THE KING’S FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY.—-King George VI is 50 years old to-day. Last Tuesday was the anniversary of accession to the Throne. He was born at York Cottage, Sandringham, on December 14. 1895. His Majesty was married on April 26. 1923, to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, daughter of the fourteenth Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, now Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. King George succeeded to the Throne on December 11,' 1936, and was crowned at Westminster on May 12, 1937,
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24749, 14 December 1945, Page 8
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77THE KING’S FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY.—-King George VI is 50 years old to-day. Last Tuesday was the anniversary of accession to the Throne. He was born at York Cottage, Sandringham, on December 14. 1895. His Majesty was married on April 26. 1923, to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, daughter of the fourteenth Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, now Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. King George succeeded to the Throne on December 11,' 1936, and was crowned at Westminster on May 12, 1937, Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24749, 14 December 1945, Page 8
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