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...King went shooting among the oak trees and bramble thickets of the royal estate at Sandringham in Norfolk. Bareheaded and cheerful in the wintry sunshine, the King shot 50 hares, brought down a pigeon with a fine 100-ft. wing shot. That afternoon, pulling off his boots, George VI said contentedly to his shooting companions: "It's been a very good day's sport, gentlemen. I will expect you here at 9 o'clock on Thursday." Footman Daniel Long, who took a cup of cocoa to the King at 11 p.m. and found him in bed reading...
Early next day, a servant brought the King's morning cup of tea. The tea was never drunk: a blood clot had stilled George VI's valiant heart as he slept (see MEDICINE...
...constitutional monarchy of Britain had long since been bereft of power; Edward's abdication seriously diminished its authority and prestige. George VI spent most of his reign re-establishing them. Approving the man, the people gradually recovered their reverence for his office...
...looking as weary as any other man of 50 who had lived through those years, George VI stood on the balcony of Buckingham Palace and heard his people sing with full and grateful hearts...
...Church of Scotland, which makes her an Anglican south of the Tweed, and a Presbyterian north of it. She is guardian of infants, idiots and lunatics (the Lord Chancellor actually does this job). If a condemned murderer should be pardoned, the Home Secretary will tell her so (George VI conscientiously read up on capital cases, but often discussed the case afterwards with the Home Secretary...