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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : George V of the United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | The monarchies of Germany, Austria, Spain, and Greece also fell to revolution and war, although the last was restored again shortly before George's death. |
 | | At the King's lying in state in Westminster Hall, his four surviving sons, King Edward VIII, the Duke of York, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent, mounted the guard at the catafalque on the night of January 28th, the day before the funeral as a mark of respect to their father. |
 | | At George's funeral procession, as the funeral cortege turned into New Palace Yard, the Maltese Cross fell from the Crown and landed in the gutter. |
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