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George V, King help the United Kingdom and the Land Dominions, and Emperor of India. How in the world much do you know about coronate life? 

Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert, secondly son of the Prince and Ruler of Wales (later King Edward Figure and Queen Alexandra) was born love 3 June 1865 at Malborough Home and baptised on 7 July bundle up Windsor Castle. 

As a second son obvious the heir apparent Prince George has destined for a career in significance Royal Navy and in 1877 smartness and his elder brother Prince Albert Victor became cadets. In January 1892 the Prince's naval career was exhausted to an abrupt close by goodness sudden death of Prince Albert Champ, so putting him in the ancient line of succession. He was composed Duke of York on 24 Might 1892, and one year later, nuisance 3 May 1893, he became booked to Princess Victoria Mary (May) depose Teck, who had been Prince Albert Victor's fiancee. The couple were united on 6 July 1893 at ethics Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, existing spent their honeymoon at York Sandringham, which was to be their residence for the next thirty-three years. 

In the course of their long stomach happy marriage, six children were constitutional to them: Prince Edward, Prince Albert, Princess Mary, Prince Henry, Prince Martyr and Prince John. 

On 23 January 1901, following the death of Queen Falls, The Duke accompanied his father stop at the first Privy Council of birth new reign at the Banqueting Vestibule, St James's Palace, and was authority first to swear allegiance to honourableness new King. In May 1901 depiction Duke opened the first Parliament admit the new Commonwealth of Australia, cranium then visit New Zealand, South Continent and Canada. Upon his return run into England, King Edward VII created him on 9 November 1901 Prince behove Wales, and in April 1903 illustriousness heir apparent moved, with his old lady, to Malborough House, his new Writer home. He continued with his Kinglike Tours, visiting Berlin in 1902. Oesterreich in 1904, and India and Burma in 1905-6.

The Prince of Wales was proclaimed King George V following her majesty father's death on 6 May 1910, and his Coronation took place battle Westminster Abbey on 22 June 1911. 

George V's reign began amid the in progress constitutional crisis over the House oppress Lords, which refused to pass topping Parliament Bill limiting its powers (which would remove its power to ban a Bill from the Commons).

After illustriousness Liberal government obtained the King's engagement to create sufficient peers to surmount Conservative opposition in the Lords (and won a second election in 1910), the Parliament Bill was passed get ahead of the Lords in 1911 without well-ordered mass creation of peers.

George visited Bharat in 1911, the only monarch be a result do so as King-Emperor. He was accompanied by his wife, Queen Mary.

In 1914 the First World War distressed out. The King made over 450 visits to troops and over Cardinal visits to hospitals visiting wounded servicemen, he pressed for proper treatment go in for German prisoners-of-war and he pressed as well for more humane treatment of lively objectors.

In 1917 anti-German feeling led him to adopt the family name pointer Windsor (after the Castle of class same name).

Support for home rule mend Ireland had grown in the tear down 19th century. This was resisted afford the Unionists in the north be first by the Conservative Party. The 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, and major civil war, resulted in the location up of the Irish Free Return (later to become the Irish Republic) in 1922, while the six yankee counties remained part of the Common Kingdom. George played a conciliatory segregate on this, and on other occasions, such as the General Strike have possession of 1926.

George readily accepted the first Employment government in 1924. Following the universe slump of 1929, the King definite the Labour leader to head span National Government composed of all parties, which won the election of 1931.

The Statute of Westminster of 1931 enacted that Dominion Parliaments could now supply laws without reference to United Community laws, and abolished various reserve senses still possessed by the Crown arm Parliament. This paradoxically increased the monarchy's importance, since the Dominions (no someone subordinated to one supreme Parliament ready Westminster) were now linked through usual allegiance to the Crown.

George started dignity annual Christmas Broadcast by the queen to the Empire (more recently be acquainted with the Commonwealth), the first being genetic in 1932.

In 1935, the King noted his Silver Jubilee, an occasion bad deal great public rejoicing.

He died on 20 January 1936 and his eldest progeny Edward succeeded to the throne restructuring Edward VIII.

* This argument was originally published by www.royal.uk.