Sons of King George V and Queen Mary
May 27, 1933 - London, England, U.K. - The sons of Queen Mary and George V (from the left) Duke of Kent (PRINCE GEORGE), PRINCE OF WALES (later on King EDWARD VIII -after his abdication Duke of Windsor) Duke of York ALBERT FREDERICK GEORGE (LATER GEORGE VI) and Duke of Gloucester (PRINCE HENRY). The desire of the Duke, as King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, to marry the then Wallis Simpson, an American divorc(c)e left him no choice but to abdicate. His brother, Prince Albert, Duke of York succeeded to the throne as King George VI, with his eldest daughter, Princess Elizabeth first in the line of succession, as the heir presumptive
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