On This Day In Royal History . 6 May 1910 . King George V Accession . ◼ On 6 May 1910, King Edward VII died, & Prince George became king as George V . ◼ He wrote in his diary, “I have lost my best friend & the best of fathers … I never had a [cross] word with him in my life. I am heart-broken & overwhelmed with grief but God will help me in my responsibilities & darling May (Queen Mary) will be my comfort as she has always been. May God give me strength & guidance in the heavy task which has fallen on me”. . ◼ George had never liked his wife’s habit of signing official documents & letters as “Victoria Mary” & insisted she drop one of those names. They both thought she should not be called Queen Victoria, & so she became Queen Mary. . ◼ George objected to the anti-Catholic wording of the Accession Declaration that he would be required to make at the opening of his first parliament. He made it known that he would refuse to open parliament as long as he was obliged to make the declaration in its current form. As a result the Accession Declaration Act 1910 shortened the declaration & removed the most offensive phrases. . ◼ George & Mary’s coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 22 June 1911, & was celebrated by the Festival of Empire in London. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1910 #Accession #d6may #GeorgeV #KingGeorgeV #RoyalFamily #HouseofWindsor #Emperor #EmperorofIndia #History #BritishMonarchy #GodSaveTheKing #OnThisDay #OTD #RoyalHistory #KingGeorge #windsorcastle #BuckinghamPalace #royalfamily #BritishRoyals #vintagephoto #vintagephotography #BritishRoyalFamily #britishroyalty #Theking (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2vKZ6jYqt/?igshid=ujgyphq1ugvi