Images Dated 2nd August 2007

Ocean liner RMS Queen Mary, 20th century

Ocean liner RMS Queen Mary, 20th century. Docked in harbour. Built by John Brown & Co on Clydeside for the Cunard White Star Line, the 81, 000 ton Queen Mary was the largest ocean liner in the world when she was launched in 1934. Apart from an interlude as a troopship during World War II, she dominated the transatlantic route, together with her sister, the Queen Elizabeth, until she was retired from service in 1967. Since then she has been a hotel and tourist attraction moored at Long Beach, California

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King Edward VII, 20th Century.Artist: Rotary Photo

King Edward VII (1841-1910), late 19th century. Edward VII was King of Great Britain between 1901 and 1910. Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince of Wales, and has the distinction of having been heir apparent to the throne longer than anyone in English or British history. During the long widowhood of his mother, Queen Victoria, he was largely excluded from wielding any political power but came to represent the personification of the fashionable, leisured elite. Edward's reign saw the first official recognition of the office of the Prime Minister in 1905 and he was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was renamed by his son, George V, as the House of Windsor

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King George V (1865-1936), early 20th century.Artist: Rotary Photo

King George V (1865-1936), early 20th century. Admiral of the Fleet, our Sailor King'. George V was king of Great Britain from 1910 to 1936. In 1924 he appointed Ramsay MacDonald, Britain's first Labour Prime Minister, and in 1932 he introduced the idea of broadcasting a Christmas message to the people. He died of influenza on 20 January 1936 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward

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