Aha. Okay, I'm with you now. Obviously, I knew Bloody Mary was from about 400 years ago, but I didn't know if the movie traced the history of the monarchs or what. So how does George V fit into the picture? Father of George VI? And, then, is Elizabeth his daughter or something?
(Again, yes, I know I could go look it up, but it's more fun to ask you.
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Yes, George V was the father of George VI. George VI was known as Bertie within the family. Our present queen is the daughter of George VI and the Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon who became his Queen and after he died she was known as The Queen Mother and, of course, she died at the age of 102. I remember very clearly the day we were told at school that the King had died and that day we sang "God Save the Queen" instead of "God Save the King". When I was a little girl, Canada was a BRITISH country.
This was a really good movie. I wish they could have made it about 3 times as long, so as to present a fuller picture of what an incredible dork Prince David (Edward VIII) was.
He was really a pretty total fool. I've never been sure what he thought, did he think he could be King and marry "that woman"? Or was he such a helpless sex/love slave of Mrs. Simpson's that he really
couldn't imagine living without her? The thing is, I have come to be pretty sure that she didn't really expect or even want to marry him. They could have gone on with their relationship and no one would have cared. Royal princes usually have married mistresses anyway.
In this movie he is not presented as being the ass he was. He seems more of a playboy type, which he really wasn't. He went on to live the most tragically useless life imaginable.
But everyone of my Mum's generation admired King George VI. He was a good man, by all accounts, and certainly a wonderful symbol of Great Britain all through the war years.