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I adore finding original true colour footage of our lovely King George VI ❤️

There is so little available that I am always surprised to see his tanned skin (from spending so much time outdoors!) and the brightness of his ribbon medals.

Check out the way he just eyeballs the camera for a split second. You better look sharp and behave! Bertie’s always watching you…

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) at Malvern College, Worcestershire, in 1944. Source: The Imperial War Museum

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Bertie & Elizabeth, flirting...

The Duke & Duchess of York (later King George VI & Queen Elizabeth) pose for formal pictures while on tour in Ulster.

Elizabeth looks over and teases Bertie for looking so serious, which makes him giggle.

Love the little bashful foot shuffle! 💕

Source: British Pathe

(dude in the middle be like, awkward!!)

On this day, 86 years ago: 12th May 1937:

The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

‘…Then came Papa looking very beautiful in a crimson robe and the Cap of State.’

‘I thought it all very, very wonderful and I expect the Abbey did, too.’

‘The arches and beams at the top were covered with a sort of haze of wonder as Papa was crowned…’

‘When Mummy was crowned and all the peeresses put on their coronets it looked wonderful…’

‘At the end, the service got rather boring as it was all prayers. Grannie and I were looking to see how many more pages to the end, and we turned one more and then I pointed to the word at the bottom of the page and it said ‘Finis.’ We both smiled at each other and turned back to the service.’

Excerpts taken from 11–year-old Lilibet’s account of her father’s coronation ❤️

Bertie looks so very anxious in some of these clips 🥹

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Source: YouTube.

Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 12, 1937.

The family poses for photographs. That's some serious sparkling going on! 😎

I just love how Bertie & Elizabeth always have something to say to each other. 💕

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That adorable little shiver! OH BERTIE!🥹

Visiting his Duke of York Boys’ Camp, New Romney, 1927.

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London, 1914. King George V and Queen Mary at the Y.M.C.A., Great Russell Street. To the left of the King, a Mr. Vergo, Secretary General; to the far right, Lord Kinnaird, President of the Y.M.C.A.

OH YES and standing next to his mama, let’s not forget an adorable 18/19 year-old Prince Bertie! He looks so shy and awkward, what a heartbreaker 🥹

source: Bibliotheque Nationale de France

“The King looked at her as if he couldn’t believe anybody could be so much fun.”

- George VI, Sarah Bradford.

Happy Heavenly Birthday to your papa’s ‘Joy’ — beautiful Princess Margaret is 93 today!

I love how Bertie says, ‘mwaah’ and smiles with such bashful pride when Margot gives him a kiss. It’s too precious! 🥹

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SO CUTE! Bertie being all awkward and forgetful with the camp sing-songs :)

The Duke of York attending his beloved Boys' Summer Camp in Southwold, Sussex, 1935. The gestures are to an old Pennsylvania Dutch folk song called Johnny Schmoker.

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