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King George VI succeeded to the thrones of the United Kingdom and the dominions in December, 1936. As Duke of York, he made official tours of British colonies in East Africa as well as New Zealand and Australia.
King George V succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom in May, 1910. Before his accession, he made extensive tours of territories of the British Empire or under British control as the heir to the throne, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and India.
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Described by one of Carter's biographers as "phlegmatic, unshakable, and remarkably versatile", [4] Callender was able to apply his engineer's experience to problems as they arose. [17] He took charge when Carter was absent during the early days of the excavation, [ 18 ] when the risk of theft from the tomb was at its highest. [ 19 ]
King Edward VII succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom in January, 1901. During his reign he received plenty of state visits from foreign heads of state, all of which were from European countries, including the first state visit to Britain by a President of the French Republic .
"The King's Pilgrimage" is a poem and book about the journey made by King George V in May 1922 to visit the World War I cemeteries and memorials being constructed at the time in France and Belgium by the Imperial War Graves Commission. [1]
Omar Marques/Getty. King Charles arrives at the Jewish Community Center before attending the commemoration service at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial on January 27, 2025 in Krakow, Poland.
George VI and Mackenzie King in London, May 1937. While in London, Mackenzie King brought up the monarch taking a royal tour of Canada.. Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir, in an effort to foster Canadian identity, conceived of a royal tour by the country's monarchs; the Dominion Archivist (i.e., official historian) Gustave Lanctot wrote that this "probably grew out of the knowledge that at his ...