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Was queen elizabeth mother a queen4/13/2024 ![]() ![]() His wife became Queen Elizabeth and his first-born daughter became heir to the throne. George had already married Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923 and the pair had two children: Elizabeth II and Margaret Rose, aged 10 and six. ![]() The old law of rex nunquam moritur activated – the king never dies – and Edward’s little brother, Albert Frederick Arthur George, became King George VI. On 11 December 1936 he delivered a message to the country: “I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.” The wedding of Princess Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in 1947, with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth standing front right (Photo: AFP via Getty Images) He did so for love, as neither the Church of England or British public would back his marriage of American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Less than a year on, however, Edward VIII gave up the throne, becoming the only sovereign to voluntarily do so in British history. His older brother, Edward VIII, was heir to the throne before him and became king in 1936 upon his father’s death. ![]()
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