#george v

[historicalroyalresearcher]

from George V’s diary

‘Young Prince George of Wales is said to be covered with tattooings of mermaids and dolphins’ and George wrote underneath this cutout from a newspaper: ‘How the devil do they know?’

[kinggeorgev-and-queenmary]

King George V, Queen Mary, The Duchess of York and future queen Elizabeth II , then princess Elizabeth, taken at Balmoral in September 1928

[janetsnakehole02]

This is probably my last post on the whole “Liz is dead” situation but I want to talk about my great grandmother, who is currently 92 years old. When I was growing up, hell even now, she’d tell me a lot about her own stories, mostly about how terrifying life was under both the British Raj and Nizam rule (her side of my family is from Hyderabad - Google the Nizams and the Razakars if you’ve never heard about them, that’s a whole other thing of its own).

Something I remember very clearly is her telling me about this one song she was forced to sing in her school - she went to a Christian convent school - and the song was about the greatness of “George Prabhu and Mary Rani,” aka George V, Elizabeth II’s grandfather. Recently my mom was able to film her singing this song so that we could listen to the lyrics, which are originally in Telugu, and roughly translated it means “we’re singing in honor of George and Mary, who are the rulers of India and have brought great fortune to India, and we see them as our father and mother.”

This is just a really difficult reminder that when we’re talking about why Elizabeth II and the royal family don’t deserve our respect or condolences, many of us have very personal stories that run deep through our families. “But she was a mother, a grandmother, a person” and I don’t care because she and her family were in the business of dehumanizing and erasing the identities of millions of other mothers, other grandmothers, other PEOPLE. Why else would my great grandmother be forced to sing a song in their honor? “But she wasn’t responsible for India” fair enough, her darling grandfather had a great time doing that, but how about you go and talk to Kenya? Or anyone in Africa? Or the Caribbean? I’m sick and tired of being told to “not speak ill of the dead” when REALLY I and millions of others should be getting an apology from anyone who wants to “praise her legacy” and talk about how “revolutionary” she was.

edit: i got the george’s mixed up before. george v is elizabeth ii’s grandfather. george vi is her father.

[thepompandcircumstance]

The look-alike cousins HM George V of the UK and HIM Nicholas II of Imperial Russia with their supposed heirs HRH Prince Edward of York and HIH Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich.

[days-of-lenore]

im not outing myself but your george v post made me wanna look into him more and suffice to say i think i have a crush. his autistic personality and transgender looks have captivated me

he's hot in a niche way and he treated his wife well. what more could you ask for

[deadpresidents]

President Woodrow Wilson and King George V outside Buckingham Palace in London, December 31, 1918. This is the first time an incumbent American President and reigning King of England were photographed together.

President Wilson was invited to make a state visit to England on his way to the Paris Peace Conference to participate in the negotiation of terms for the end of World War I. As the first American President to travel to Europe while in office and leader of the nation that had helped the Allies win the war, Wilson received a hero's welcome virtually everywhere he visited, with European crowds often chanting "We Want Wilson!".

However, King George V and President Wilson did not hit it off when they met. When the British government invited the President to make the state visit, they did not consult the King first, frustrating the sovereign, who had hoped to spend Christmas at Sandringham rather than in London. Recounting their meeting, the historian Miranda Carter wrote, "When the U.S. President, Woodrow Wilson, came to London in December 1918, George took an instant dislike to him. Wilson, who was even more awkward and shy than George, had become, with his talk of free states, the flag-bearer of republicanism and independence. The King also felt the President was high-handed, gave America too much credit for winning the war and failed to acknowledge the sacrifices that British troops had made. Perhaps he could feel the initiative in world affairs shifting quietly and permanently from Britain to America as they spoke."

Later, while speaking to a friend, King George said of President Wilson: "I never thought much of the man...I could not bear him, an entirely cold academical professor -- an odious man."

[behindthecrowns]

In London King George V has often been seen early in the morning riding in the Row with a friend. Once he saw a little girl with a very large camera, vainly trying to take a picture of him. Pulling up his horse, he asked her wheter she would find it easier if he stood still. "Oh, yes your majesty, now i can get a lovely one" said the little girl. The King's smile was very kind, as he rode away, fori his love of all children is well known.

[colourbymarie]

George V lighting a cigarette, 1911

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