Yesterday’s Papers
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THE DEATH OF KING GEORGE V
The man who guided Britain through World War I was followed by a prince bent on abandoning convention
After a short illness, George V died on 20 January 1936. The following day, British Pathé described him as “more than a King, a father of a great family”. George had steered the country through the horrors of World War I; by the end of his reign, Europe was a very different place