George VI

noun

1. 1895–1952, king of England 1936–1952 (second son of George V; brother of Edward VIII).

George VI

noun

1. 1895–1952, king of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1936–52) and emperor of India (1936–47). The second son of George V, he succeeded to the throne after the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII

Example Sentences

His son, Jack Morgan, was close friends with King George VI, the father to the late Queen Elizabeth II and grandfather to Charles, as Dimon recounted.

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At the time of the gift, Elizabeth's parents were the Duke and Duchess of York, before her father ascended to the throne as George VI, following his brother Edward VIII's abdication.

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The King, wearing a field marshal's uniform, laid a wreath that is the same as the wreaths once placed here by his grandfather George VI, with 41 paper poppies on an arrangement of black leaves.

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He started by reflecting on the moment 80 years ago that his grandfather, King George VI, announced to the nation and Commonwealth that the war was over.

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A telegram from King George VI was read aloud:

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