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| | English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - George V. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | George V, the son of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, was born on 3rd June, 1865 at his parents London home, Marlborough House. |
 | | On the death of his father in 1910, George succeeded to the throne, the new Queen, due to her shyness, often come across as rather unsmiling and austere, leading the couple to be referred to by the less reverential as 'George and the Dragon'. |
 | | George V died at Sandringham House in Norfolk, a place he was known to adore, on 20th January, 1936, of a bronchial illness. |
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