Prince George as Prince George, The Duke of Kent or Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, The Duke of York?
Prince George as Prince George, The Duke of Kent or Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, The Duke of York?
Prince George as Prince George, The Duke of Kent or Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, The Duke of York?
George V: The Tyrant King, which airs [...] on Channel 5, explores the life of the monarch grandson of Queen Victoria, who was known as cruel and demanding in private circles, despite his pleasant image to the public.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8650635/Queen-grandfather-King-George-V-EUTHANISED.html
I don't click DF links but I wonder if it will do anything for the puzzle.
Many if not most people are one thing in public and something else in private but why Georgie – who was raised with almost too much affection and pretty much considered a very nice fellow by scores of his cousins – ended up wanting to make his own family so miserable is a real question. (I don't think his wife was miserable or would have ever said she was, but he was not exactly an easy person to live with.)
Did he hate having the throne fall on him that much?
Documentary about George V.
What network is that? I would love to see it. I did a search for it on my TIVO but could not find anything.
I think that he accepted being heir to the throne. His brother's death put him in the heir apparent position but that happened when his grandmother was queen and his father was ahead of him in the succession, so he had ample time to adjust and I don't recall any stories about him resenting being heir apparent. Again it was his brother's death that put him in that position so there may have been ambivalence in that respect but he had several years to adjust and accept.I don't click DF links but I wonder if it will do anything for the puzzle.
Many if not most people are one thing in public and something else in private but why Georgie – who was raised with almost too much affection and pretty much considered a very nice fellow by scores of his cousins – ended up wanting to make his own family so miserable is a real question. (I don't think his wife was miserable or would have ever said she was, but he was not exactly an easy person to live with.)
Did he hate having the throne fall on him that much?
It is on Channel 5 a British channel.What network is that? I would love to see it. I did a search for it on my TIVO but could not find anything.
It's on Channel 5 and available online on its official website for UK viewers. I did tried create an account and attempt to watch another documentary, but it's not available in Australia.
https://www.channel5.com/show/george-v-the-tyrant-king/
I might just have to wait until someone posted on DailyMotion, whether appropriate or not
Possibly, especially with rise in tension in the political landscape. In his Wikipedia page, under the National Politics sub-heading, it mentioned firstly, "George inherited the throne at a politically turbulent time", This includes the House of Lords keep blocking the Liberal Prime Minister's (H.H. Asquith) bill, the General Strike in 1926. The wikipedia page also mentioned that "George V's reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the political landscape of the British Empire".
The First World War significantly changed the image of the British Royal Family. For example, the royal house name was changed from House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the House of Windsor. George V's relationship with his foreign cousins definitely has altered even beyond recognition.
He also saw his first cousin's empire fell, Wilhelm II of Germany and Nicolas II of Russia, as well as abolishment of monarchies across Europe, many of whom are his relative.
When Edward VII died, George V wrote in his diary:
"I have lost my best friend and the best of fathers ... I never had a [cross] word with him in my life. I am heart-broken and overwhelmed with grief but God will help me in my responsibilities and darling May will be my comfort as she has always been. May God give me strength and guidance in the heavy task which has fallen on me"
I don't think his wife lived in misery when spending times with him, based on his diary entry. I do think that he missed his father (Edward VII) so much that he wants to set himself high standard to somehow please Edward VII or even his grandmother Queen Victoria. And by doing so, he started imposing this high expectation on his family including his children.
I won’t comment on everything that you wrote, but, on the Tsar’s issue, I don’t think it is fair to put all the blame on George V.
While I agree that George V may not have been personallly in favor of granting asylum to the Tsar’s family, I am pretty sure the ultimate decision lay with the British government. After all, we are talking about 1917, not 1517, and George V was a constitutional monarch.
Furthermore, there is a practical question. Even if the Brits had agreed to receive the Tsar, how feasible would it have been to extract the family from Russia ? I would say that, after a certain point of no return, they were practically out of reach.
Yes the decision did lie wholly with the government. There was nothing the king could do either way other than make his opinion known. The Tsar was not a popular figure in Britain. Lloyd George was a radical Liberal not naturally sympathetic to an autocrat. I don't suppose anyone suspected what the fate of the Tsar's family was going to be.
George was not keen ot have Nicky and the family in the UK.. because he feared it mgiht impact on his throne..If the decision was by the government, then I do think that George V was upset/angry with advisors for not letting him know the details of events (for the worst to come). But then again, Lloyd George was a staunch liberal and against autocracy, so it is possible that George V himself was dreading that the British government would not rescue the Tsar's family.
George was not keen ot have Nicky and the family in the UK.. because he feared it mgiht impact on his throne..
I guess he faced a massive conundrum on saving his maternal cousin's family and the impact on the future of his throne/British monarchy, which I think we could agree on.
I guess he faced a massive conundrum on saving his maternal cousin's family and the impact on the future of his throne/British monarchy, which I think we could agree on.
If he coudl have saved Nicky's life, he would have done so, but it wasn't easy.. when the Imperial family were under the guard of the Reds in Siberia.. and the question was also what would happen to the Romanovs if they were got out. George knew the British public didn't want them in England, and so he wasn't willing to host them...
The question of exile in the UK was proposed well before they were imprisoned in Siberia. The suggestion was made around the time he was forced to abdicate in 1917. There was the suggestion that they could be exiled to a neutral country not the UK. Something could have been worked out without threatening George's throne, but instead asylum offer was withdrawn.
Other members including the dowager empress settled in the UK, though she eventually headed home to Denmark.
When did the Dowager Empress leave Russia in terms of timeline? Was the Tsar perhaps reticent about leaving the country in the early days of the revolution?
George V is also quoted as saying "My father was afraid of his mother. I was afraid of my father. And I'll be d#$$%d sure my children are afraid of me." And this from Queen Mary: "I never forget that their father is also their King." Just a whole 'nother time...When Edward VII died, George V wrote in his diary:
"I have lost my best friend and the best of fathers ... I never had a [cross] word with him in my life. I am heart-broken and overwhelmed with grief but God will help me in my responsibilities and darling May will be my comfort as she has always been. May God give me strength and guidance in the heavy task which has fallen on me"
I don't think his wife lived in misery when spending times with him, based on his diary entry. I do think that he missed his father (Edward VII) so much that he wants to set himself high standard to somehow please Edward VII or even his grandmother Queen Victoria. And by doing so, he started imposing this high expectation on his family including his children.