george vi

Olav V was 14th in the line of succession to the British throne on the 21st November 1938. Assume the following changes: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester killed in France in May 1940. Prince George, Duke of Kent dies in cocaine overdose in late 1920s; hushed up by royal family. Mary, Princess...

Hey all, So, George VI refused to leave Buckingham during the Blitz, opting instead to stay in London with his subjects. On 13 September 1940, the King and Queen were very nearly killed, when a German bomb exploded in the courtyard at Buckingham Palace while they were still there. What would...

If Nicholas II stayed in power until after WW I ? Pls assume it Could his daughters Marry Edward VIII or Geroge VI and become British Queen ? Will George V and British royals ignore haemophilia and bad PR in UK of autocrat Nicholas? Even if children born Can this marriage stop Wallis Simpson...

Basically, what if George V (somehow, I know he wasn't the healthiest of men) lived a decade longer until 1946?

So, it has been nearly 80 years since King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, parent's of the current Queen Elizabeth, were killed in the Blitz, when the Luftwaffe bombed Buckingham Palace and they died a day after from the injuries. Now, what if the bombs didn't hit their wing of the palace or the...

Not discussing how alternate successions to the crown could have gone; rather, what other names the monarchs that did reign could have taken. A King of Queen can take either their first name, or a middle name. The current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, uses her first name (Elizabeth Alexandra...

I hope you dont consider this bad taste. I wrote it a while ago. Some days stick in your memory. Days when the whole world was watching. Days like that September day in the late 1990s for example. I remember the news, waking up to hear the announcer's sombre voice on the radio. It happened in...

In this alternate universe, King George VI and The Queen Mother have a third child, a son by the name of Alexander, in 1933. He succeeds his father and becomes the youngest monarch since Queen Victoria. This is the story of his life and his reign, and that of a different Britain. - *I would...

What if King Edward VIII, during his visit to Germany in 1937 after abdicating the throne to his brother George, not only was extended (and accepted) a full fledged membership in the Nazi Party, but also joined the government? What position could he have plausibly held?(Deputy Ambassador to the...