Previous king: Edward VIII (brother) Reigned: 1936-1952 Next king: Elizabeth II (daughter)
George VI married Elizabeth (see left) in 1923. There was a suggestion that the ceremony was broadcast on radio by the BBC, but the Archbishop of Canterbury said not because "men in public houses may listen to the ceremony with their hats on". After George died, and Elizabeth II became queen, George's wife was known as Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, as otherwise there would have been two Queen Elizabeths.
The main event of the reign of George VI was World War II. George and Elizabeth stayed in England, throughout the war. They were in Buckingham Palace when it was hit by a bomb during the London Blitz (see right) when German bombers destroyed a lot of London.