen consort....

Curryong

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March 27, 2018, 07:33:41 AM
Sounds a bit like Queen Silvia of Sweden!  :P

LouisFerdinand

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April 08, 2018, 07:05:07 PM
On May 26, 1947, Queen Mary celebrated her eightieth birthday.   
Queen Mary's Eightieth Birthday - 1947 - YouTube   
:bday2: :bday2: :bdaycake: :vday5: :vday5:

LouisFerdinand

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September 26, 2018, 11:04:49 PM
On his Coronation Day, King George V wrote in his diary: 'The Service in the Abbey was most beautiful but it was a terrible ordeal.'   
How could a wonderful Coronation be terrible?

Curryong

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September 27, 2018, 12:34:33 AM
Because George V was a quite shy and retiring sort of man under all his quarter-deck bluster and he hated being the centre of attention throughout the ceremony. (There were no TV or film cameras in those days or he would have regarded it as twice as bad.) I don't know any sovereign of Great Britain in the modern era who did love all the fuss and attention, actually. Perhaps George IV.

TLLK

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September 27, 2018, 06:10:45 AM
^^^Imagine Prinny with his own Instagram account!!! :eyes: :o :wacko:

amabel

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September 28, 2018, 11:42:27 PM
I shouldn't think that George IV greatly enjoyed his coronation with all the drama with Caroline

Curryong

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September 29, 2018, 02:07:40 AM
George knew Caroline would probably turn up and he had the Abbey doors closed against her. She banged on them and then went away. I doubt George gave her a single thought after that. A couple of bangs on a door is neither here nor there and he had the situation under his control. He had taken enormous pleasure in planning each detail of his Coronation, including his costume and jewellery and I think he did enjoy it.

Caroline was losing some of her popularity with the London mob at that stage anyway. Reports of her travels all over Europe had trickled down and she was half forgotten anyway. The crowd outside the Abbey seemed to be in a good mood. A few shouted 'Go it, old gal' at her efforts, but if they had been angry at the King on that day they could have stormed the place. It was the out of control banquet after the ceremony that proved to be the most trouble. Many of the peers and other dignitaries were drunk and behaved like pigs. It's notable that this was the last banquet of that sort ever held.
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