George VI: Reluctant But Rightful (2024) | Full Documentary
George VI: Reluctant But Rightful (2024) | Full Documentary
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He came into power when the crown was in a time of crisis, and fought hard to gain popularity with his public. Through the chaos of war and the founding of the Commonwealth of Nations, King George VI became a figure of hope and stability for…
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Yes at first he was reluctant. But time proves that he did his job very well. And his quality paseed to his daughter, QE2.
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Wallace Simpson saved the world from Hitler's domination of all Europe and Russia. If Wallace had not kept Edward close, more out of possesiveness than love, Edward would not have given up the throne for her and would be king at the outbreak of WW2. After the fall of France, there was huge pressure on Churchill, who was determined to fight on, to make peace with Hitler. Churchill was on the verge of giving in to starting negotiations when George the VI gave him the support he needed to carry on hostilities until the US could get in to help. Had Edward still been king, it is almost certain that Churchill would have been forced sign a peace treaty to allow Hitler to continue dominating Europe with no interference from GB. Hitler, now having a Hitler-supporting British king on the throne and not needing to guard himself from the West, would be much more likely to achieve victory over Russia. With the all the natural resources he would then control, he would be a fearsome power in the world. The US, even if still inclined to wage war on the Third Reich, would have no bases from which to mount an attack for a thousand miles and the US would be forced to concentrate on its Japan/Pacific war exclusively. Had Wallace Simpson not kept Edward on her charm bracelet, the Third Reich might still be in existence and and a geat power with advanced rocketry (no captured German scientists). It is also plausible that Germany, undisturbed by attacks from the US and GB, could have developed his own atomic bomb. Once the US got 'the bomb', would they use it to attack the Third Reich five years after Hitler had already won and established his control over every land from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Mediterranean?
Really? These writers come up with such insane comments. In all the years I’ve read about the abdication never once had I heard Ms. Bowes Lyons was interested in the Prince of Wales. Please stick to the facts!!!
So a couple of weeks after the end of WWII King George VI orders the Cheshire Regiment to move his German relatives furniture out of their castle to a safer place in what would become West Germany. What's up with that I hear you ask?
Well nothing really, except the fact that two of his relatives who the furniture belonged to were serving Nazi SS officers.
I think relatives of dead British servicemen who fought the Nazi's might have something to say, don't you?
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One thing I forgot to say is about George VI’s stammer. In this there is no mention of the fact that as a child Bertie was naturally left handed. However, he was forced to learn to write with his right hand. It was quite common in his youth for that to happen. Left handedness was treated as a problem to be corrected, not something you got on with. Many children who were forced to write with their right hand whilst being naturally left handed went on to develop a stammer.
Just a couple of points before I say anything else. George V didn’t really die suddenly. He’d been unwell for a very long time. His final illness was thought to be a cold at first, but it was soon realised that it was far more serious. The circumstances surrounding his death are very controversial. As for the bit about The King’s Speech, whoever put this documentary together obviously didn’t do their research. They’ve obviously focused on the film, which is excellent but not strictly accurate. The books are well worth reading. Lionel Logue NEVER called George VI Bertie, not ever. The King called Lionel Logue ‘Logue’ and the King was always either ‘Sir’ or ‘Your Majesty’. He was never, ever ‘Bertie’, a name reserved for family and friends. Logue and the King got to know each other well, but Logue never forgot his manners or who his patient was. Moving on, when you dig into the abdication, it soon becomes clear that really Edward VIII was deposed. He abdicated, but he was put under huge pressure from the Establishment to do so. That’s not to say it was the wrong thing to do because it wasn’t. Those who pushed Edward VIII off the throne were on the right side of history, and we know it now. I just wonder how those supporters amongst the public of 1936 would feel if they’d known of Edward’s political affiliations that would soon become clear just a few years after the abdication. I don’t believe for a moment, as some do, that Edward’s Nazi support was simple naivety. There is evidence that shows Edward was quite prepared to see Britain bombed into submission during the war, and prepared to see his own brother murdered, because he believed Hitler would put him back on the throne and he’d make Wallis his Queen. Edward was essentially a weak and selfish fool and the country was better off without him. George VI might have been seen as dull compared to his flashy elder brother, but when the possibility of abdication came up he said immediately that he would be prepared to take the throne, even though he knew it terrified him. That’s not a dull man, it’s a very brave and decent man. He became a symbol of this country’s steadfastness during the war years and he, alongside his Queen, the future Queen Mother, brought up two daughters, one of whom, Elizabeth, became the greatest monarch this country has ever had. The tragedy of George VI is that he died far too young. I haven’t got there yet in the documentary, but I will just say he died from a pulmonary thrombosis. He did have lung cancer, which he wasn’t aware of, indeed he’d had part of a lung removed, but the cancer didn’t kill him in the end, though it would have done eventually. It wasn’t unusual to not tell people they were dying in those days. It was quite usual to tell a family member, a husband or a wife for example, but the patient was often not told. The belief was that if the patient knew they were dying, they would give up. Nowadays it’s not unusual to tell people everything, but even now some people choose to not know.
My name is Arthur George III I think my great grandmother was enamored with King George.
And by the way, even in my childhood in the 1960s, divorce was considered scandalous.
Lionel Logue, an Aussie, definitely helped Bertie get past his stammer.
It’s forgotten that, despite missing a visit to Australia as King due to his sudden death, he came to Australia twice.
I think he was better looking than pudgy Edward.
Being the King literally killed him. He was only 58 years when he died. The smoking and the stress destroyed him. And his father, George V was NOT a supportive parent.
George VI is one of my favorite British kings!
UK dodged a bullet with Edward VIII abdicating !!!
King George VI is my favourite royal. I admire his dedication and commitment to the throne.
And with his abdication another roadblock to the drunken warmonger Churchill was cleared. With it the end of the Empire was assured.
Thank you! Well done!
Repetitious & poorly edited program. However, this man was truly remarkable. How many came to admire George VI after watching his excellent portrayals by Colin Firth in the The King's Speech and Jared Harris in The Crown? The right man in the right place at the right time: WW2.
Our special generation.
Edward and Wallis never looked like they were happy with one another.
No one gave a hoot over his opinion of the war …and NO AMERICAN ever ask it.
Would have been good if you had spent less time on idiot brother and all on George IV.
Rural Village scenes.
R.I.P George VI.
Selflessly wore himself out for the sake of the nation
I wish he had also been King of the USA. The Brits have the best form of government on earth. What great leadership the UK had during WW2…King George Vl and Winston Churchill–Wow. You know Hitler had to be worried about fighting that powerhouse dynamic duo!
George V did not 'die suddenly' – he had been ill for some time.
The problem with this is that the narration is repetitive. Someone should have sensitive to this. The first four minutes and 30 seconds was the most repetitive…essentially the same set of statements over and over. But the rest of it is windy as well.
A united Ireland now!
George V, Wilhelm II, and Tsar Nicolas looked similar to each other. They were related through one or two of the following: Victoria's line, a German and a Danish line.
Good documentaries, but background music is way too loud!
I don't see how it was thought Edward was more attractive than Bertie. Bertie was so much more.
Coup D'état