How To Use George vi In A Sentence
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Soon after the end of the war George VI appointed as his equerry a much-decorated air ace, Group Captain Peter Townsend.
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In the meantime, the "What dress will Kate choose?" line of inquiry will be most magnetic for some; others will while the time away debating and handicapping Colin Firth's chances for a Best Actor Oscar by the way, if you'd like to listen to the REAL King's speech... the BBC recording of George VI delivering that address in 1939 can be found here.
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The King George VI Chase at Kempton could be next for the horse if the ground was to come up on the fast side and rule out Best Mate.
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Many have sought to portray George VI as a weakling who was moulded by his formidable wife.
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His body rests in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, a small chantry chapel adjoining the north choir aisle and only completed in 1969.
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Edward VIII abdicated after a reign of 325 days, in favour of his brother, the Duke of York, who became King George VI.
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I suggested "The King's Speech," and, not wanting to spoil it with too many details, gave a shorthand description: Colin Firth as King George VI, who has a terrible stutter, and Geoffrey Rush as a raffish Australian speech therapist.
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The Villiers in question is George Villiers, the second Duke of Buckingham who is blamed for many a strange occurrence in the timbered and jetted building dating back to 1575.
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He became King George VI upon the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, later duke of Windsor.
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The pensioner was honoured with the Distinguished Service Medal in 1943 from King George VI after his ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean.
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The comparative late developer, Firth now seems set to win at least an Oscar nomination for his performance as George VI in The King's Speech.
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George VI's coffin lies beneath a black marble ledger stone, which has had the dates of the Queen Mother's birth and death added to it.
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Townsend, who had been an equerry to her late father King George VI, was a divorcé and the affair threatened to create a constitutional crisis.
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Galileo also landed the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot and the Irish Derby.
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In "The King's Speech" Mr. Firth uses a touching combination of vulnerability and fortitude to play Albert, Duke of York — George VI once he ascends the throne after the abdication of his older brother, Edward VIII.
With Vulnerability and Fortitude
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The 15th-century gothic church is the burial place of 10 monarchs, including Henry VIII, Charles I and the Queen's father, King George VI.
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Prince Philip was granted arms by George VI, which quartered the arms of Greece, Denmark, Mountbatten and Edinburgh.
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Given its roots in fox hunting, which greeted each 26 December as a red-letter day, national hunt racing's King George VI Chase at Kempton is a Boxing Day staple since 1947 that has provided imperishable memories of courage and drama.
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After Epsom, the colt went on to win the Irish Derby and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot.
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Although the Queen acceded to the throne on February 6, 1952 on the death of her father, George VI, she was not crowned until 16 months later, such were the detailed arrangements to be put in place.
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His own personal high point was profiling George VI for BBC2's Reputations - although the Thatcher series gained him most attention.
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Kicking King edged out Monkerhostin by a neck on Monday to win the King George VI Chase at Sandown.
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A boom period followed the successful televising of the coronation of George VI and his queen consort on 12 May 1937.
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Now his widely hailed portrayal of Britain's King George VI in Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" is garnering similar accolades.
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I took my half-day on Wednesday, and naturally on that day the king and his bosom friend, the known rakehell George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham, attended the early performance.
Exit the Actress
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AMANPOUR: Now, in Windsor Castle, where she will be interred, it will be along with her husband, George VI, and right now, the inscription merely reads "George VI," doesn't it?
CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2002
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The grandson of the speech therapist who helped King George VI deal with his stammer is backing a campaign to protect his legacy from spending cuts.
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As Nicholls puts it, Kauto Star, normally known as a docile and placid beast, is "mad fresh, really well in himself", having been brought to peak fitness for today's King George VI Chase at Kempton, which he has dominated over the past four years.
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He races like a stayer, and who knows, we might even have a crack at the King George VI chase at Kempton and even the Gold Cup at Cheltenham.
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The King's Speech, a movie based on the true story of Britain's King George VI and his struggle with a speech impediment, has received 14 British Academy Film Award nominations.
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For the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937, the processional route had been made longer than before.
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Lions, taken down from the brewery roof and destined for the knackers' yard, or an architectural salvage shed run by Bermondsey wide boys, were saved by the personal intervention of King George VI.
The Festival of Britain, 60 years on
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Her visit was abruptly curtailed when news was received about the death of her father, King George VI.
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He made a name for himself painting dogs and was commissioned to paint for various royals including King Edward VII and King George VI.
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George VI died in 1952, leaving his elder daughter Elizabeth to succeed him.
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He was knighted by King George VI, and today a memorial lies in Westminster Abbey - an inspiration to young dreamers everywhere.
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We learn that Lady Diana's parents have a house next door to Sandringham and that her father was an equerry of King George VI.
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The legendary Arkle was the King George VI champion in 1965 but during the following year's race he broke a pedal bone.
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The pleasure starts with two magnificent performances: Colin Firth as King George VI, afflicted by a terrible stutter, and Geoffrey Rush as an unorthodox Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue.
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The remains of Henry VIII and the beheaded Charles I are entombed there, along with the bodies of the Queen's parents, George VI and the Queen Mother.
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The Queen Mother took up residence after the death of her husband George VI and the Queen's accession to the throne.
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If silver, a previously somewhat neglected craft, was one of the chief areas in which the George VI style was developed, then typography was another.
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Knight Commander KCVO Henry George Victor John Crichton Erne, the earl of, Lord-Lt of Co Fermanagh.
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His body rests in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, a small chantry chapel adjoining the north choir aisle and only completed in 1969.
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Elsewhere in the chapel lie the remains of other sovereigns, including her father King George VI, the Queen Mother's husband.
