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Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V.
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Elizabeth with RAF personnel during World War II. Following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, the United Kingdom and the self-governing Dominions other than Ireland declared war on Nazi Germany. [77] The King and Queen resolved to stay in London, despite German bombing raids.
The Garter Principal King of Arms read out the titles and styles of Queen Mary towards the end of the ceremony. [14] At the conclusion of the service, the Queen, the Queen Mother, and other female members of the royal family curtsied before the coffin and the royal dukes bowed as they left.
Mary, Princess Royal (Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary; 25 April 1897 – 28 March 1965) was a member of the British royal family.She was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, the sister of kings Edward VIII and George VI, and aunt of Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth was the first-born child of her father, King George VI, who was the second-born son of King George V. As the second-born son, it was not expected that her father ...
St Mary Magdalene Church. The body of George VI was dressed in a British Royal Navy uniform and placed in a coffin made from oak grown on the Sandringham estate. [3] The coffin was laid in St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham where the king had worshipped while on the estate. [6]
Queen Elizabeth played a significant role in the life of her husband, King George VI, and their daughter, Elizabeth. Victoria Hamilton — Seasons One and Two (Left) Queen Elizabeth circa 1936.
Shortly after George VI's death, Elizabeth began to be styled as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother because the normal style for the widow of a king, "Queen Elizabeth", would have been too similar to the style of her elder daughter, Queen Elizabeth II. [91] Popularly, she became the "Queen Mother" or the "Queen Mum". [92]