Research topic: George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George), 1895-1952, king of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1936-52), second son of George V; successor of his elder brother, Edward VIII . He attended the royal naval colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth and served in World War I. Later he served in the Royal Air Force. He studied at Cambridge for a time after the war, was created duke of York in 1920, and married (1923) Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. They had two daughters: Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II ) and Princess Margaret . When Edward VIII abdicated on Dec. 11, 1936, George became... Read more