A FEBRUARY 7. 1952

liELOVED B

Embodied tlliliesi Ideals In lServ"ice. To His People

The quiet family man who put Royal duty above per- sonal pleasure quickly endeared himself to his millions of

subjects liround the world. King George

VI led Britain through her worst ordeal

when the island kingdom faced the victory-flushed German

armies alone. eouragement. blitzkrieg. King will be finest hour."

The monarch was better

His words of comfort, his prayers, his en- helped Britons meet and turn back the foe.'s With his Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the long remembered for his part in "Britain's

known both to his own sub-

jeets and to foreigners than any other modern king. Hi. radio addresses were heard around the world. He travelled extensively despite poor health which plagued him from the time he ascended the throne.

To the modest, young brother-who wanted nothing iuorc than to live a. quiet life with his family-fell the task

of being uiation in excess of)

the nominal ruler of an empire with a total pop- 500,000,000 approximately a quarter

of the people of the globe. Hc lacked three, days of being

-ll years old at the time.

Though the days of his reign saw the Empire shrink

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"really, the King and his family vastly increased the love and respect in which the royal institution was held.

HELPED MAINTAIN PRESTIGE

The two had to face a

new deniocraticspirit in a

shattered world. Colonies gave way to dominions and do- minions to republics during the 15-year reign, but despite

transformations and loss of

territory George VI helped

maintain mue.h of Britain's prestige and powers of leader-

ship.

The frail King was called on, time after time, to meet'

t-rises facing the Empire and Commonwealth.

He came to the throne a

t a time when the. monarchy

was reeling under the severest blow it had received in pop- .

tilar esteem for generations.

The first voluntary abdication

in English history---

Edwardis dramatic decision to throw up his position as

king,-emperor in order to wed the alluring . p shaken to the core the average Briton's lin-

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pliclt faith in the men who rule him.

He ascended the throne tn a wave of indifference and unflat- trring comparison with his elder irothcr.

He overcome it and became a symbol of national character. ii levoted and typical family man- in "ordinary bloke" the English called him. He was unpretentious incl in every way the product of .he British tradition of constitu- tional monarchy.

He came to the throne during a 'amlly crisis in a critical year of war and rumors of war-yet he left the popularity of his house .rcnter than ever.

Beloved Monarch

During a reign which saw the corst crisis Britain and the Com- nonwealth had ever weathered- 'he Second World Wer-culminat- iii: in two years of illness, he en- ieared himself to his country and .he world.

He added lustre to the British tradition of constitutional mon- irchy.

In the gruelling: war years and .he aftermath of austerity this un- twcrving devotion to duty inspired the conlldencc and trust of his people.

He and the Queen started slowly -they were themselves.

The visit of the King and Queen :0 France in 1933 pi-ovcd.to be the great turning point.

The French people took the royal Couple to their hearts and his tri- lmpll was contagious. On their re- turn home there were scenes of mass loyalty reminiscent of the

jubilee days of George V.

The nation suddenly awoke to the fact that it had rt friendly King, who. with his smiling wife and two little daughters. had ll. sincere and simple humanity and a desire to load a normal, domes- tic happy life.

Since then the people have shar- ed in every family celebration. Princess Elizabet-h's wedrlilit: and the birth of her children were the latest occasions.

History-Making Tour

During their six-wctk tour nfp Canada and the United S:-ates l:.l early i939 the royal couple were acclaimed not only as worthy sov- ereigns but as people of personal- lty and charm.

History was made because never before had a reigtlilir: British nlon- arch visited the United States.

The King In War

The threat of war had come un- mistakably closer when the royal party returned. in the royal p.'0- grnm, inspection of defence work- ers iti Hyde Park. 3. visit to the newly-mobilized reserve fleet zit Weymouth. took the place of the courts and garden parties of more peaceful years. By Aug. 24 the situation was so grave that the King travelled south t'rom

Balmoral to hold a privy council at the Palace. Ten days-later Bri- tain was at war.

In his broadcast that night, the King asked his people, ni;trsh:tl-

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THE LATE KING GEORGE VI

led against. Germany in fulfil. mcnt of their promise to invaded Poland, to "stand firm and unit. ed", adding the prophetic warn. mg "there might be dark days ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield."

Visited Battlefield;

Front then on the King wore tliltform until peace Came six years later. More than any mon- llrcii since his ancestor, George III. who fought on the battlefield at Dettlngen, the King visited distant battlefields. To a greater extent than any King before him, he shared intimately the perils of his subjects at home.

Buckingham Palace was bomb- ed nine times. Once. during a morning raid, the King and Queen looked through a window and saw bombs falling from a Ger- man plane. These wrecked the Royal Chapel and blasted part of the Palace buildings.

Presence of the King and Queen in London throughout the worst of the blitz enhanced the esteem ill which they were held. This was exprewcd in a popular wartime song "The King is Still in Lon- don." There was a plan for the King and Queen to leave Britain for Canada. at short notice had it become necessary. But the King made no secret of his firm inten- tion not to leave Britain except under the direst necessity. Thexe was talk. too, of the princesses leaving to seek refuge in Canada. But the King did not approve, and the two young girls who were next in succession to the throne remained at rural Windsor through the worst years.

Palace Bomb Shelters

Below Buckingham Palace ex- tensive bomb shelters were dug and equipped with telephone llncs and air conditioning. At Wind- sor Castle where the King spent some nlghLs during the intensive

air war on London, comfortable accotnmodlition, as near bomb proof as possible, was installed

in underground dungeons con- structed centuries before. The King continued his daily

round of state business. He made tours of military areas in an armoured car with bullet and splinter-proof windows and sides of thick steel which would rcsist all but a direct hit. At the front of the car was a Sten gun which the King had learned to use. With the Queen he toured Bri- tain, visiting war production cen- tres, military encampmvsnts, R.A. F. stations and naval establish- ments. The royal train in which they trnvclled was furnished with armoured carriages and. wherever the royal couple Si-Eyed 0V"l" night, a special bom-b-proof shel- ter was provided. .-

lnspeeted Troops

In the quiet period before the German onslaught of May. 1940. the King went to France. visit- ed the British Expeditionary Force in thcir linu and inspect- ed the French defences 0! l-he Maginot Line. '

A few months later he saw of- ficers and men of the ”exP'3dli'l0"' lry force back on British soil. almost wcaponless. few” indium" bars. but unbroken in spirit af- ter cacaplng from German clut- ches at Dunkerque. He walked miles along dusty country roads. through Saverneke Forest and other centres of southern com- mend, to ace his men, talk to them and encourage them. I

in all the King made five visits to his troops oversees. 1946. he flew to North Africa and spent several days inspectinz his forces. returning home via Malta, the heroic island fortress which he himself honored with the George Cross-hie own cree- tion.

The King was kept closely in- formed of all preparations for the

Allied invasion of enemy-held

in June. ,

France in 1944. Ten days after pl)-Day he crossed the Channel in a cruiser, landed on the Norm- andy beschhcad and lunched with Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery at his advanced headquarters with- in range of the German gulls.

other War Activities

A month after he was ngziin ill the battlefields, this time ill Italy, where he visited British, Domin- ion. American and Allied troops. In October of 1944 he flew to the Elndhoven corridor and slept in a caravan at "Monty's" head- quarters five miles from the enemy lines. At home the King and Quc:n made many visits to areas where V-Is and V-25 lltid fallen. This was a continuation of the series of visits to bombed areas which occupied so large 9. place in tile King's wartime life.

After the first devastating Ger- man raid on Coventry the King visited the ruined city while buildings still smouldercd and workers cleared bomb debris. When the raids intensified, the King and Queen made it their practice to travel in the wake of the bombers, bringing comfort and inspiration to the survivors. shei- field, Birnllngham, Bi-istul. Ports- mouth, Liverpool. Southampton. Plymouth, Bath and Excter were smile of the centres they visited, often within a few hours of the bombing.

Toured South Africa

On Feb. i. 1947, the King and Queen with the two princesses sailed in the battleship Vznlgzttard from Portsmoutli bound for Cape-

-ml. following local tributes to His Late Majuty King George VI have been received for publication:

His Honour Lieutenant Govern- or T. w.L. Prowre:

"The sad tidings of the death of our most gracious and beloved King have been heard with heartfelt sorrow by all his people through- out the Provinee of Prince Edward Island.

His Majesty's reign for sixteen years over our British Common- wealth of Nations was one marked by his great desire for the well be- ing and advancement of his people. In troublesome times. including a second World War. the inspiration which guided his rule and directed his personal behaviour has won

our truly great monarchs."

Prince Edward Island:

well beloved King. The ties which bind us to the

the recent visit of the Heir to the Throne. will be the more securely held as we consider the unselfish and untlring interest in the well- being of his subjects, of this great and flood monarch.

Our people will share with the members of the Royal Family their

took them to every part of the Union of South Africa the King andphLs family received an eli- thuslastic welcome. It was re- garded as 3. great personal tri- umph and a mark of the new status of South Africa. as ll na- tion.

The royal party visited Zulu- land, Bechuanaland and Swazi- land and flew to the Rhodeslas before returning to Capetown where Princess Elizabeth cele- brated her Zlst birthday just be- fore they left for England. The tour was fully as strenuous as the visit to Canada in i939 and on the journey home in the Van- guard the King showed signs of strain and fatigue.

Soon after his return the King announced that he had given lils consent to the betrothal of Prin- cess 'Ellza.beth and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten, son of Prince and Princess Andrew of Greece. That winter the King, a. proud and happy father, drove his daughter to Westminster Abbey to be mar- ricd to the young naval lieuten- ant whom he had created Duke of Edinburgh on the eve of the marriage.

His Majesty died on the some estate where he was born in the smaller York cottage near the big Sandiringham. House. His father King George V also died at sand- ringhem 16 years ago, on Jan. 21. 1966.

The King's survivors his mother, 84-year-old Mary.

Albert. Frederick Arthur George. Duke of York. the second son of George V and Queen Mary was shy. nervous and lacking in self- confidence until his marriage in 1933 to Lady Elizabeth Bowes- Ly0n.' His wife's quiet compan- ionship and the happy home she created for him did much to ban-

include Queen

the King.

Island Tributes Paid To Late Kin.g George VI

personal grief on this sorrowful

Most. Rev. Janice Boyle, Bishop of Charlottetown:

"With deep sorrow we learn of the death of His Majesty. King George VI, our beloved sovereign. The whole free world will mourn the passing of this good men and His Majesty was a champion of Christian ideals, and maintained high standards of con- duct in public and private life. In tlnion with the people of mg Mother Country and the Overseas we offer our prayers and our sympathy for the Royal Family in its hour

for him 9. place in history with

Hon. .1. Vt'altcr Jones. Premier of

The people of Prince Edward Island join with all his other loyal subjects in the great British Com- monwealth of Nations in mourning the death of their gracious and

Crown. so firmly strentzthened by

lottctown llllnlsterlal Association:

George VI.

suddenly come to an end.

and cspeciallv to the

new becomes our Sovereign.

the late King's mother.

loyalty to Queen Elizabeth. pray that Godis

reign may be both great and glor- ious."

position:

"The people of this Province join

in deepest mourninvz with all peo- ples of the British Empire. for one, never to be forgotten. our King. Gt-nrze the Sixth. "May his exalted example of un- selfishness and courageousness and his efforts and sacrifices in the cause of peace in the world be long remembered and followed."

Provincial Command, Canadian Le- gion: .

"The war veterans of Prince Ed- ward Island join with our former comrades - in - arms in the other Provinces of Canada and the Brit- ish Commonwealth of Nations in reverent and sincere trib te to the memory of our late King d com- mander-in-chief who has passed on to the other side. our respectful sympathy is extended to the Queen, the Queen Mother. the Queen Grandmother and members of the Royal Family. Our loyalty and allegiance is now pledged to our Queen to whose call her loyal sub- jects stand ready to respond."

Rev. (lnnon F..llf.”Mnlonc, St. Peters Cathedral:

"On December ll, 1936. because of the abdication of his brother EdivilrcliVlTf, King George VI suc- cteded to the throne of England and of the British Commonwealth of Nations. He was one of those who had greatness thrust upon him for from his own choice he would have preferred the simple life of an English country gentle- man. who loved his home. his family life and his accustomed quiet pleasure. This was not to be.

"At the call of duty he under-

took the heavy responsibilities of

i0W"- on 9 l-0”-' that C0V0Wd ish his shyness and even helped Kingshlp at a critical time in the many thousands of miles and to cure his stammering. history of the British nation. . .. . . . e.-- "was f yr. I I .' x 5 ii w, I 3:: till ” If . is ., s .. t e A ' I : i A. 1,, ,.t A? .: 1”? .

anemic”,

The Royal Family,

Queen Elizabeth II, btlrtzh. Prince Charles, Princess Anne.

Prince Consort, HRH. The Duke of Edin-

Rev. H. Barber. President Cher-

”The members of the Charlotte- town Ministerial Association heard with deep sorrow this morning of the passing of His Majesty King

”We offer our tribute of appreci- ation and gratitude for the ex- cmplary life and reign that has so

"We or-tend our sympathy to all . the members of the Royal Family widowed Queen, to Princess Elizabethvwho to Princess Mnrtzaret, and to Mary, i

'tWe pledge otrr allegiance and We richest blessings may descend upon her and that her

Mr. R.R. Bell, Leader of the 0p-

M.-ilor Arthur Peaks. President,

, called. The

THE QUEEN MOTHER

LIFE OF KING

1913-Visited Eastern Canada as

1917-Joined Royal Air Force. 1919-Entered Cambridge. 1920-Created Duke of York. 1923 (April 26)-Married Lady E 1924-Visited Africa and Egypt.

VIII.

1947--Visited South Africa. 2lg48 (Nov. 23)-Ordered to 1 49 (March 12) 1951 (June 1)-Doctors reported lung.

(Sept. 23)--Underwent majo (Oct. 4)---Left sick bed for (Feb. 6)-Died in his sleep

rest

1951 195 i. 1952

MEMORABLE DATES IN THE

(By The Canadian Press) 1895 (Dec. I-it-Born Prince Albert at Sandrlnghsm.

1916-Fought. at Jutland: mentioned in dispatches.

1926 (April 21-Daughter Elizabeth born. 1927-Toured world on H. M. S. Renown. 1930 (Aug. 21)-Dlrughter Margaret born. .- , 1936 (Jan. 20)--Father, King George V, died. 3 ' 1936 (Dec. 10)-Succeeded to throne on abdication of Edward

1939-Toured Canada and the United Statel. 1940-45-Visited troops in war theatres.

---Underwent operation to remove clot.

GEORGE VI

naval cadet.

llzabeth Bowen-Lyon.

owing to blood clot in leg. small area of Jnflammutlon in 1- operation for lung resection.

first time. at Sandrlng-hem.

Through the anxious days of the war and the times of uncertain peace which followed them. His Majesty always endeavoured to live up to the solemn charge which was given him by the Archbishop of Canterbury at his Coronation: 'Stend firm and hold fast the seat and state of Royal and Im- perlal dignity delivered unto YOU this day in the Name and by the authority of Almighty God and by the authority of Almighty God and by the hands ot us Bishops and servants of God. though un- worthy?

"We in Canada know our King- He visited us with his gracious Queen. In this Island province we saw them. welcomed them, and in our hearts pledged to them the loyalty and affection of subjects for a. beloved sovereign. As an ord- inary man of the people said at that time: 'I looked at him End he looked as a kiln: should look. serious and dignified. like a man who felt the responsibility of being the Ruler of a great Emplrc.'

"We. all felt: Here is a men that is reliable. who will not let us dOwn.'

”And now the King has laid

down his burden of responsibility: death. from which he was wonder- fully rescued. has called him with a. suddenness which shocked us: but as we look back over his life we can say with sincerity: 'Servant of God, well done!' The Kink is dead!" May God rest his soul!" "Today the cares of sovereignty rest on new shoulders, and while not unprepared for the great task. yet the call of duty came to our young Queen with startling unex- pectcdness. From every heart will go up to the throne of heaven fervent prayers that she may be strenztlltened with God's grace and heavenly benediction. "Queen Elizabeth and her con- sort Prince Philip are no strariszers to us. To them too we have given a hearty welcome to our shores. They seemed to say to us then: 'We are really your friends and are deeply interested in your true wel- fare. May God give us the oppor- tunity to prove it to you.'

"To her now we pledge. as we did to her Royal father. olir af- fectionate homage and devotion. To speak of her as her "sacred Miilestv" is not merely to use a flattering title, for later on the service by which she will be hal- lowed to her hiszh office will tell of her consecration to the solemn position to which she has been reverence we pay to the Crown is truly a -reverence we Day to Him 'By Whom Kings Reign.” -

ursr-d)iiloEl1XniEi:r Fine buildings dating from the fifth century onward surround the

Elizabeth Becomes 7th tlueen Of England

By The Canadian Press

The accession of Princess Ellzas betii marks the seventh time in history that 5 queen has ruled England. The following is 1 list of her predecessors:

Jane I553 (14 days' reign) . Mary II 1689-1694

Elizabeth I 1558-1603

Mary II 1689-1 94

Anne 1702-1714

Victoria 1837-1901

Scotland has been ruled by we queens, Margaret 0286-130) and Mary (1542-1557).

AT WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8-(AP)-4 -A -' British officials in the United '3 states awoke with ii. shock today r

to the news that their King was

dead. I The death of King George V! , was announced early today in London.

The word had not yet reached Washington when British offices were called immediately after the announcement.

Charles Campbell, press officer at the British Embassy. was stun- ned. He said he was notifying British Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks immediately.

At the White House. a spokes- man said President Truman would have a statement later.