And the boycott didn’t stop there: she was also behind the refusal to award Wallis the title of Her Royal Highness even though it should have been hers by law. And she was also responsible for their forced exile to France ibid.
The Queen’s new role as a dazzling diplomat had been noticed in Germany. Hitler dismissed the new king as a weakling but he had no doubts about the strength of his wife. ibid.
In June 1939 they were dispatched to America. Their mission: to use their diplomatic skills to help gain American support in the ever more likely event of war. ibid.
The public, like Queen Elizabeth, had been kept in the dark about the King’s cancer, so they too were left reeling by the news of his sudden death. ibid.
Spring 1937: Albert Windsor, known as Bertie, is woken by the sound of a military band practising for his coronation. He is about to be crowned King George VI, a role he never wanted. His elder brother chose to give up the throne to marry a twice-divorced American. Can King George, the shy man with a stutter, mend a broken monarchy? The Windsors: Inside the Royal Dynasty aka Succession II
15th February 1952: the funeral of George VI. The King had died in his sleep at the age of fifty-six. The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, BBC 2013