#OnThisDay in 1910, George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
Photo: King George V at Buckingham Palace in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of war.
Photo: King George V at Buckingham Palace in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of war.
"How's the Empire?" - On the morning of his death; quoted in Kenneth Rose, King George V (1983)
"I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war."
