How do you think King George VI would have viewed his grandchildren?

[Westfield Bakery]

King George VI met Charles and Anne.

He never got to meet Andrew, David, Edward and Sarah.

Charles, Andrew and David are named after him.

How do you think he would have reacted to Andrew, Edward and David?

Do you think he would have doted on William and Harry, his great-grandsons?

 

[Curryong]

Goodness, he would have had to live a very long time to have seen William and Harry grow up. I’m sure he adored Charles and Anne.

However, George VI was quite a sick man by late 1951, when Anne was only a toddler and Charles was also very small. He would have loved them but whether he romped around with them as many grandfathers do is doubtful. He was having operations and medical procedures done in the last months of his life.

As for the grandchildren he never met I’m sure he would have adored them but his health would have had to improve.

 

[Friedrich Karl II]

George VI would had needed much better lifehabits and ratherly bit different personality. He never liked to be king which just stressed him and got him smoke more and more.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

I believe that King George VI would have been delighted in 1964 when each of his daughters had a baby: Prince Edward and Lady Sarah.

 

[Blog Real]

I think King George VI would have loved to meet all of his grandchildren.
The Queen Mother seemed to be very close to all of her grandchildren as well as her great-grandchildren.

 

[Biri]

I wonder whether King Charles III remembers his grandfather...

 

[Sister Morphine]

How do you think he would have viewed them? I'm sorry, but this is a silly question. Unless there was something wrong with him mentally, and there wasn't, I can't imagine he would have loved his other grandchildren any less than the two he actually got to meet.

 

[Denville]

Im sure he would, but if he had lived a lot longer, till they grew up, he might have had conflicts with them as grown people or teenagers. However, he would still have loved them

 

[Friedrich Karl II]

I wonder whether King Charles III remembers his grandfather...

Some very foggy memoirs at best I think. He wasn't much over three years when George VI died. But these things are bit hard to estimate since his memories might be confused with later things like photos and videotapes. Some people anyway remember quiet well even events of their early childhood but I think that being ratherly rare.

 

[Tirilschatz]

I can only speak of my own ability to remember things and the first I can really remember, funny enough also related with my own grandfather, is being in an airplane and running towards him. I was 2 years on that occasion and my first three vivid memories are from this trip. I know that it was not put into me as a memory since I remember what we ate and my mother did not, but my father verified it later.

So King Charles might remember short, blurry glimpses. It would be interesting to ask him this question.

 

[Prinsara]

I wonder whether King Charles III remembers his grandfather...

He does. He says the only memory he has of him is from his third birthday when the picture of the two of them was taken. So he does remember something.

 

[Durham]

If he'd lived to the same age as his father he would have died in 1966 & met all his grandchildren.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Regarding early memories I was reading the Duke of Kent's memoir earlier this year and he says in that that he can remember the birth of Alexandra who was born when he was just over 14 months old (9th October 1935 to 25th December 1936 was the age difference). I imagine that a massive event like the birth of a sibling could be remembered but who knows.

I know Anne has said she isn't sure if she actually remembers the coronation or whether she knows what happened due to all the film and photos she has seen.

 

[Toledo]

How do you think King George VI would have viewed his grandchildren?

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If we did a séance to summon his spirit, he would be scandalized from the antics of Princess Margaret, the Prince Charles/Diana/Camilla story, the Duke of York's scandals and, in present generation royals, I doubt he would be a fan of a certain podcast.

He was from a different generation, literally the Victorian Era. That said, he would be very proud of how his daughter Elizabeth has managed all of the above with dignity and extreme patience.

 

[Prinsara]

If we did a séance to summon his spirit, he would be scandalized from the antics of Princess Margaret, the Prince Charles/Diana/Camilla story, the Duke of York's scandals and, in present generation royals, I doubt he would be a fan of a certain podcast.

He was from a different generation, literally the Victorian Era. That said, he would be very proud of how his daughter Elizabeth has managed all of the above with dignity and extreme patience.

I think he would be very sad about Margaret, considering he loved her immensely and only wanted her to be happy, and many of the things she dealt with came from not having him in her life.

I think everything else would just remind him of scandals David and Georgie got into, or even his brother Harry or himself.

Victorian or not, most things are not that new.

 

[Leopoldine]

I'll go out on a limb and say that he might have been a more temperate mentor for then-Prince Charles than Lord M. or the DoE. IMO King George would have put that grandson in Eton.

He was conscientious with Elizabeth and he would have been a fine overseer of Charles's preparations for the future. Neither George VI or Charles were ever considered hard-charging confident men like Philip or Lord Mountbatten. Instead, they were/are thoughtful decent men whose reigns were/will be enhanced by good relationships with their supportive wives.

 

[Friedrich Karl II]

How do you think King George VI would have viewed his grandchildren?

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If we did a séance to summon his spirit, he would be scandalized from the antics of Princess Margaret, the Prince Charles/Diana/Camilla story, the Duke of York's scandals and, in present generation royals, I doubt he would be a fan of a certain podcast.

He was from a different generation, literally the Victorian Era. That said, he would be very proud of how his daughter Elizabeth has managed all of the above with dignity and extreme patience.

Ours society is different from 1950's one but not so much. He would be still able to overcome with several if not everything things what current royal family have. He probably would eventually accept Charles - Camilla case and even Harry - Meghan thing. He would be happy that his daughter has managed to deal things so well. Yes, he was born at end of Victorian era but lived long enough to see world wars, beginning of new world order, beginning of fall of British Empire and some changes on BRF. Some things would shock him but he would accept them quiet quickly.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

I'll go out on a limb and say that he might have been a more temperate mentor for then-Prince Charles than Lord M. or the DoE. IMO King George would have put that grandson in Eton.

He was conscientious with Elizabeth and he would have been a fine overseer of Charles's preparations for the future. Neither George VI or Charles were ever considered hard-charging confident men like Philip or Lord Mountbatten. Instead, they were/are thoughtful decent men whose reigns were/will be enhanced by good relationships with their supportive wives.

If King George VI would have put Prince Charles in Eton, would Prince Philip have disapproved?

 

[SirGyamfi1]

If King George VI would have put Prince Charles in Eton, would Prince Philip have disapproved?

Philip probably would have, but I doubt that he would have done anything if his father in law lived long enough

 

[SirGyamfi1]

Ours society is different from 1950's one but not so much. He would be still able to overcome with several if not everything things what current royal family have. He probably would eventually accept Charles - Camilla case and even Harry - Meghan thing. He would be happy that his daughter has managed to deal things so well. Yes, he was born at end of Victorian era but lived long enough to see world wars, beginning of new world order, beginning of fall of British Empire and some changes on BRF. Some things would shock him but he would accept them quiet quickly.

I don’t believe that he would have accepted any of those things at all. Royals of his days are nothing like the royals of today.

 

[Toledo]

If King George VI would have put Prince Charles in Eton, would Prince Philip have disapproved?

What's the difference between Eton and Sandhurst for royal princes to attend school?

 

[Prinsara]

What's the difference between Eton and Sandhurst for royal princes to attend school?

One is the poshest of boys' secondary schools, the other one is the post-secondary co-ed army officers' academy?

 

[Westfield Bakery]

I know George would have been proud of Arthur Chatto, his great-grandson.

Do you think he could have lived to year 1990?

How would he have reacted to Diana's death? Would he have shielded his great-grandsons?

 

[Westfield Bakery]

I think Peter would have been his favorite great-grandchild, since Anne was his first granddaughter.

 

[Friedrich Karl II]

I don’t believe that he would have accepted any of those things at all. Royals of his days are nothing like the royals of today.

Definitely he wouldn't say "Oh wow, cool! I love this!". He wouldn't agree everything but he surely can adapt society and accept some changes. Changes were already coming during his last years. Most people can adapt even suddenly changed conditions. I don't see reason why George VI wouldn't. He never would accept everything but I don't see reason why he would immediately go "No! No! No! I hate this all! Make me dead again!" mood. He wasn't stubborn idiot who thinks that nothing can change.

 

[Denville]

I know George would have been proud of Arthur Chatto, his great-grandson.

Do you think he could have lived to year 1990?

How would he have reacted to Diana's death? Would he have shielded his great-grandsons?

how on earth can anyone know how a man who was born in the 1890s react to modern life or to the death of Diana?

 

[Denville]

What's the difference between Eton and Sandhurst for royal princes to attend school?

Sandhurst is not a school, it is a training military academy.. like West Point.

 

[SirGyamfi1]

Definitely he wouldn't say "Oh wow, cool! I love this!". He wouldn't agree everything but he surely can adapt society and accept some changes. Changes were already coming during his last years. Most people can adapt even suddenly changed conditions. I don't see reason why George VI wouldn't. He never would accept everything but I don't see reason why he would immediately go "No! No! No! I hate this all! Make me dead again!" mood. He wasn't stubborn idiot who thinks that nothing can change.

Take QEQM she did not like certain changes, but in public she maintained her composure. My point is that just because someone from a different time lives long enough to periods of radical change doesn’t mean they would accept those changes. They can choose to be in denial or put on a brave face in public , but react differently in private.

 

[Denville]

Its just not possible to imagine people from a different time period reacting to life in the present. People are of their own time. Some may be more radical, others may be more conservative but you cant just put them in a different time period and guess how they would react.. Its true that for example The queen mother was probably very much out of touch with life in Britian in her later years, but she did not say anything in public about it.

 

[Sister Morphine]

how on earth can anyone know how a man who was born in the 1890s would react to modern life or to the death of Diana?

I don't know, but this thread is rather pointless. I mean, what next -- how would George VI react to the Internet? A female PM?