George VI the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, J. H. Thomas. King George V had severe reservations about Prince Edward, saying "After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months" and "I pray God that my eldest son will never marry and that nothing will come between Bertie and Lilibet and the throne." On 20 January 1936, George V died and Edward ascended the throne as King Edward VIII. In the Vigil of the Princes, Prince Albert and his three brothers took a shift standing guard over their father's body as it lay in state, in a closed
I Am... I Said Am... I Said" was included on Diamond's November 1971 album "Stones". The single version leads off the LP, while a reprise of the song, taken from midway to a variant ending with Diamond exclaiming "I am!", concludes. It has also been included in live versions on Diamond's "Hot August Night" (from 1972, in a performance that "Rolling Stone" would later label "fantastically overwrought"). Checkmates, Ltd. released a version of the song on their 1971 album, "Life". Brooke White performed the song on "American Idol"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s seventh season during its Neil Diamond week, changing the lyric to replace New York City with