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King George V and Queen Mary, then duke and duchess of York, with their eldest son prince Edward in 1895, and Queen Alexandra, then princess of Wales with princess Maud of Wales

Look at how happy and proud George looks to hold his baby. In his words "I made a good lap" ❤️

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"He was a man of profound common sense, and he possessed the quality, usually ascribed to women, of going straight to the heart and essence of a problem, not by logical stages of reasoning but by intuition. Those nearest him had many opportunities of hearing him in conversation with his ministers and were constantly struck by that characteristic acumen. They noted, too, that when he spoke to them of his ministers, he never failed to present them in the most favourable light, always stressing their good qualities. Of his shrewdness in judging character, most of his ministers were well aware. He sized up a man with uncanny speed. He knew the crooks in politics without any coaching"

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This photo was taken in 1935, a few months before the death of George V. Here he and his wife Mary (on the left) look like one of those classic elderly couples that I think everyone has found at least once in their life in the city's park. They are next to each other and I'll be honest, although they look relaxed I think George was a little tired in the photo, because he was resting his head on his cane. Mary is placing her hand on her husband's thigh, almost as if to support him which means they probably had a lot of confidence. I love the details in this photo, George and Mary look so good together, they really look like a couple in love.💖

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Prince George of Greece and Prince Valdemar of Denmark

This is a departure of my usual interest in the British Royal Family, but I am curious if many people know about the apparent incestuous relationship between Prince Valdemar of Denmark (Queen Alexandra's brother) and his nephew Prince George of Greece.

Prince George was sent to Denmark to live as punishment for bad behavior. His uncle Valdemar took interest in him and formed a close bond. According to both of their wives later on, this relationship was incestuous.

Both princes were very popular in their family, who seemed to have no idea of what was really going on.

Can someone add more information? I have seen this a few times and couldn't believe it was true, but recent articles that quoted Marie Bonaparte, Prince George's wife, changed my mind.

#british royal family #brf #queen alexandra #king george v #george v #George of greece #Valdemar of Denmark

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On this day, 100 years ago, King George V & Queen Mary visited Swindon Works. Locomotive No 4082, became iconic in GWR's history, hauling express trains & even King George V's funeral train in 1936

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HM King George V talking to a Frenchman whose ground was part of the 5th Army training area at Herzeele, 6 July 1917.

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Osbourne

George and Mary pose with two of their children at Osbourne House during the Russian Imperial family's visit. Alexei can be seen in the corner.

#king george v #george v #british royal family #brf #mary of teck #duke of windsor #tsarevich alexei

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George V in Russia

George traveled to Russia without Mary for Alexander III's funeral. The trip was extended for Nicholas' wedding to Alexandra. George was upset to leave his newly married wife and "to May he wrote: ‘I simply loathe the idea of being separated from you my sweet Tootsums darling.’ Lord Carrington, the lord chamberlain, who accompanied him on the journey, found George ‘very low at leaving his wife’.” (Jane Ridley, Never a Dull Moment)

#king george v #british royal family #george v #brf #mary of teck #Nicholas ii #alexandra feodorovna #tsar nicholas ii

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Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara, which was worn by the then Princess Elizabeth when she married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten 72 years ago today, on November 20th of 1947. 

The original owner was the Queen’s grandmother, Queen Mary; the diamonds it is made of were part of a necklace/tiara given to her by Queen Victoria as a wedding gift. Queen Mary gave the tiara to her daughter in law, Elizabeth’s mother, who loaned it to Elizabeth for her wedding as her “Something Borrowed”. The Queen Mum would also lend it to her granddaughter, Princess Anne, for her wedding to Captain Mark Phillips. 

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Maud with Mary and her mother, Mary of Cambridge.

#brf #british royal family #mary of teck #maud of norway

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King George V and princess Mary inspecting the grenadier guards outside Buckingham Palace

Today is the birthday of Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, born on 25th April 1897

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Aftermath of George and Missy

“George was ‘not bitter’, neither was he heartbroken. As for Missy, when George saw her in June, she ‘seemed to know nothing at all about that tiresome & for us all most disagreeable business’, as Alix wrote: ‘Evidently she never cared one bit really about you or she would not now be so happy with her Ferdinand.’ George no longer cared. For one thing, he had found another young first cousin to admire: Xenia, a sister of Nicky of Russia.” (Jane Ridley, Never a Dull Moment).

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George and his May <3

Don't let the formal pictures fool you...

"On a state visit to the King of the Belgians in 1922 he wrote in his diary: ‘May lives at one end of the Palace & I at the other, it is not very convenient.’ In the middle of the night May heard her bedroom door opening. She switched on the light and there, peering round the screen, was his ‘dear, sad little face’, having found his way to her rooms on his own in the dark from the other end of the palace." (Jane Ridley, Never a Dull Moment).

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George and his May <3

“George never liked to leave his wife. Writing from York Cottage in 1923 he told her: ‘It is quite ridiculous how much I miss you here, the House seems altogether different, & I was very lonely last night." (Jane Ridley, Never a Dull Moment).

#king george v #george v #brf #british royal family #mary of teck

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David describing his mother, Mary in the 1920s

“My mother is sweet to me and so sensible," David told Freda, "there’s really no rot about her though she is a martinette. But that is her upbringing and no fault of hers, and she really is a wonderful woman." (Jane Ridley, Never a Dull Moment).

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George and his May <3

“Very often I feel in despair,’ George told May, ‘& if it wasn’t for you I should break down.’ When they were apart he felt ‘tired, worried & depressed’. (Jane Ridley, Never a Dull Moment)

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No one ever forgot the superb sight of the stately Queen, a magnificent crown on her tousseled greying head, wearing décolletage that evidenced a full womanly breast, loaded with priceless jewels, and seated column-straight, hands poised eloquently on her cloth-of-gold or silver or creamy ivory or pale pastel lap. The Queen’s Court gowns had no modern connection whatsoever. Elaborate in cut, beaded, gold-and-silver-embroidered, “gusseted, gored, looped, draped, cap-sleeved,” they were uniquely anachronistic; part Empire, part Edwardian. No Royal Jewel collection in the world remained that could compare to hers. At Courts, she liked to wear alternating sets of gems–diamonds and emeralds, or pearls, or sapphires. At state dinners, she often wore an outer rope of a hundred and fifty emormous pearls that fell to her waist, three inner strands, a nine-strand dog collar, pearl-and-diamond earrings, a diamond-and-pearl tiara, and all her brilliant orders.

Matriarch, Anne Edwards, pp. 351-352.