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 HM King George VI, King of Great Britain & Ireland1,3
was born on 14 Dec 1895 in York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom.
He was christened on 17 Feb 1896 in Sandringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom.
He died on 6 Feb 1952 in Sandringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. He
was buried on 11 Mar 1952 in Saint George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, United
Kingdom. Him NAME: George VI
King Of ENGLAND. Died of Lung Cancer. Reigned 1936-1952. Nickname, "Bertie"
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Christened: Albert Arthur Frederick George. Known to the Royal Family as Bertie;
Was Prince Albert, Duke of York (1920-1936); Acceded as George VI following his
brother's abdication on 11 Dec 1936. The reign of George VI was marked by the
relinquishment of the title of Emperor of India, following the partition of India
in 1947 into Pakistan and India. George VI had cancer of the lung (one lung
had to be removed). He died of cancer after a long illness. Bertie had a speech
defect which made him stutter and stammer.
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When George VI was young, his legs were strapped into wooden splints every night
because the royal doctors were worried that his legs weren't growing straight. HM
King George VI, King of Great Britain & Ireland and Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite
Bowes Lyon The Queen Mother were married on 26 Apr 1923 in Westminster Abbey,
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom.101
Lady Elizabeth
Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon The Queen Mother1,3 (daughter of
Claude George Bowes-Lyon and Nina Cecilia Cavendish Bentinck Countess of Stathmore)
was born on 4 Aug 1900 in London, Middlesex, United Kingdom. She
was christened on 23 Sep 1900 in England. She died on 30 Mar 2002
in Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, United Kingdom. She
was buried on 9 Apr 2002 in Saint George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire,
United Kingdom. 0400 BST - Troops taking part in the
procession reveille and begin
cleaning kit, grooming horses and polishing the gun carriage.
0600 BST - Westminster Hall, where the Queen Mother's body is
lying-in-state, closes to the public.
0910 BST - The military route-lining party including buglers, ushers,
capholders, car door openers and insignia bearers leave Wellington
Barracks for Deans Yard near the abbey.
0945 BST - First of the 2,100-strong congregation arrive.
1030 BST The general congregation is seated.
1035 BST - Representatives from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air
Force take up position each side of the pathway leading to the abbey
while foreign heads of state, national representatives,
governors-general and other VIPs arrive at the Great West Door.
1040 BST -The Irish Guards bearer party which will carry the coffin
arrives at Westminster Hall.
1050 BST - A guard of honour is formed in Parliament Square facing the
gates of New Palace Yard. Members of the Royal Family walking in the
funeral procession arrive and the Dean of Westminster, Dr Wesley Carr,
takes up position at the Great West Door.
1100 BST - The Royal Family moves to the north east corner of the
catafalque where the Queen Mother's coffin rests.
1107 BST - Visiting clergy, taking part in the funeral service,
including Archbishop of Canterbury Dr George Carey, process along the
centre aisle of the abbey.
1110 BST - The bearer party lifts the coffin from the catafalque and
carries it to the gun carriage outside the North Door.
1112 BST - The Queen leaves for the abbey from Buckingham Palace.
1118 BST - The royal procession along the abbey's centre aisle begins.
1130 BST - Coffin arrives at the Great West Door and the service
begins.
1225 BST - Service ends.
1230 BST - Coffin placed in hearse.
1235 BST - Cars leave for Windsor.
1245 BST - The Queen and Prince Phillip arrive back at Buckingham
Palace for an RAF fly-over.
1350 BST onwards The hearse's arrival at St George's Chapel, Windsor
Castle, depends on the number of people lining the route to pay their
last respects. It is expected at some time after 2pm.
Early evening: The Royal Family gather for a private committal in St
George's Chapel. Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, will be buried in
the same tomb as her husband, George VI, along with the ashes of
Princess Margaret, their daughter who died in February this year.
alt.talk.royalty
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From the BBC website on the Queen Mum's funeral:
The Garter King of Arms proclaims
THE STYLES AND TITLES OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH
Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto His
Divine Mercy the late Most High, Most Mighty and Most Excellent Princess
Elizabeth, Queen Dowager and Queen Mother, Lady of the Most Noble Order of the
Garter, Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Lady of
the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, Grand Master and Dame Grand Cross of
the Royal Victorian Order upon whom had been conferred the Royal Victorian
Chain, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Dame
Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John, Relict of
His Majesty King George the Sixth and Mother of Her Most Excellent Majesty
Elizabeth The Second 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, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the
Garter, whom may God preserve and bless with long life, health and honour and
all worldly happiness.
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The spirit of war-time Britain has filled the air over London as two Spitfires
and a Lancaster bomber saluted the Queen Mother on her final journey.
The historic aircraft swooped down the Mall as the cortege carrying her coffin
past Buckingham Palace for a final time.
The roar of their engines was a familiar sound when the Queen Mother was consort
to King George VI during the second world war.
Ananova
There are only two Lancaster Bombers in existance, one in England and one in
Canada.
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A lone piper has played a Highland lament as the Queen Mother's coffin was carried
from a small Windsor chapel on its way to the capital.
The Dark Island lament, played by Queen's Piper Jim Motherwell, was one of the
Queen Mother's favourite tunes.
Draped in her personal royal standard, the coffin is being taken from the Royal
Chapel of All Saints at Windsor to the Queen's Chapel at St James's Palace in
central London
Ananova.
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Ananova :
JUST IN: Queen Mother dies
The Queen Mother has died, Buckingham Palace has announced.
She died "peacefully in her sleep" this afternoon at the Royal Lodge,
Windsor, with the Queen at her bedside.
A Palace spokesman said: "Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother had become increasingly
frail in recent weeks following her bad cough and chest infection over Christmas.
"Her condition deteriorated this morning and her doctors were called. Queen
Elizabeth died peacefully in her sleep at 3.15 this afternoon at Royal Lodge."
The Queen Mother's coffin is expected to be moved to the Royal Chapel of All
Saints in Windsor Great Park tomorrow morning. She was 101.
Ananova: 30 Mar 2002
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Ananova :
'Queen mother determined to attend Margaret's funeral' - report
The Queen Mother has told aides she is determined to attend her daughter Princess
Margaret's funeral, it is reported.
Doctors are concerned the 101-year-old Royal Matriarch may not be strong enough
to make the journey from Norfolk to Windsor on Friday.
It is hoped she will be able to leave the Queen's Sandringham estate on Wednesday
and have time to recover from the trip before the funeral.
Prince Charles has vowed to be at his grandmother's side as she bids farewell
to her daughter, the Sun reports.
No decision on whether she will be at St George's Chapel on Friday afternoon
will be made until the last minute.
Earlier she said private prayers for her younger daughter at Sandringham.
It was the Queen who broke the news of Margaret's death to the Queen Mother,
who has been ill since Christmas with a persistent, chesty cold.
Although shattered by the death of her daughter, the elderly Royal is thought
to be coping with the bereavement.
Story filed: 23:15 Sunday 10th February 2002
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Formerly: Lady Elizabeth bowes-Lyon; duchess of York (1923-1936). Queen Consort,
1936-1952; Queen Mother from 1952. aka Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Now
lives at Clarence House, London; Royal Lodge, Windsor; Birkhall, Balmoral; Castle
of Mey, Caithnesshire. queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother descends from Henry
VII, King of England. Elizabeth was the youngest daughter and 9th child. Spent
her childhood at Glamis Castle in Scotland; The precise location of her birth
in London is unknown; When she married in 1923, she became HRH the Duchess of
York; Queen Elizabeth (known as the smiling Queen) is most beloved by all of
her countrymen and women. The Queen Mother is 5'2" tall and has blue eyes.
She is the Last Empress of India.
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When it emerged that the Honourable Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was
engaged to be married to Albert, Duke of York, the celebrated diarist and Tory
MP Chips Channon lamented: There is not a man in England today who doesn’t
envy him. The clubs are in gloom.
Throughout her life, the Queen Mother lost none of the legendary charm which
prompted his response. She was one of the most popular members of the British
royal family and, despite the ebb and flow of the monarchy’s popularity,
she remained a much-loved figurehead for the country until her death on March
29, 2002, aged 101.
Born on August 4, 1900, the penultimate of ten children, Elizabeth spent her
early years near London, before moving to Glamis Castle, in Scotland, as a child.
When World War I drew to a close, the 18-year-old Elizabeth came out in society
and was presented to the King and Queen, as befitted an It girl of the time.
The young debutante did not meet her future husband, Bertie, until a year later.
Although she didn’t realise it, the King’s son had fallen in love with
her immediately, and asked for her hand in the spring of 1921. But, much to his
and his parents’ dismay, she turned him down. When he proposed a second
time in January 1923, however, she accepted and the couple were married at Westminster
Abbey on April 26, 1923.
Prepared for a life as the Duchess of York, Elizabeth found her world rocked
when Bertie’s brother, David - Edward VIII - abdicated in 1936. But ever
practical and pragmatic, the dark-haired beauty, then the mother of two daughters,
Elizabeth (born 1926) and Margaret (born 1930), quickly addressed herself to
her new role. On 12 May 1937, her husband Albert was crowned George VI, to convey
a sense of stability and continuity with the reign of his father, George V.
Queen Elizabeth, as she was now known, came into her own during World War II.
Plans to move the royal family to North America were dropped at her request
and her seeming indefatigable efforts during the six-year conflict led to Hitler
to describe her as “the most dangerous woman in Europe. In the course of
the conflict, she and the King covered nearly half a million miles in the royal
train, visiting bombed areas throughout the country.
Seven years after the war ended, the King died peacefully at Sandringham. The
Queen carried on with her royal duties, and made over 40 official visits abroad,
not to mention her tireless work in Britain. She was patron or president of around
350 organisations, and Colonel-in-Chief or Honorary Colonel of many UK and overseas
regiments. Until 1981, she was Chancellor of London University.
In 2000, she celebrated her 100th birthday and, although she was loath to celebrate
it with a big party, the nation thought otherwise, and held a huge jamboree in
London to mark the birthday of this grandmother of six and great-grandmother
of nine.
Hello Magazine 2002 HM King George VI, King of Great Britain & Ireland and
Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon The Queen Mother had the following
children:
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