There are many similarities between foreign royal families and ancient Chinese royal palaces, especially in marriage, most of the children of the emperor and nobles, their marriages cannot be decided independently, and most of them will have a certain nature of marriage. If you can meet someone you like according to your parents' arrangement, it is also a kind of happiness. Today we are going to tell the story of the last queen consort of Britain. She is Queen Mary, the wife of George V of the Windsor Dynasty, and we will introduce her life experience to you.
Queen Mary was born in 1867 as a german princess, his father was a prince of the country, and later married the daughter of a British prince, and the two gave birth to Queen Mary after marriage. However, Queen Mary was not born in Germany, but in her mother's country, but her mother's family had the lowest status in the royal family, so that Mary developed a perceptive, well-behaved and sensible character after birth. Fortunately, Mary had a particularly beautiful appearance, and when she grew up, she was pursued by many princes and expressed her love to her, including the two princes of Queen Victoria I of England. Albert and George.
The two brothers fall in love with the same girl, but in the end, who can hold the beauty back depends on fate. In the process of getting along with the two, Mary and Prince Albert slowly fell in love, and the two held an engagement ceremony in 1891, although their marriage was more or less of a marriage, but the two young people also admired and admired each other, which was also a marriage that killed two birds with one stone. However, this also led to the empty joy of another prince, George, and lost the opportunity to be with his beloved girl.
But it's really hard to tell if the fate is not until the last moment, albert died of illness a month after getting engaged. The sudden death of her fiancé undoubtedly made Mary very sad, and when she needed the most companionship and comfort, Prince George appeared next to Mary and gave Mary the best companionship, Mary was very grateful for Prince George's efforts, and gradually she was also touched by each other, and the two fell in love.
Although the two are very much in love, they also face great obstacles, because Mary and Prince George's brother are engaged, which makes their relationship a little awkward, but they still decide to break through all difficulties together, and finally under the continuous efforts of the two, they finally get the acceptance of the British royal family. In 1893, the two held a wedding and entered the palace of marriage, from the original uncle-sister-in-law relationship to a real husband and wife relationship.
In 1901, the Queen of England died and the throne was succeeded by Edward, while Prince George was crown prince and Mary was crown princess. By 1910, Edward had died, and Prince George had become King of England, and Mary was queen of England. George and Mary have been married for many years, and the relationship between the husband and wife has always been very harmonious, which can be said to be an enviable fairy couple.
And george when he was king called him a good king, one of his most memorable things is that during the world war, in order to appease those anti-German rebel subjects, he took the initiative to abolish his German surname, changed it to an English name, and changed his surname to Windsor, which won the support and affirmation of many people in Britain, and his move was also made by Queen Mary.
In addition, Mary advised her husband to pay more attention to and comfort those who were wounded on the battlefield, and to sympathize with everyone's difficulties. And every time she went to visit the wounded, Mary would be by her side, which made everyone more respectful of her and the king. In the hearts of the British subjects, their kings and queens are worthy of love, and the British royal family has a high status in the hearts of the people, and this credit is inseparable from the contribution of Queen Mary.
In 1936, King George died, and the throne was inherited by his eldest son and Mary, known as Edward VIII, at this time Mary was honored as the queen consort, and Mary, who became the queen consort, gradually withdrew from some public occasions. This year, the eldest son was in trouble with Mrs. Simpson, so the eldest son had to give way to his brother George VI. In 1952, George VI died, and mary's eldest daughter succeeded to the throne, so this time Mary was honored as the queen consort. However, by this time Mary was old, had experienced the loss of her son, and her health was getting worse and worse, and finally she died in 1953, at the age of 86.
This is queen Mary's life, a total of six generations of kings, witnessed the ups and downs of British history, it can be said that her life has experienced all kinds of heartache and glory, and is also the last queen in British history.