Darling Georgie (32 page)

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Prince George aged nineteen in naval uniform, 1884

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The Princes Eddy (left) and George while in the Navy

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Prince George and Princess May of Teck, taken on their wedding day, 6 July 1893

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King George V’s children, clockwise from top left: Prince Bertie (the future George VI), Edward, Prince of Wales, Prince Henry, Prince George, Princess May and Prince John, 1916

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Framed portrait of King George V’s wife, Queen Mary, 1911

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Prince George in naval uniform, signed ‘Papa, 1896’

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King George with Major-General H. Hudson cheered by men of the 25
^th
Infantry Brigade, Fouquereuil, France, 11 August 1916

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King George visiting war graves in Belgium with Rudyard Kipling, c. 1925

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King George and Queen Mary during a shooting party at Sandringham, c. 1934

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King George making the first ever Christmas broadcast in 1934

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King George’s last journey; his subjects pay their respects at Littleport, near Ely, as the royal train bearing the late King’s body passes by on its way from Sandringham to London, January 1936

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