1940 WW2 H.M. King George VI at Newbury *Real Photo
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Photo shows H.M. the King George VI shaking hands with one of the men during the inspection of the Southern Command, at Newbury.
Fotografia d'epoca del Re Giorgio VI d'Inghilterra durante una visita alle truppe di stanza presso la base di Newbury.
Vera fotografia d'epoca, originale, autentica.
E' presente una didascalia dattiloscritta al verso.
In mediocri condizioni a causa della presenza di macchie soprattutto al verso. Di tale circostanza si è naturalmente tenuto conto nella determinazione del prezzo.
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As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. He served in the Royal Navy during World War I, and after the war took on the usual round of public engagements. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth (who succeeded him as Queen Elizabeth II) and Margaret.
George's elder brother ascended the throne as Edward VIII on the death of their father in 1936. However, less than a year later Edward revealed his desire to marry the twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. For political and religious reasons, the British Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, advised Edward that he could not marry Mrs. Simpson and remain king. So, Edward abdicated in order to marry, and George VI ascended the throne as the third monarch of the House of Windsor.