In 1925, Queen Alexandra, the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and widow of King Edward VII of Britain, died.
In 1902, Edward VII was crowned King of Great Britain and Ireland at Westminster Abbey.
Its foundation date, it reminds new members, also marked the 300th anniversary of Britain's Glorious Revolution of 1688, which saw an unpopular king overthrown.
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In 1923, the Duke of York -- Britain's future King George VI -- married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in Westminster Abbey.
Among other antics, he sent taunting telegrams to Britain's queen, declared himself king of Scotland, challenged the Tanzanian president to a boxing match, and staged a mock invasion of South Africa on an island in Lake Victoria.
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The Bank of England's governor, Mervyn King, said this week that Britain's economy is likely to stagnate for the foreseeable future (see article).
Their Cotswolds foundry, called Pangolin (after the scaled African anteater with a bronzy patina) has worked closely with some of Britain's leading sculptors and conceptual artists including Phillip King, Jon Buck, Ann Christopher, Damien Hirst and the late Angus Fairhurst.
The Great Britain team will consist of the same five riders who triumphed in King's Lynn, with Harris joined by Scott Nicholls, Lee Richardson, Simon Stead and Tai Woffinden, plus Danny King as cover.
Minutes of the last policy meeting of the Bank of England released Wednesday showed outgoing Gov. Mervyn King and two other members of the Monetary Policy Committee supported another cash infusion to revive Britain's ailing economy.
Britain placed it under the administration of the Emir Abdullah, grandfather of the present King Hussein of Jordan, as part of a bargain in which Abdullah pledged to suppress anti-Zionist activity directed at the Jewish settlements in the rump of Palestine lying west of the Jordan.
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The attacks sparked strong international condemnation, with US President Barack Obama expressing his condolences and offering support, while Britain's Queen Elizabeth also spoke of her shock and sadness in a letter to King Harald.
King's College Hospital surgeons used body fat to repair his temple in the first procedure of its kind in Britain.
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Reyahn King, Head of HLF West Midlands, described the building as of "international importance, reflecting a time when Britain led the way in engineering innovation".
In 1483, Britain's Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, was beheaded at Salisbury for his rebellion against King Richard III.
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