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This is a complete list of the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren of King George V, the founder of the House of Windsor, and his queen Mary of Teck. The list includes deceased members, members who have become Catholic, royal and non-royal, legitimate and illegitimate members openly acknowledged by their ...
Lady Rose and George Gilman, [3] the groom's second cousin, once removed, and her husband; The Duke and Duchess of Kent, [7] the groom's first cousin, twice removed and his wife. Earl and Countess of St Andrews, [3] the groom's second cousin, once removed, and his wife. Lord Downpatrick, [3] the groom's third cousin; Lady Marina Windsor, [3 ...
Prince Richard unexpectedly became heir apparent to the dukedom and upon his father's death in 1974, the couple became the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. [1] The couple have three children: Alexander (born 1974), Davina (born 1977), and Rose (born 1980). They were born at St Mary's Hospital, London. [1]
In July 2008, she was a guest at the wedding of Lady Rose Windsor and George Gilman while William was away on military operations in the Caribbean, serving aboard HMS Iron Duke. [61] In June 2010, the couple moved into a cottage on the Bodorgan Estate in Anglesey , Wales, where William resided during his RAF search and rescue training and ...
The death penalty was mandatory (although it was frequently commuted by the government) until the Judgement of Death Act 1823 gave judges the official power to commute the death penalty except for treason and murder. The Punishment of Death, etc. Act 1832 reduced the number of capital crimes by two-thirds.
Since the series was produced in 2012 some regulations have changed. As of 2017, the death penalty is legal in 31 states. Lethal injection is the primary method of execution, but some states allow other methods. Several states allow death row inmates to choose their method of execution from a list of approved methods.
Death penalty opponents regard the death penalty as inhumane [206] and criticize it for its irreversibility. [207] They argue also that capital punishment lacks deterrent effect, [208] [209] [210] or has a brutalization effect, [211] [212] discriminates against minorities and the poor, and that it encourages a "culture of violence". [213]