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When King George VI died at the age of 56 in February 1952, the nation was plunged into mourning. The tragedy led to his daughter Queen Elizabeth II's ascent to the throne ...
The Queen during her Silver Jubilee (Picture: ... as it was that day in 1952 that she became monarch following her father King George VI’s passing. But did you know The Queen had other Jubilees?
Genuinely unassuming, King George, ever since plans to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of his accession were announced (TIME, Dec. 3), has been warmly surprised and pleased to find that public demand ...
This summer sees the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. As a 9 year old in 1935, she attended her Grandfather, King George V's Service of Thanksgiving for his Silver Jubilee. Steve Hocking ...
And Prince George is almost 90 years off the age the queen is now, so if he makes it as long as his happy and glorious great-grandmother, it will be close to a century before anyone else has a shot.
It was a "horrid good-bye at Heathrow", wrote King George VI's wife Queen Elizabeth of the final parting of their daughter Princess Elizabeth from the father she adored, Britain's King, on January ...
Queen Elizabeth will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee in the summer of 2022 by putting ... at the death of her father King George VI on ... worn when the monarch marked her Silver Jubilee.