Death of King George VI in photos
THE Death of King George VI was not on twitter. Rolling news had not yet been invented, nor deemed necessary. Its birth can be traced back to the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The news business was different back then. Look at the captions: “Serious faces on lunch time crowds at Ludgate Circus as they read the morning papers, reflect the tragic news of the death of King George VI” and “His face reflecting the grief of the nation at the King’s death, Prime Minister Winston Churchill leaves St. James’ Palace, London, after attending the Privy Council meeting, automatically summoned on the death of the Sovereign and known as the Accession Council.” Reference in a sensation-proof silken mitt…
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These four men, pictured as they talked to a policeman at the St. Stephen's entrance of the Houses of Parliament at 10.15 will be the first to file past the catafalque when the public are admitted to the lying in state of King George VI in Westminster Hall at 8 a.m. tomorrow. The men, who are to wait all night, are (right to left): Mr. A. Pugh, 48, of Birkenhead, who was first on the spot - he began his wait at 6.45 p.m., Mr. Dennis Andrews, 26, of Forest hill, London, who arrived three quarters of an hour after Mr. Pugh, Mr. James Wylde, 66, of Holborn, London, who filed past the coffin of King George V in 1936, and Mr. A. Sherwood of Lambeth, London.
Posted: 25th, February 2012 | In: Royal Family Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
