Like his elder brother Henry, George was educated at school, and spent time in the Navy before becoming the first member of the royal family to work as a civil servant. His death in in a military air crash marked the first time in more than years that a member of the royal family died during active service. Prince Philip is her first cousin. In , she met Prince George during a visit to London, and the couple married two years later; theirs was the first royal wedding to be broadcast by wireless radio.
She died in at the age of George died in at the age of 56, and was succeeded by his daughter. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was born into British nobility, the 9th of 10 siblings. In , she married Prince Albert, the Duke of York, having turned down several previous proposals because she had misgivings about royal life. She remained active in public life up to and even after her th birthday in and died at , seven weeks after the death of her younger daughter, Princess Margaret.
It was that passion eventually lead to his untimely death. In , at the age of 30, Prince William died in an airplane crash. The younger son of Prince Henry and Lady Alice, Prince Richard initially had a career as an architect, but following the death of his older brother Prince William in , he took on additional royal duties.
That same year, he married Birgitte van Deurs whom he met at Cambridge University, and just two years after that, Richard inherited the title of Duke of Gloucester from his father Prince Henry.
Now in his 70s, Richard remains active in public life and carries out regular royal duties for his first cousin, the Queen. The couple resides in Kensington Palace. Now in his 80s, Prince Edward regularly carries out royal duties on behalf of the Queen.
He and his wife live on the grounds of Kensington Palace in the royal residence Wren House. Michael takes on fewer royal responsibilities than his siblings, but he does sometimes represent the Queen at events in Commonwealth countries outside of the United Kingdom. In recognition of this work, the Queen provided Prince Michael and his wife with an apartment at Kensington Palace for a number of years, but after that proved controversial, they now pay rent.
Born third in the line of succession, Elizabeth became the presumptive heir to the throne in , following the abdication of her uncle Edward VIII and the ascension of her father, George VI. In , she became engaged to Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark , whom she had first met at the age of The couple were married the same year at Westminster Abbey, and have four children together.
After her father died in , Elizabeth ascended to the throne. Currently in her 90s, she is both the longest-reigning and the longest-living British monarch in history, having reigned for more than 65 years. Her great-grandmother Queen Victoria, the second longest-reigning monarch, reigned for 63 years. Because Townsend was divorced, the Church of England would not approve the marriage, and Margaret was famously forced to choose between ending the relationship and losing her royal privileges.
She broke off her engagement with Townsend, and in married society photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones , who was given the title Earl of Snowdon. The couple had two children together, and ultimately divorced in after a tempestuous year marriage. Margaret died in , at the age of Antony Armstrong-Jones, a. Armstrong-Jones was a fashion and society photographer when he met Margaret in , and they married two years later in In , she surpassed Queen Victoria as the longest-reigning monarch in British history — but in response to the congratulations she received, Elizabeth called attention to the great loss that led to her lengthy term.
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The brothers grew up on a succession of He adapted the book into a three-act play, which was produced the same year. Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. Armed with strong determination and the help of his wife, he became a modern monarch of the 20th century.
During his reign, George VI endured the hardships of war and the transition from an empire to a commonwealth of nations and restored the popularity of the British monarchy.
On the morning of February 6, , George VI was discovered dead in bed at the age of He previously suffered from lung cancer and had a lung removed; it was later determined that he had died of a coronary thrombosis.
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