Old Photograph King George V St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the visit of King George V, on 19th of July 1911, to St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. George V, George Frederick Ernest Albert; born 3 June 1865, died 20 January 1936, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. He was the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and grandson of the then reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria. From the time of his birth, he was third in the line of succession behind his father and his own elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1891, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. On the death of his grandmother in 1901, George's father became King Emperor of the British Empire, and George was created Prince of Wales. He succeeded his father in 1910. He was the only Emperor of India to be present at his own Delhi Durbar.



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