WI King George VI had a longer life?

In 6 February 1952 King George VI died in his sleep from coronary thrombosis aged only 56. He was suffering from lung cancer and arterioscleriosis and he was in a pretty bad shape in the last 6-7 years.
WI George VI was in better health and lived 20-30 years more dying around 1975-1982?
How is a long reign of King George VI affects British and world History?
 
basically none - except for the mid 50s optimistic period when people said England was entering a new Elizabethan age, and Punk using the 1977 jubilee as a target ect. - very minor cultural stuff like that. The monarchy doesn't write the speeches of the times, but it sometimes changes the accent in which they are delivered.
 
In 6 February 1952 King George VI died in his sleep from coronary thrombosis aged only 56. He was suffering from lung cancer and arterioscleriosis and he was in a pretty bad shape in the last 6-7 years.
WI George VI was in better health and lived 20-30 years more dying around 1975-1982?
How is a long reign of King George VI affects British and world History?

Why was George VI that ill? Were his relatives prone to early deaths? Yes, chronic atherosclerosis can begin as early as 45. Still, 56 is quite young to die from a combination of calcified arteries and lung cancer. George must've been a chain-smoker.

I suppose Elizabeth got her longevity from her mother.
 
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Why was George VI that ill? Were his relatives prone to early deaths? Yes, chronic atherosclerosis can begin as early as 45. Still, 56 is quite young to die from a combination of calcified arteries and lung cancer. George must've been a chain-smoker.

I suppose the Elizabeth got her longevity from her mother.

George VI was a heavy smoker all his life and that contributed to his early death...
 
George VI was a heavy smoker all his life and that contributed to his early death...

This is the major factor, plus Bertie never expected to be King and so hadn't been prepared all his life like his brother David for the role. He was notoriously shy and stammered, not two things that help a modern era public figure. He had expected to live a relatively quiet life with his family as Duke of York. George VI could be known to history as George the Reluctant. Constant stress plus chain smoking = early death.

Notice Elizabeth has never been known to smoke, in the everybody smoked 1950's and 60's? Notice her sister Margaret did and had bad health?

As to the question at hand, if George VI had lived longer I'd expect him to do what came naturally and withdraw more from public life. The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh would have become the daily face of the Monarchy as she did in OTL.
 
Why was George VI that ill? Were his relatives prone to early deaths? Yes, chronic atherosclerosis can begin as early as 45. Still, 56 is quite young to die from a combination of calcified arteries and lung cancer. George must've been a chain-smoker.

I suppose Elizabeth got her longevity from her mother.

There is the possibility of George VI contracting asbestosis while training as a naval cadet during his teens...
The reason being that the accommodation block walls, of said training academy, were composed of a cheap construction material called Luralite, which was a mixture of cement & blue asbestos fibres moulded under pressure, to form a pseudo plasterboard...
Unfortunately, the material was very brittle, and holes could be made in the Luralite with little physical force, thus releasing the abestos fibres it contained into the nearby air....
 
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