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The poem, written in 1908 and privately published in 1912, was part of a collection titled The Desert.It caught the public attention and the popular imagination when King George VI quoted it in his 1939 Christmas broadcast to the British Empire.
Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth: George VI made the speech on the evening of his coronation. Stanley Baldwin 3 September 1939 Outbreak of World War II: The King made the speech hours after the United Kingdom declared war on Germany. A dramatisation of the radio broadcast forms the "climax" of the 2010 film The King's Speech. Neville ...
Prime Minister Mackenzie King's request to King George VI for approval that war be declared against Germany, 10 September 1939. A declaration of war by Canada against Germany was made by order-in-council signed by George VI, King of Canada, on 10 September 1939, seven days after the United Kingdom and France had also entered a state of war with the Nazi regime.
The King's Christmas message (or The Queen's Christmas message in a queen's reign, formally as His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech, [1] [2] and informally as the Royal Christmas message) is a broadcast made by the sovereign of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms to the Commonwealth of Nations each year at Christmas.
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, on the USS Potomac, 9 June 1939 In May and June 1939, the King and Queen toured Canada and the United States; it was the first visit of a reigning British monarch to North America, although George had been to Canada prior to his accession.
George VI and Mackenzie King in London, May 1937. While in London, Mackenzie King brought up the monarch taking a royal tour of Canada.. Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir, in an effort to foster Canadian identity, conceived of a royal tour by the country's monarchs; the Dominion Archivist (i.e., official historian) Gustave Lanctot wrote that this "probably grew out of the knowledge that at his ...
King George VI was a heavy smoke; but his lung cancer diagnosis was left out of the announcement of his death. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800 ...
3 September 1939 United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939) George VI: Neville Chamberlain: Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany, 12 September 1990. The Potsdam Agreement on 2 August 1945 agreed the subdivision of Germany following the surrender on 8 May 1945.