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Queen Alexandra and King Edward VII had six children. The blue columns show the lines of posterity as British sovereigns.  

Their first son, Albert Victor, the Crown Prince-to-be after his father, prince Edward, died already in 1892 - Queen Victoria was still alive ! - and their second son, Prince George, would now be the new Crown Prince of England. 

 King Edward was known to have continuous romantic affairs with various ladies. One of his more "steady" liaisons was the beautiful and lively Alice Edmonstone Keppel, who had a certain likeness with Queen Alexandra. It was in 1898 that she met the Prince of Wales and, within a matter of weeks, became his mistress. 

• Contemporary photograph of Mrs. Alice Keppel. 
  

• Great Britain 1995. Mrs. Alice Keppel with her daughter, Violet. photographed by Alice Hughes. Violet had a love affair with the British author Vita Sackville-West, while Vita and her husband, Harold  Nicolson, lived at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, south of London, and to avoid a scandal, it was arranged that Violet married Denys Trefusis. 

Note: a British stamp depicting the 20th century garden at Sissinghurst Castle was issued 1983 (SG 1223).

Before that he had married his late brother's fiancee, Princess  Mary of Teck, who eventually became Queen of England.

• Canada 1910. King George V, and Queen Mary. Scan by courtesy of Canadian Postal Archives. 

• Great Britain 1925. King George V British Empire Exhibition 1924-25.  

Queen Mary and King George V had six children,  the eldest of whom was the later Edward VIII, who abdicated in 1936 to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson. All Canadian Newfoundland were issued 1911, and are shown here by courtesy of Canadian Postal Archives. 

Edward VIII King of England 1894-1936	George VI King of England 1936-1952	Mary Princess Royal 1897-1965	Henry Duke of Gloucester 1900-1974	George Duke of Kent Rear Admiral 1902-1942	John Prince of England 1905-1919
1894-1972 Abdicated 1936 Duke of Windsor 1937 marr. W.Simpson 1896-1986	b. Prince Albert  1895 Duke of York Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 1900-2002 "Queen Mother"	1922 married to Henry George 6th Earl of Harewood 1882-1947	Field Marshal Governor of Australia 1935 married  Lady Alice Montagu- Douglas-Scott b. 1901	Killed in battle during WW II 1934 married to Marina Princess of Greece 1906-1968	Died at the age of 14

King Edward VIII became King of England in 1936, when he was 41 years old. Although he was known as "Prince Charming" to the British people, he had never found the woman, whom he would want to marry. His only and real love was the American lady, Mrs. Wallis Simpson, whom the British government would never accept as British Queen, because not only was she (twice!) divorced, she was also of Catholic faith ... 

Edward VIII was king of England only for 11 months, when he abdicated in order to marry Mrs. Simpson.   The couple was married in 1937 and retired to France, where they lived as the Duke and the Duchess of Windsor. The had no children.  Edward died in 1972, and the duchess in 1986.

• King Edward VIII and Mrs. Wallis Simpson. Photograph.

• Great Britain 1936. King Edward VIII. This is stamp # 1 in a set of four, the only ones from England depicting the king, who was sovereign only from 20th January 1936 - 11th December 1936, before the abdication. 

After King Edward VIII's "scandalous" abdication in 1936 with regard to marrying Mrs. Wallis Simpson, his brother, the Duke of York was the next in line to the British throne (see the light blue column). He assumed his duties as King George VI.  He was married to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, also known as the Queen Mother, 1900-2002. The below set of four stamps shows her through various stages of her life. Inserted in the center is her husband, King George VI. 

The below stamps show a full set of the Queen Mother (Queen Elizabeth) issued at the occasion of her 90th birthday, combined with the stamp issued 1937 at the occasion of the coronation of her husband, King George VI, as King of Great Britain. 

As  Queen Mother	As Queen Elizabeth	King George VI Queen Elizabeth	As Duchess  of York	As Lady Elizabeth

King George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon had two daughters, 
the later Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, and Princess Margaret Rose. 

Princess Margaret of Great Britain has never been depicted on stamps. Below is part of the set issued at the occasion of the Golden Wedding of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in 1997. There are two more stamps in the set of different face values -- 20p and 26p, respectively -- but otherwise absolutely similar. It is a nice set, showing the wedding photograph in b/w, and the golden wedding photograph in colours. 

Elizabeth II Princess of England born 1926		Margaret Rose Princess of England 1930 - 2002
1952 Queen of England 1947 married to  Philip, Prince of Greece Duke of Edinburgh,  born 1921 Son of Prince Andreas  of Greece and grandson of King George I of Greece		1960 married to Anthony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon 2 children divorced

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have four children  

Charles Prince of Wales b. 1948	Anne Princess of England b. 1950	Andrew Prince of England b. 1960	Edward Prince of England b. 1964
1981 married to Lady Diana Spencer 1960-1997 2 children Crown Prince  William, *1982 Harry, *1984	1973 married to Mark Phillips 2 children divorced	1986 married to Sarah Ferguson, also known as "Fergie"  2 children divorced	1999 married to Sophie Rhys-Jones

The royal couple had two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. In 2003, the eldest son, Prince William, crown prince to-be after his father, Prince Charles, turned 21, and this set of four stamps was issued. A good-looking young man, who has taken so much after his mother

• Great Britain 2003. Set of four stamps issued for Prince William's 21st birthday. 

The marriage between Prince Charles and Princess Diana was dissolved by divorce 12 years later. Late August 1997 Princess Diana was killed in a tragic car accident in Paris, and was buried at Westminster Abbey on 6th September 1997. Her friend through a long time, the musician Elton John, was asked to play the organ in the church at the funeral, and for the occasion he re-arranged a previous tune by himself "Candle in the Wind", performed as "Good-bye Rose of England".   

On 9th April 2005, Crown Prince Charles married his friend through many years, Mrs. Camilla Parker-Bowles, who at the same time acquired the official title of Duchess of Cornwall. 

Great Britain 2005. Souvenir sheet and first day cover commemorating the wedding.

Among the many attendants to the wedding that took place in the city of Windsor outside London, were Crown Prince Charles' two sons by the late Princess Diana, Crown Prince William, *1982, and Prince Harry, *1984.   The royal wedding was first set for 8th April 2004, but was postponed by one day, because of the funeral of the Pope John Paul II, that took place in Rome on the originally set wedding day. Note that the cover itself mentions the wedding day 9th April 2005, but the first day cancel the 8th April 2005. The text on the souvenir sheet is in both English and Welsh.

The ring is closed. Mrs. Camilla Parker-Bowles' great grandmother was Mrs. Alice Keppel, the mistress of King Edward VII. 

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