The Coronation Book of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

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Your complete guide to the Queen's funeral", BBC News, 19 September 2022, archived from the original on 9 September 2022 , retrieved 19 September 2022 Coronations and the Royal Archives". www.royal.uk. The Royal Family. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023 . Retrieved 5 April 2023. In 1940, Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister, though personally George would have preferred to appoint Lord Halifax. [82] After the King's initial dismay over Churchill's appointment of Lord Beaverbrook to the Cabinet, he and Churchill developed "the closest personal relationship in modern British history between a monarch and a Prime Minister". [83] Every Tuesday for four and a half years from September 1940, the two men met privately for lunch to discuss the war in secret and with frankness. [84] George related much of what the two discussed in his diary, which is the only extant first-hand account of these conversations. [85] Matthew, H.C.G. "Edward VIII (later Prince Edward, duke of Windsor) (1894–1972)", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, first published: 2004, online edition: Jan 2011 In a time when royalty were expected to marry fellow royalty, it was unusual that Albert had a great deal of freedom in choosing a prospective wife. An infatuation with the already-married Australian socialite Lady Loughborough came to an end in April 1920 when the King, with the promise of the dukedom of York, persuaded Albert to stop seeing her. [33] That year, he met for the first time since childhood Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore. He became determined to marry her. [34] Elizabeth rejected his proposal twice, in 1921 and 1922, reportedly because she was reluctant to make the sacrifices necessary to become a member of the royal family. [35] In the words of Lady Strathmore, Albert would be "made or marred" by his choice of wife. After a protracted courtship, Elizabeth agreed to marry him. [36]

Weir, Alison (1996). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, Revised Edition. London: Random House. ISBN 978-0-7126-7448-5. Early life [ edit ] Four kings: Edward VII (far right); his son George, Prince of Wales, later George V (far left); and grandsons Edward, later Edward VIII (rear); and Albert, later George VI (foreground), c. 1908Service [ edit ] An artist's impression of the coronation service by Henry Charles Brewer (1866–1943) and published in The Illustrated London News. Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, the King's fifth cousin and her husband (representing her mother, the Queen of the Netherlands) Petrocelli, William Walton and the Violin Concerto in England between the 1900 and 1940, 2007, p. 32

The National Archives released photographs of celebrations for the Coronation from across the British Empire where various commemorations were held. These included military parades, athletics events and religious services, and the gallery below shows examples of these commemorative events: [77] The day the King died, BBC, 6 February 2002, archived from the original on 30 May 2018 , retrieved 29 May 2018 Weisbrode, Kenneth (2013), Churchill and the King, New York: Viking, pp. 107, 117–118, 148, 154–155, 166. ISBN 978-0670025763. Repose at Sandringham", Life, Time Inc, p.38, 18 February 1952, ISSN 0024-3019, archived from the original on 3 June 2013 , retrieved 26 December 2011

After the abdication of Edward VIII, the coronation committee continued to plan the event for George VI with minimal disruption; according to Sir Roy Strong, at the next meeting after the abdication "no reference was made at all to the change of sovereign, everything immediately being assumed to have been done for the new king." [6] After the abdication, though, many of the traditional elements that Edward VIII cared less for were restored, with Queen Mary taking an interest in the design of furniture and insisting on a more traditional appearance; indeed, much of the service and the furnishings were to closely resemble those of the 1911 coronation of George V. [7] Archbishop of Canterbury [ edit ] Archbishop Cosmo Lang, painted in 1937 with his coronation cope and mitre by Philip de László. So this ring is too small. When it gets to the part of the ceremony when the archbishop of Canterbury puts it on the finger, it doesn’t fit. But being interested in protocol, he forces it on. Queen Victoria actually writes in her diary later that she had to ice her finger to get it off. And it was very painful.” White Lodge, Richmond Park" (PDF), London Borough of Richmond upon Thames , retrieved 30 March 2023 The BBC and CBC jointly transmitted the proclamation of George VI. In the lead up to the Coronation, the BBC organised talks by Ministers to be broadcast under the name Responsibilities of Empire, and also broadcast The Empire's Homage featuring messages from colonial officers and citizens from across the Empire. [62] The BBC's Empire Service broadcast the whole service, lasting two-and-a-half hours. [63] Television [ edit ]

Matthew, "Edward VIII (later Prince Edward, duke of Windsor) (1894–1972)", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 With my humble duty may I say that I cannot let this wonderful day pass without sending to Your Majesties from a full heart my truest congratulations. The whole beautiful ceremony unfolded itself without a hitch; and if I may venture to say so, its impressiveness was enhanced by the unfailing dignity with which Your Majesties moved and acted throughout the great Service. I was impressed by the atmosphere of reverence in the Abbey & this was greatly helped by Your Majesties’ own demeanour. I need scarcely add that to me the Service was not official – it was personal. I had Your Majesties throughout in my mind & heart… The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark and Iceland, the King's second cousins (representing his father, the King of Denmark and Iceland) Strong, Sir R. (2005). Coronation: a History of Kingship and the British Monarchy, Harper Collins ( ISBN 978-0007160549) Library and Archives Canada, Biography and People > A Real Companion and Friend > Behind the Diary > Politics, Themes, and Events from King's Life > The Royal Tour of 1939, Queen's Printer for Canada, archived from the original on 30 October 2009 , retrieved 12 December 2009While the King and Queen were in the chapel, the Officers of Arms arranged the procession out of the abbey, which was similar in form to the procession into the abbey. The King and Queen then joined the procession, with the King carrying the Sceptre with the Cross in his right hand and the Orb in his left, while the Queen carried her Sceptre with the Cross in her right hand and the Ivory Rod with the Dove in her left. [43] They proceeded to the West Door of the Abbey as the National Anthem, " God Save the King", was sung. Lady Elizabeth Ivy Percy (1916–2008), daughter of the Duke of Northumberland; she later became the Duchess of Hamilton. King George VI dies in his sleep, BBC, 6 February 1952, archived from the original on 7 October 2010 , retrieved 29 May 2018 a b " Supplement to the London Gazette, 10 November 1937 issue no. 34453, p. 7038" . Retrieved 26 May 2014.