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 Half-Sick of Shadows, Said the Lady of Shalott and lights Or when the moon was overhead Came two young lovers lately wed; 'I am half sick of shadows,' said </poem> This painting depicts yet an earlier point in the tale of the Lady of Shalott than that depicted by Waterhouse in his previous two works of 1888 and 1894. The Lady is still confined in her tower, weaving a tapestry, viewing the world outside only through reflections in the mirror behind her. In the painting, the mirror reveals a bridge over a river leading to the walls and towers of Camelot; also visible nearby are a man and