George VI of England, the father of the current Queen Elizabeth, was born in December 1895 in the United Kingdom, the father of the current Queen Elizabeth, and was the former King of the United Kingdom and the King of dominion and Emperor of India, and the first Monarch of the Commonwealth.
George VI was the son of George V, and his older brother was the famous abdicated King Edward VIII, also known as the Duke of Windsor. George VI could not have become king at all, because his brother Edward VIII, who had announced his abdication due to many factors, ascended the throne as King of England and the third King of the Windsor Dynasty of England.
George VI lived in the shadow of his elder brother Edward from an early age, who was personable and energetic from an early age, and was the ideal king of everyone. George VI was not in good health since childhood, and his stuttering problems were so severe that he could not express his thoughts well. Even though he received stuttering correction in 1920, it was only improved and not completely resolved.
George VI in his youth
George VI (third from right) and brother (second from right)
In 1920 George VI was made Duke of York. In 1923, she married Lord Elizabeth Bose-León and gave birth to two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret. George VI's wife, Elizabeth Bos-Leon, was Scottish and was born in 1900. I am generous and always full of a big smile.
George VI began attending the Naval Academy at the age of 14 and later became a naval officer. Soon after world war I, George VI became a turret officer, and soon after was sent to a safe city for treatment due to appendicitis. Not long after his recovery, George VI fell ill again during the Battle of Teresa, because his health was always prone to problems, and the British people mocked him as a "sick stuttering prince", and even some media wrote articles mocking George VI. Because of these things, George VI has been very depressed and has long relied on smoking to relieve his emotions. Even after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, he was very reluctant and even somewhat resistant to succeeding his brother as the new king. Because to become king, he had to go around giving speeches, receiving foreign guests, etc., and his stuttering and the ridicule of his physical condition were his worries, and he finally reluctantly ascended the throne under the constant persuasion of the cabinet and his mother.
During the reign of George VI, the disintegration of the British Empire accelerated, gradually evolving into the Commonwealth. Plus after world war II, especially in London was bombed to smithereens. The physically and mentally exhausted people desperately need the royal family to lead everyone through the difficulties. In such an environment, George VI and his wife did not hide in the safe room, but chose to go outdoors and go deep into the front line to comfort. His wife, Elizabeth, accompanied George VI in his inspection of the ruins with grace and decency, and George VI, who had long been plagued by stuttering, overcame his own psychological obstacles to give speeches to encourage the morale of the people. The British film "The King's Speech" in 2010 describes this period of history.
The King's Speech
A fragment of the King's speech
Take a picture with Madame in the ruins that were blown up
Access to frontline workers
With the people on the streets
with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Chatting with Montgomery
George VI and his wife have always been deeply in love, and their eldest daughter, the current King Elizabeth of England, has also been very deep, and during his reign, he has been conscientious and diligent in handling various royal affairs. However, after the end of World War II, George VI's physical condition deteriorated, because he worked too much during World War II, his health has not been very good, coupled with long-term smoking, George VI died of lung cancer in February 1952.
Mr. and Mrs. George VI with their daughter Elizabeth
Family portrait of George VI
George VI lived only 57 years, but as king, he was dutiful to the country and the family, and worked hard to restore and maintain the reputation of the royal family, and elizabeth is said to be dissatisfied with the Duke of Berber Windsor because of the death of her father George VI. Because it was the willful abdication of the uncle that forced his father to become king too hard to lead to his premature death.