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
king dies. princess elizabeth is already the queen the moment her father dies thousands of miles away. they had to get the message to her before the news is announced on the radio. communications in 1952 are very, very difficult. the palace sends out a coded message to communicate. there is a problem. the code had to be deciphered and nobody had the code big. the palace thinks elizabeth will be told. the palace tells the world. they tell the world that elizabeth doesn t know. her private secretary is in the local town when he hears that the king has died. at this point, it is unconfirmed. she was in a room at the time. on the radio. they went in and took the radio out of the room.