The Story of King George V's 6 Children is CRUELER Than You Think

Edward was born in June 1894, and from that moment the machinery around him never stopped. Great-grandson of Queen Victoria, grandson of the future Edward VII, son of the future George V — three living heirs ahead of him in the queue, and every one of them treated his existence as proof that the line was safe. He was charming from childhood. That charm became a national asset and, in the end, a national problem.