George V: not so dull after all
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What Can We Say About George the Fifth?
He was a typical british country squire. He understood the crucial thing for a modern monarch, which is to be above ty politics. The fact that he was sensible and predictable made him popular with his people. But if we'd had a flamboyant court it would have been 'seriously difficult' in first world war.
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