Word: grandmama
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the little prince was born, in 1865, his grandmama Victoria wanted his first name to be Frederick, but she gave in to his parents' preference for George Frederick Ernest Albert. "If the dear child grows up good and wise," wrote Queen Victoria, "I shall not mind what his name...
...equally protective barrier of royal protocol. In his new biography, Harold Nicolson looks behind beard and protocol to reveal a sovereign who took an active part in the making of history and a man who worked at the job of being King with all the conscientiousness his grandmama could have wished. Nicolson's biography is an authorized one, and his charter has restricted him to the official side of the King's life. But his success in extracting pure gold from the dull metal of constitutional politics amounts to literary alchemy. His book is both the story...
Advice from Grandmama. George lived half his life in the shadow of his imperial grandmother; he was 35 when she died in 1901. He did not start his training for kingship until his elder brother's death in 1892 made him heir apparent. But Queen Victoria kept a careful eye on him, supervised the planning of his education, his choice of a career (the Royal Navy), wrote him Polonius-like advice: "Beware of flatterers, too great love of amusement, of races & betting & playing high...