#Mary of teck

[cesareeborgia]

↳ Historical Ladies Name: Mary/Marie/Maria

[behindthecrowns]

I think this photo was taken in 1934/1935, because King George V looked really tired and weak. I find it adorable that Queen Elizabeth in this photo as a child tries to imitate the solemn posture of her grandmother Queen Mary.

[artful-epoch]

Baby Prince William of Gloucester playing with the shoes of his grandmother Queen Mary, who has captioned the photos “William playing with my shoes!” (from Queen Mary’s Photograph Albums, edited by Christopher Warwick)

[darlinggeorgiedear]

George and Mary

“George never liked to leave his wife. Writing from York Cottage in 1923 he told her: ‘It is quite ridiculous how much I miss you here, the House seems altogether different, & I was very lonely last night.’ On a state visit to the King of the Belgians in 1922 he wrote in his diary: ‘May lives at one end of the Palace & I at the other, it is not very convenient.’ In the middle of the night May heard her bedroom door opening. She switched on the light and there, peering round the screen, was his ‘dear, sad little face’, having found his way to her rooms on his own in the dark from the other end of the palace.”(Ridley, Never a Dull Moment).

[fashionsfromhistory]

Evening Dress & Coat worn by Queen Mary of Teck

c.1930s

Fashion Museum Bath via Twitter

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

An interior of Westminster Abbey with King George V and Queen Mary both seated on thrones almost in profile to the left; both crowned and holding sceptres in both hands; King George V in a gold gown and Queen Mary in white gown; standing guests behind and seated spectators upper centre. Painted by Laurits Tuxen, 1912.

[tiny-librarian]

When Princess Margaret was born, her parents had wanted to name her Ann.

The then Duchess of York wrote to Queen Mary not long after her birth saying:

“I am very anxious to call her Ann Margaret, as I think that Ann of York sounds pretty, & Elizabeth & Ann go so well together. I wonder what you think? Lots of people have suggested Margaret, but it has no family links really on either side, & besides she will always be getting mixed up with Margaret the nurserymaid.”

It's unclear why George V disliked the name Ann, but he vetoed the idea, pushing for her to be named Margaret after Margaret of Scotland. In the end, the Duke and Duchess of York agreed to their wishes, and the baby would be named Margaret Rose.

It's often suspected that Elizabeth II named her only daughter, Princess Anne, in honour of this name her parents wanted to use for her younger sister.

[empress-alexandra]

Queen Mary of the United Kingdom, consort of Kind George V, when she was Princess of Wales, on the occasion of King Edward VII's coronation, 1902.

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Edward Hughes, Queen Mary (1867-1953) when Victoria Mary, Duchess of York (1895) (details)

via wikimedia commons

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

Very rare photo of a young Queen Mary at the beach

[romanovsonelastdance]

King George V with his wife, eldest son, and only daughter.

[behindthecrowns]

George wrote his first real love letter to May three months after their marriage, when she went to stay with her parents at White Lodge. Alone at YorkCottage, George wrote to his wife:

"I thought of you the whole time in the train coming here; i had no idea that i could miss you so much... I have said lots of nasty, stupid and rude things to you I know, half in anger and half in chaff, but I didn't mean them really, and I ask you to forgive me for having said them, I was always furios with myself the moment after i had said them... I wanted to say it to you often, but i couldn't but i feel i must write it to you. I also want to tell you how happy how very happy i am with you my own darling, at first i don't think we were, but we did not understand each other properly, but i assure you i am indeed intensely happy and i hate you to be out of my sight; i love you my darling with all my heart and soul, i can't say more than that."

-From Jane Ridley, "Never a Dull Moment"

[georgeandmary]

King George V and Queen Mary, circa 1928 (i think)

[darlinggeorgiedear]

Queen Mary with her granddaughter, Elizabeth II.

[missmarymaywindsor]

Extract from Queen Mary’s photo album showing Princess Mary with her infant son George Lascelles! And, of course, one with Grannie too!

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

9 Royal Mary’s of history - Reigning and Consorting: -> 1. Mary of Burgundy: Consort of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1457–1482). -> 2. Mary of Hungary (Mary of Habsburg): Queen consort of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (1505–1558). -> 3. Mary I of England: Reigned 1553–1558 (1516–1558). -> 4. Mary of Guise: Queen consort of James V of Scotland, regent for Mary, Queen of Scots (1515–1560). -> 5. Mary, Queen of Scots: Reigned 1542–1567 (1542–1587). -> 6. Mary II of England: Reigned 1689–1694 (1662–1694). -> 7. Mary of Modena: Queen consort of James II of England, regent for James Francis Edward Stuart (1658–1718). -> 8. Mary of Teck (Queen Mary): Consort of George V of UK, reigned 1910–1936 (1867–1953). -> 9. Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (Queen Mary): current Queen consort of Frederick X of Denmark since 14th January 2024 (1972-).