The Princess of Wales, later Queen Mary, with her two eldest sons, Prince Edward of Wales, and Prince Albert of Wales.
I love this picture where Queen Mary's hand is on both David and Bertie's shoulders. I’ve seen just a couple of pictures of her doing that with Bertie, in most part of the pictures she’s doing that just with Edward. I’m very happy I found this because both Mary and George V are always portrayed as terrible parents, and I'm not saying they were perfect but certainly compared to other parents of their time they weren't so bad.
Is it true that George forced his daughter to marry Henry Lascelles?
Nope! Princess Mary’s own account of the engagement disproves this myth. She was very excited to marry him, and when he proposed she rushed to her mother’s rooms and had her mother who was lounging in a kimono (a popular dressing gown style at the time) to IMMEDIATELY get up to go with her to ask Papa for his approval. Queen Mary would later add that she was concerned over what the staff would think of her walking around in a dressing gown, and George added that himself was a little shocked when his daughter and wife, wearing her kimono, randomly busted into his office.
Fiction meets reality: “His grandmother had been friendly with the Queen’s aunt.. his father was a RAF pilot who’d flown with Prince Philip.” - Carole Middleton talking about her husband Michael’s father Captain Peter Middleton and grandmother Olive Middleton (neé Lupton) in The Crown.
The King’s death is a cruel and sad blow to us all but the knowledge that thousands, even millions, are sharing our sorrow is a great comfort - For his sake one is so thankful he had those last few happy weeks in his beloved Sandringham.
Princess Mary, letter to Lord Middleton // 29 March 1952