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| image = King George VI LOC matpc.14736 (cleaned).jpg
| caption = Formal photograph, {{circa|lk=no|1940–1946}}
| alt = George VI in the uniform of a field marshal
| succession = [[King of the United Kingdom]]<br />and the [[British Dominions]]
| moretext = ([[Style of the British sovereign#Styles of British sovereigns|more...]])
| reign = 11 December 1936 – {{nowrap|6 February 1952}}
| coronation = 12 May 1937
| cor-type = [[Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth|Coronation]]
| predecessor = [[Edward VIII]]
| successor = [[Elizabeth II]]
| succession1 = [[Emperor of India]]
| reign1 = 11 December 1936 – {{nowrap|15 August 1947}}
| predecessor1 = [[Edward VIII]]
| successor1 = ''Position abolished''{{efn|George VI continued as titular Emperor of India until 22 June 1948.}}
| birth_name = Prince Albert of York
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1895|12|14}}
| birth_place = [[York Cottage]], [[Sandringham, Norfolk]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1952|02|06|1895|12|14}}
| death_place = [[Sandringham House]], Norfolk
| burial_date = 15 February 1952
| burial_place = Royal Vault, [[St George's Chapel]]; <br /> 26 March 1969 <br /> King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]|26 April 1923}}
| issue = {{plainlist|
* [[Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom]]
* [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon]]}}
| issue-link = #Issue
| house = {{plainlist|
* [[House of Windsor|Windsor]] (from 1917)
* [[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (until 1917)}}
| full name = Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor
| father = [[George V]]
| mother = [[Mary of Teck]]
| signature =
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| branch = {{plainlist|
* {{navy|United Kingdom}}
* {{air force|United Kingdom}}
}}
| serviceyears = 1913–1919 (active service)
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| battles = {{tree list}}
* [[World War I]]
**[[Battle of Jutland]]{{tree list/end}}
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}}
'''George VI''' (14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was born '''Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor'''.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26689 |date=14 December 1895 |page=7267}}</ref> He was the [[British monarchs|king]] of the [[United Kingdom]] from 11 December 1936 until he died on 6 February 1952. He became king when his older brother, [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Edward VIII]], [[Abdication|abdicated]] in 1936 to marry [[Wallis Simpson]]. George was married to [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]] from April 1923 until his death.

He was succeeded as monarch by his elder daughter, [[Elizabeth II|Elizabeth]].

George had a speech problem, a [[stutter]].<ref name="sh">{{cite web |url=http://www.stutteringhelp.org/default.aspx?tabindex=822&tabid=835 |title=Stuttering and the King's Speech |website=Stutteringhelp.org |year=2011 |orig-year=last update |accessdate=30 April 2011 |archive-date=14 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314015833/http://www.stutteringhelp.org/default.aspx?tabindex=822&tabid=835 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This made it very difficult for him to carry out many of the public duties of a king which required him to make speeches. He was treated by an Australian [[speech and language therapist]] called [[Lionel Logue]].<ref name=sh/> The story of this part of George's life was made into a [[movie]] in 2010 called ''[[The King's Speech]]''.<ref name=sh/> [[Colin Firth]] played the role of George, and [[Geoffrey Rush]] played the role of Logue.

George became a very popular king throughout the [[British Empire]]. He won admiration during [[World War II]] (1939{{ndash}}1945), in which he stayed at [[Buckingham Palace]] during the most intense months of [[the Blitz]]. The Palace was bombed more than twice but he still remained, becoming a symbol of resistance and "[[fighting]] [[wikt:spirit|spirit]]". He enjoyed a close working relationship with his wartime Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]], inviting him to join the [[British royal family|Royal Family]] on [[Victory in Europe Day]] (1945) to celebrate the defeat of the [[Nazi]]s.

After World World II ended, his health began to decline which meant he couldn’t do many duties as king so Princess Elizabeth took them on in his place. A heavy smoker, George died of [[lung cancer]] and was given a [[state funeral]]. He was 56 years old.

==British Prime Ministers==
* [[Stanley Baldwin]] (1935–1937)
* [[Neville Chamberlain]] (1937–1940)
* [[Winston Churchill]] (first term, 1940–1945)
* [[Clement Attlee]] (1945–1951)
* Winston Churchill (second term, 1951–1952)

== Family ==
George VI was the son of [[King George V]] and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]]. He was the younger brother of [[Edward VIII]], who gave up the throne to marry an American divorced woman, [[Wallis Simpson]]. In April 1923, George married his beloved wife Elizabeth, who later became known as [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]]. They had two children, [[Princess]]es Elizabeth (later [[Elizabeth II]]) born in 1926 and [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Margaret]] (1930{{ndash}}2002).

== Death and funeral ==
George VI died on 6 February 1952.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39458 |date=6 February 1952 |page=757 }}</ref> Crowds began to gather in London in the early hours of the morning of the funeral. Thousands saw the event on [[television]]. Shortly after 9:00am, the [[funeral]] [[procession]] arrived at [[Westminster Hall]]. More than 300,000 people paid their respects to his body which [[Lying in state|lay in state]] for three days.

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