You know the king in the kings speech ? Was he the queens dad ?

[Lardlizard]

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Yes. Confusingly he was called Albert hence Bertie but ruled as George VI

Seriously?

Obviously. Hence princesses Elizabeth and Margaret being his daughters...

Is Google broken today?

I though so but thanks for clarifying

Yes. Confusingly he was called Albert hence Bertie but ruled as George VI

Wonder why he was called Albert and George then
I can get Bertie as a nn for Albert

He was Albert Edward George or something like that

He wasn't meant to be king as he was the second child.
His brother abdicated so he could marry Wallis Simpson, a divorcee.

I don't actually know why he was King George. He was never supposed to be king so maybe King Albert just wasn't fancy enough?

George was one of his middle names.

He became George VI to, allegedly restore faith in the Monarchy after his brothers abdication, to follow on frim his dad.

Wonder why he was called Albert and George then
It's common for royals to take on one of their middle name as their monarch name when they're crowned.

Albert is a very Germanic name. It probably wasn’t a good idea to have a German sounding name for the King when WW2 was looming in the last 1930s..... George is a much more English name and also his father was George V

Ok thanks that makes sense to me now

I believe it was common for monarchs to take on a Reginal name that wasn’t necessarily the name they used say-to-day, but the Queen decided not to. My knowledge is entirely from a vague memory of watching The Crown though

Queen Victoria's first name was Alexandrina.

The royal family do quite a lot of being called one name and using another.

Regnal names are usually chosen so as to have positive associations or at least no negative ones. I think it is thought that Prince Charles is not likely to be King Charles because of his predecessors of that name.

Is he the King George all the playing fields are named after, and why?

Why did you start a thread to ask a question that Google could have answered into seconds?

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@wowfudge

Regnal names are usually chosen so as to have positive associations or at least no negative ones. I think it is thought that Prince Charles is not likely to be King Charles because of his predecessors of that name.

It's funny though, because as soon as he was born, the Queen knew that he would be her heir and would remain so, barring something unfortunate happening. She must have known that the name Charles had connotations.

He was the king during WWII and was very well-regarded generally. Buckingham Palace got bomb damaged and he and the Queen, the Queen Mother, visited bombed communities in order to help boost morale, etc. Lots of planned re-building work took place after the war which is probably why things were named after him.

Whenever I look at that - it's Princess Margaret who is played by the actress who plays Karen in Outnumbered - Ramona Marquez.

I love that film - and how powerfully it shows the impact of a speech impediment.

You can hear the actual speech he made at the end on YouTube