A LOCOMOTIVE that hauled the funeral train of King George VI will be among the stars at an upcoming Steam Gala in Dorset.

Source: https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/23398120.britannia-5000-locomotive-swanage-spring-steam-gala/?ref=rss

Bravemansgame will use this effort as a stepping stone in his bid for back-to-back wins in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day.

Source: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/horse-racing/royale-pagaille-shocks-big-two-28164057

But it was only in April 1947 that King George VI gave his then 21-year-old daughter permission to marry the 26-year-old Navy Officer.

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Glasgow hosted an Industrial Power exhibition which was opened by Princess Elizabeth after ill health prevented her father, King George VI, from attending.

Source: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/24005877.famous-glasgow-venue-narrowly-avoided-grim-war-role/?ref=rss

In 1834, Princess Victoria spent a night at the Bull Inn with her mother - and in September 1939, just after the beginning of World War 2, a uniformed King George VI paid a visit.

Source: https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/23643783.west-dorset-pubs-days-gone/?ref=rss

It is well known that my grandmother and grandfather met here, while my great-grandfather, King George VI, was conducting these very duties.

Source: https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/gallery/prince-william-reminisces-special-devon-8976986

Just five years later, George VI died and Elizabeth inherited the throne.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1744865/duke-of-edinburgh-title-prince-edward-prince-philip-spt

King Charles III became the seventh monarch to wear St Edward’s Crown after Charles II, James II, William III, George V, George VI and Elizabeth II – who last wore it at her own coronation in 1953.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/pm-attends-coronation-of-king-charles-iii/

Never-before-seen photos of Edward VIII, aged 11, and George VI, aged 9, have been unearthed 117 years later.

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She was aged just 25 when she became Queen following the death of her father George VI in February 1952.

Source: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-old-queen-elizabeth-ii-26837458

The late Queen's thoughts were upon her faith and that of her father, King George VI, in the days before she died.

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The necklace and earrings were the first of the George VI sapphire collection to go into the royal vault, given to the late Queen as a wedding present from her father.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12542213/Camilla-Queen-necklace.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

What happened when King George VI opened Parliament in 1950?

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