twice-divorced american. i have found it impossible to discharge my duties as king without the help of the woman i love. can king george, the shy man with a stutter, mend a broken monarchy? his brother edward has not gone quietly into exile. and a looming war threatens global chaos. glory of a british coronation. nowhere in the world is there anything half so wonderful. it will be one of the days in history that schoolchildren will learn about. immediately before the coronation, it must have been momentous for george. this was a huge ceremony that had been prepared for his older brother. but it was he who was taking it all on. george s coronation occurred on the same day that it would have occurred for his brother edward. nothing was changed except the person doing it. here is somebody with a complete sense of inadequacy. he d always been the moon to his brother s sun. before he was king, george was living a relatively normal, free, under-the-radar life. happily m
phillip s proposal came as a nasty shock to the king and the queen. prince phillip would not have been their first choice. i mean, he was a foreign prince and had a lot of german connections. after the war, there is a great deal of anti-german sentiment in the royal household. the problem for phillip is that three of his sisters were married to nazis. and therefore, there is a great deal of suspicion around phillip. the king s private secretary thought that phillip was a rough, crude, coarse sailor who would probably be unfaithful, and he didn t trust him an inch. the king does consent to the marriage but on the condition that they postpone the announcement of the engagement until after the royal visit to south africa. the king hopes that a little bit of separation between elizabeth and philip will mean perhaps the love will cool a little. they go on this tour in 1947