On September 13, 1940, a German pilot had been given a simple order: to destroy Buckingham Palace and kill the King and Queen ...

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Prince Albert, Duke of York, was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary and was born on 14th December ... In 1955 Queen Elizabeth II and Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, presented to the Abbey ...

George, the second son of George V and Mary of Teck, was one of only five British monarchs ... vowing that he would defend the palace to the death. The actions of the King and Queen, staying in London ...

Known as the ‘Reluctant King’, George VI is universally recognised as the father of the ... the popular socialite who would become enshrined in the national consciousness as the Queen Mother. But, ...