Resultado de búsqueda
Hace 2 días · In July 1939, Philip began corresponding with the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, the elder daughter and heir presumptive of King George VI. During the Second World War , he served with distinction in the British Mediterranean and Pacific fleets.
Hace 2 días · Elizabeth I's death in 1603 ended Tudor rule in England. Since she had no children, she was succeeded by the Scottish monarch James VI, who was the great-grandson of Henry VIII's older sister and hence Elizabeth's first cousin twice removed. James VI ruled in England as James I after what was known as the "Union of the Crowns".
Hace 2 días · As the child of a younger son of King George V, the young Elizabeth had little prospect of acceding to the throne until her uncle, Edward VIII (afterward duke of Windsor), abdicated in her father’s favour on December 11, 1936, at which time her father became King George VI and she became heir presumptive.
Hace 6 días · Coronation of the British monarch. George VI receiving the homage after being crowned in 1937; watercolour by Henry Charles Brewer. The coronation of the monarch of the United Kingdom is an initiation ceremony in which they are formally invested with regalia and crowned at Westminster Abbey.
Hace 4 días · The exhibition begins with a 1923 engagement portrait of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Here's a look at some of the unseen images.
Hace 5 días · Unreleased wartime images by Cecil Beaton will be on display for the first time, demonstrating how King George VI and Queen Elizabeth used photography to project a sense of stability and hope for the nation.
Hace 4 días · Among the selection is an unreleased image of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth inspecting bomb damage at Buckingham Palace during the Second World War.
