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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. hap ....
so a lot is riding on this visit. this really is george s moment to prove, not just to america and to britain, but also to himself, that he can be every bit as wonderful as edward. the president and mrs. roosevelt found the king and queen warm and, if anything, regular people, almost immediately. elizabeth is central to the success of this tour. she makes people feel comfortable. and everyone falls in love with her. these have been tremendously strenuous days for the king and queen. but there is a short rest from their public engagements when they get to stay at hyde park, the country home of president roosevelt s mother on the king and queen s last day, they have a picnic luncheon with the roosevelts that features hotdogs as symbolic food of the common man. ....