King George V and Queen Mary

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King George V and Queen Mary arrived for the opening of the parliament of Northern Ireland in Belfast in 1921.   
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-opening-of-the-parliament-83443905.html

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Daily Mail: The King who was 'euthanised' by his doctor: Inside the death of George V, the monarch who rebranded the Royal Family and died 89 years ago today

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Debutant curtsied to King Edward VIII of England     
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[Curryong]

Debutant curtsied to King Edward VIII of England   
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Yes, that would have been the Spring Presentations of 1936. Apparently it was noted by everyone that the new King looked bored stiff and sloped off from the ceremony early. I remember seeing photos of a garden party outdoor presentation, might have been this one. However Queen Mary and his sister Lady Lascelles deputised on a couple of occasions. 

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Princess Mary, The Princess Royal's relationship with Queen Elizabeth, her brother Prince Albert's wife   

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King George V of England opened Princess Louise Hospital in 1928.   

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The parents of Queen Mary, Princess Mary Adelaide and Prince Francis of Teck celebrated their silver wedding anniversary in 1891.   
http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/U237664

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Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester's brothers Walter, the 8th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, and William and her nephew John were all Conservative MPs.

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Princess Marina leaving her house in Belgrave Square with the children
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[Curryong]

Princess Marina leaving her house in Belgrave Square with the children
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That must be young Edward (the present Duke of Kent) and baby Alexandra, before the war I guess. The couple were the only son and daughter in law of King George and Queen Mary to have more than two children, with Michael's arrival in 1942. Mary, the Princess Royal had just the two sons as well.

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Prince William of Gloucester   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsUSWMvWPXw

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Was Prince John obliterated?   

[Curryong]

Of course Prince John wasn't obliterated. He was very much part of family life, in spite of learning difficulties etc, until his epilepsy grew too severe. It was agreed by family and doctors that excitement might provoke seizures and these might frighten the younger of his siblings and servants. That was the reason he was not seen in public with his family for several years.

  He then went to Wood Farm at Sandringham in nice, quiet rural surroundings with his beloved governess La-La. He had a regular play mate there.  When he was there, though it was wartime his parents visited whenever they could and also his brother George, later Duke of Kent, who was very fond of him.

The Prince of Wales (Edward) wrote an extremely unfeeling and ignorant letter to his mother following John's death, referring to him as being like an animal, comments that must have hurt her deeply and for which he apologised. John lived on in the hearts of his family, and his mother often referenced him in her diaries.

Of course attitudes towards epilepsy, which was then regarded as a mental illness, were very different to today. However even nowadays I don't believe that seriously ill children who were members of the RF would be constantly paraded in public. So no, I do not believe, unlike that dreadful BBC documentary and a book which brought John to public attention, that there were attempts to obliterate John or his memory.

 On the other hand you could certainly make that case with the Strathmores with two sisters, nieces of the QM, who were hidden away in a mental institution for most of their lives, due to a hereditary mental condition in her married-in sister in law's family.As far as is known the QM hardly knew them and never mentioned them to anyone.