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Posted Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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On This Day in History - February 6, 1952
February 6, 1952 #OTD George VI, King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was concurrently the last emperor of India until August 1947, when the British Raj was dissolved. Known as "Bertie" among his family and close friends, George VI was born in the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria and was named after his great-grandfather Albert, Prince Consort. As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. George's elder brother ascended the throne as Edward VIII after their father died in 1936. Later that year, Edward abdicated to marry the American socialite Wallis Simpson, and George became the third monarch of the House of Windsor. (Born: 1895), died on this day at Sandringham House, Norfolk, England, aged 56 from a coronary thrombosis.
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