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King George VI On February 6 1952, King George VI died in the middle of the night. He had survived a major operation to remove his left lung in September 1951, but succumbed to a blood clot just a ...
He was interred initially in the Royal Vault until he was transferred to the King George VI Memorial Chapel inside St George's on 26 March 1969. [118] In 2002, fifty years after his death, the remains of his widow, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the ashes of his younger daughter, Princess Margaret, who both died that year, were interred ...
The body of George VI was moved from the Royal Vault on 26 March 1969 and reinterred in the newly-built King George VI Memorial Chapel. [20] His daughter, Princess Margaret, died on 9 February 2002 and, in accordance with her wishes, a private funeral was held at St George's Chapel.
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The London Clinic, now one of the UK’s largest independent hospitals, was officially opened by the Duke and Duchess of York, then the future King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth, back in ...
King Leopold III: Buckingham Palace: 2 15–18 November 1938 [3] [4] Romania: Monarchy King Carol II: Buckingham Palace 3 21–24 March 1939 [5] [6] France: Republic: President Albert Lebrun Mme Marguerite Lebrun: Buckingham Palace 4 7–10 March 1950 [7] [8] France: Republic President Vincent Auriol Mme Michelle Auriol: Buckingham Palace 5 21 ...
The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Memorial, situated between The Mall and Carlton Gardens in central London, is a memorial to King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth. [1] Completed in its present form in 2009, the memorial incorporates an earlier, Grade II listed statue of George VI by William McMillan , unveiled by his daughter ...
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