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The wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI) and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother) [a] took place on 26 April 1923 at Westminster Abbey. The bride was a member of the Bowes-Lyon family, while the groom was the second son of King George V.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; [1] 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria.As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861.
After her husband died, she was officially known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, [2] to avoid confusion with her daughter Queen Elizabeth II. Born into a family of British nobility , Elizabeth came to prominence in 1923 when she married Prince Albert, Duke of York , the second son of King George V and Queen Mary .
In 1982, the couple welcomed their first son, Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, and their second, Prince Henry Charles Albert David (Prince Harry), in 1984. When Queen Elizabeth dies, Prince ...
In 1926, Prince Albert, Duke of York, and wife Elizabeth had their first child, Princess Elizabeth, who would later become Queen Elizabeth II. The following year they undertook a Royal Tour without the baby. Queen Elizabeth was, in her own words, "very miserable at leaving the baby". [12]
Ian McCulloch, president of the Royal Albert Hall, said: “It is particularly fitting for our distinctive building to mark the contribution to our history of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip ...
Prince Alexander John of Wales 1871: Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor 1896–1986: King Edward VIII Duke of Windsor 1894–1972 r. 1936: King George VI 1895–1952 r. 1936–1952: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900–2002: Mary, Princess Royal 1897–1965: Henry Lascelles 6th Earl of Harewood 1882–1947: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester ...
His birthday, 14 December 1895, was the 34th anniversary of the death of his great-grandfather Albert, Prince Consort. [5] Uncertain of how the Prince Consort's widow, Queen Victoria, would take the news of the birth, the Prince of Wales wrote to the Duke of York that the Queen had been "rather distressed".