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Henry VI of England (1421–1471; ruled 1422–1461 and 1470–1471). [8]: 586 A breakdown in 1453 caused him to neglect state affairs for more than a year. A Lord Protector was appointed on that and two subsequent occasions to govern the kingdom, and after his Queen, Margaret of Anjou conducted state affairs for him.
King George VI’s brother was the reigning monarch until he abdicated the throne in January 1936. Like his brother, he was a frequent smoker and died in 1972 after battling throat cancer. Show ...
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Elizabeth with RAF personnel during World War II. Following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, the United Kingdom and the self-governing Dominions other than Ireland declared war on Nazi Germany. [77] The King and Queen resolved to stay in London, despite German bombing raids.
The mental illness of George III is the basis of the plot in The Madness of King George, a 1994 British film based upon the 1991 Alan Bennett play, The Madness of George III. The closing credits of the film include the comment that the King's symptoms suggest that he had porphyria, and note that the disease is "periodic, unpredictable, and ...
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King George VI acceded to the throne of the United Kingdom in December, 1936. Due to the outbreak of World War II and his poor health in post-War years, he only received a few state visits from foreign heads of state during his reign, all of whom were from European countries.
Sandringham House in Norfolk, where the King died. George VI had undergone a lung operation in September 1951 from which he never fully recovered. In the evening of 5 February 1952, he had a meal with his family at Sandringham House, Norfolk, and retired to bed at 10:30 pm. [1] He died in his sleep on 6 February 1952 at the age of 56. [2]
Sir Clement Price Thomas KCVO MRCS LRCP FRCS FRCP [1] (22 November 1893 – 19 March 1973) [2] was a pioneering Welsh thoracic surgeon most famous for his 1951 operation on King George VI. [ 3 ] Following a scholarship to Westminster Hospital Medical School , Price Thomas was posted to the Middle East at the onset of the First World War .