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| | thePeerage.com - Person Page 10070 |
 | | Margaret Rose Windsor, Princess of the United Kingdom was the daughter of George VI Albert Frederick Arthur Windsor, King of the United Kingdom and Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon. | | | Elizabeth II Alexandra Mary Windsor, Queen of the United Kingdom is the daughter of George VI Albert Frederick Arthur Windsor, King of the United Kingdom and Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon. | | | She married George VI Albert Frederick Arthur Windsor, King of the United Kingdom, son of George V Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, King of the United Kingdom and Mary Prinzessin von Teck, on 26 April 1923 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England. |
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| | thePeerage.com - Person Page 10070 |
| | Elizabeth II Alexandra Mary Windsor, Queen of the United Kingdom is the daughter of George VI Albert Frederick Arthur Windsor, King of the United Kingdom and Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon. | | | Margaret Rose Windsor, Princess of the United Kingdom was the daughter of George VI Albert Frederick Arthur Windsor, King of the United Kingdom and Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon. | | | She married George VI Albert Frederick Arthur Windsor, King of the United Kingdom, son of George V Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, King of the United Kingdom and Mary Prinzessin von Teck, on 26 April 1923 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England. |
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| | George V of the United Kingdom |
| | George V of the United Kingdom Duke of York | | | George's relationship with his heir, Edward VIII of the United KingdomPrince Edward also deteriorated in his later years. | | | In contrast, he was fond of his second eldest son, George VI of the United KingdomPrince Albert and doted on his eldest granddaughter, Elizabeth II of the United KingdomPrincess Elizabeth/; he nicknamed her "Lilibet", and she affectionally called him "Grandpa England". |
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| | George V of the United Kingdom |
| | In contrast, he was fond of his second eldest son, George VI of the United KingdomPrince Albert and doted on his eldest granddaughter, Elizabeth II of the United KingdomPrincess Elizabeth/; he nicknamed her "Lilibet", and she affectionally called him "Grandpa England". | | | George V of the United Kingdom Duke of York | | | As well as being MonarchKing of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (from 1927, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and the Commonwealth Realms, George was also the Emperor of India. |
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| | United Kingdom |
| | King Edward VIII succeeded to the throne on Jan. 20, 1936, at his father's death, but abdicated on Dec. 11, 1936 (in order to marry an American divorcée, Wallis Warfield Simpson), in favor of his brother, who became George VI. | | | The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a queen and a Parliament that has two houses: the House of Lords, with 574 life peers, 92 hereditary peers, and 26 bishops; and the House of Commons, which has 651 popularly elected members. | | | The United Kingdom, consisting of Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland) and Northern Ireland, is twice the size of New York State. |
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| | George VI of the United Kingdom |
| | His Coronation at Westminster Abbey occurred on May 12, 1937 and upon taking the throne, he chose the name "George VI", partly to comply with Queen Victoria's wish that no king of England have the name "Albert" and partly to restore confidence in the monarchy by using the same name as his father. | | | Generally known within his family as "Bertie" and to the public before becoming king as Prince Albert, he was the second son of the then- Duke of York (later George V of the United Kingdom), and his duchess, later Queen Mary. | | | ) (December 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952), was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of other commonwealth realms from 1936 to 1952. |
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| | HR1146 analysis |
| | Thereby, the United States take the advice of her first president, George Washington, who cautioned his countrymen to “steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world,” lest the nation’s security and liberties be compromised by endless and overriding international commitments. | | | The Constitution of the United States of America is a legitimate constitution, having been submitted directly to the people for ratification by their representatives elected and assembled solely for the purpose of passing on the terms of that document. | | | The Charter of the United Nations, on the other hand, is an illegitimate constitution, having only been submitted to the United States Senate for ratification as a treaty. |
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| | United Kingdom |
| | King Edward VIII succeeded to the throne on Jan. 20, 1936, at his father's death, but he abdicated on Dec. 11, 1936 (in order to marry an American divorcée, Wallis Warfield Simpson), in favor of his brother, who became George VI. | | | The United Kingdom, consisting of Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland) and Northern Ireland, is twice the size of New York State. | | | The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a queen and a Parliament that has two houses: the House of Lords, with 574 life peers, 92 hereditary peers, and 26 bishops; and the House of Commons, which has 651 popularly elected members. |
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| | United Kingdom |
| | King Edward VIII succeeded to the throne on Jan. 20, 1936, at his father's death, but he abdicated on Dec. 11, 1936 (in order to marry an American divorcée, Wallis Warfield Simpson), in favor of his brother, who became George VI. | | | Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom - Anguilla Bermuda British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Channel... | | | The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a queen and a Parliament that has two houses: the House of Lords, with 574 life peers, 92 hereditary peers, and 26 bishops; and the House of Commons, which has 651 popularly elected members. |
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| | Desi Hot OR Hot |
| | December 11 - Abdication of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom leads to accession of King George VI of the United Kingdom. | | | January 20 - Death of George V of the United Kingdom. | | | November 16 - Edward VIII of the United Kingdom announces his intention to marry Wallis Simpson |
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| | United Kingdom - History of the Flag |
| | When King James VI of Scotland ascended to the English throne, thereby becoming James I of England, the national flags of England and Scotland on land continued to be, respectively, the red St George's cross and the white St Andrew's cross. | | | The flag became 'the ensign armorial of the United Kingdom of Great Britain' as one of the provisions of the Act of Union in 1707, when the kingdoms of England and Scotland were united. | | | During the reign of Queen Victoria, the Royal Standard was considered to be the Standard of the United Kingdom, and not the Standard of the Sovereign. |
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| | Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | She became Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon on the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952. | | | These are the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. | | | The Queen, or her Governors-General in the realms outside the United Kingdom, also gives a speech at the annual State Opening of Parliament, outlining the government's legislative agenda for the year, but the speech is written by government ministers and reflects the view of the elected government. |
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| | Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, CI, GCVO (Margaret Rose Armstrong-Jones, née Windsor) 21 August 1930–9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and sister of the current British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. | | | Margaret soon came under heavy pressure not to marry Townsend, with suggestions she would lose her title, Civil List allowance and place in the line of succession. | | | She also later held the title Countess of Snowdon by marriage. |
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| | Amazon.com: Books: The Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth II |
| | Her Majesty's immediate family, her mother, also Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mum, her father, King George VI, and her sister Margaret, were considered the "family of families" by the British public throughout King George VI's reign, particularly during the War years of 1939-1945. | | | She and her sister were babysat on occasion of the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain's, dubbed the "evil envoy" by the public, visit to her father the King by Rose Kennedy, the ambassador's wife. | | | The House of Windsor (A Royal History of England) by Andrew Roberts |
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| | Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom Writing @ NaturalResearch.org (Natural Research) |
| | She became Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952. | | | The Queen, or her Governors-General in the Realms outside the United Kingdom, also gives a speech at the annual State Opening of Parliament, outlining the government's legislative agenda for the year, but the speech is written by government ministers and reflects the view of the elected government. | | | At the royal opening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, the presiding officer David Steel referred to her as "not only the Queen of the United Kingdom but seated as you are among us in the historic and constitutionally correct manner as Queen of Scots". |
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| | Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom Encyclopedia Article @ NaturalResearch.org |
| | She became Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Pakistan and South Africa on the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952. | | | These are the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. | | | The Queen, or her Governors-General in the realms outside the United Kingdom, also gives a speech at the annual State Opening of Parliament, outlining the government's legislative agenda for the year, but the speech is written by government ministers and reflects the view of the elected government. |
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| | Articles - Heir Presumptive |
| | Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, who succeeded her father King George VI of the United Kingdom | | | King George VI of the United Kingdom, who succeeded his brother King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom | | | Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, who succeeded her uncle King William IV of the United Kingdom |
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| | Elizabeth II -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! |
| | As the wife of King George VI of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth was queen consort from 1936 to 1952. | | | queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from February 6, 1952. | | | Despite her own undiminished popularity after 44 years on the throne of the United Kingdom, the queen was surrounded by family turmoil and public pressures on the British monarchy to change its ways. |
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| | Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom |
| | Their parents were the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. | | | Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (Margaret Rose Windsor) (August 21, 1930 - February 9, 2002) was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. | | | claimed that Margaret had had a two-year sexual relationship with American socialite Sharman Douglas (1929-1996), the daughter of Lewis W. Douglas, a United States Ambassador to the Court of St James (Britain). |
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| | Elizabeth II -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | As the wife of King George VI of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth was queen consort from 1936 to 1952. | | | in full Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, officially Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from February 6, 1952. | | | Despite her own undiminished popularity after 44 years on the throne of the United Kingdom, the queen was surrounded by family turmoil and public pressures on the British monarchy to change its ways. |
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| | United Kingdom - History of the Flag |
| | The flag became 'the ensign armorial of the United Kingdom of Great Britain' as one of the provisions of the Act of Union in 1707, when the kingdoms of England and Scotland were united. | | | During the reign of Queen Victoria, the Royal Standard was considered to be the Standard of the United Kingdom, and not the Standard of the Sovereign. | | | Instead the standard became, by persuasion, the sovereign's personal standard, even though the Act creating it describes it as, "the standard of the said United Kingdom", not "the standard of His Majesty, King of the United Kingdom". |
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| | Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
| | Lady Milford Haven, through her mother, the Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (formerly Princess Alice of the United Kingdom), was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and Princess Andrew was the sister of Queen Louise of Sweden. | | | On 20 November 1947, Prince Philip married the heiress presumptive to the British throne, The Princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. | | | His mother was Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (formerly Princess Alice of Battenberg), the elder daughter of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (formerly Prince Louis of Battenberg) and the Marchioness of Milford Haven (formerly Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine). |
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| | MSN Encarta - Famous Lovers |
| | He became the duke of Windsor and his brother, the duke of York, became King George VI. | | | Less than a year after he was proclaimed King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, Edward abdicated the throne in order to marry the divorced American Mrs. | | | Their love affair is considered a major cause of the downfall of Arthur's court at Camelot. |
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| | Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom - Wikiquote |
| | Daughter of George VI of the United Kingdom and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother | | | Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu. | | | Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom - Wikiquote |
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| | Flags of the World - United Kingdom |
| | In 1603 King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England he became the first king to unite England and Scotland under a new flag combining the Cross of St. Andrew, patron Saint of Scotland, with the cross of St. George, patron Saint of England. | | | This flag began in the last half of the 13th century as a white flag with the red cross of St. George. | | | This flag was flown by the Royal Navy and was referred to as the "Union Jack". |
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| | The Current Royal Family > HM The Queen > Background |
| | The Queen was born in London on 21 April 1926, the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, subsequently King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. | | | The Princess's early years were spent at 145 Piccadilly, the London house taken by her parents shortly after her birth; at White Lodge in Richmond Park; and at the country homes of her grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary, and the Earl and Countess of Strathmore. | | | Five weeks later she was christened Elizabeth Alexandra Mary in the chapel at Buckingham Palace. |
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