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He was interred initially in the Royal Vault until he was transferred to the King George VI Memorial Chapel inside St George's on 26 March 1969. [118] In 2002, fifty years after his death, the remains of his widow, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the ashes of his younger daughter, Princess Margaret, who both died that year, were interred ...
The body of George VI was moved from the Royal Vault on 26 March 1969 and reinterred in the newly-built King George VI Memorial Chapel. [20] His daughter, Princess Margaret, died on 9 February 2002 and, in accordance with her wishes, a private funeral was held at St George's Chapel.
King George VI was a heavy smoke; but his lung cancer diagnosis was left out of the announcement of his death
On February 6 1952, this day 72 years ago, King George VI died suddenly in the middle of the night. King’s transparency over cancer diagnosis contrasts with death of grandfather Skip to main content
Lionel George Logue CVO (26 February 1880 – 12 April 1953) was an Australian speech and language therapist and amateur stage actor who helped King George VI manage his stammer. Early life and family
When her father, King George VI, died February 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth (Claire Foy) and her husband Prince Philip (Matt Smith) were on a Commonwealth tour of Kenya.
Died of a stroke: Robert II: House of Stuart (Scotland) 2 March 1316 1371–1390 19 April 1390 Died of old age aged 74. Robert III: c. 1340 1390–1406 4 April 1406 Death said to have been caused by the shock of hearing that his son James (later King James I of Scotland) had been captured by the English. Henry IV: House of Lancaster (England ...
Get the full story of what happened when the father of Queen Elizabeth II, also known as King George VI, died, and how the royal went from Princess to Queen overnight.