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Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V.
Once the coffin was placed at Westminster Hall at 3:00 pm, royal dukes, Mary's brother the Earl of Athlone, her grandsons the Earl of Harewood and the Hon. Gerald Lascelles, and the nobility stood on one side of the catafalque, while the Queen, the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, the Princess Royal, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of ...
Drawn together during their shared period of mourning, Prince George later married Mary himself in 1893. She became queen consort on George's accession. [101] Albert Victor's mother, Alexandra, never fully recovered from her son's death and kept the room in which he died as a shrine. [102]
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 .
The eldest of the Queen Mother's grandchildren, Prince Charles and Princess Anne walked alongside their father, Prince Philip. ERIC FEFERBERG - Getty Images The coffin proceed with a full retinue.
Elizabeth and Albert on their wedding day, 26 April 1923. Prince Albert, Duke of York—"Bertie" to the family—was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary. He initially proposed to Elizabeth in 1921, but she turned him down, being "afraid never, never again to be free to think, speak and act as I feel I really ought to". [18]
Twenty-six years ago, the world looked on as Prince William and Prince Harry said goodbye to their mom. Read on for photos of the day Diana, Princess of Wales was laid to rest.
"It was her warmth, her heart, the humanity people saw in her that they remember," the prince said. Prince Albert of Monaco Recalls His Mother, Grace Kelly, On the 40th Anniversary of Her Death ...