Edward VII dies, George V takes throne
May 6, 1910
The genial king whose diplomacy had helped knit together the anti-German alliance slipped away at Buckingham Palace. Nine sovereigns rode in his funeral procession, the last great gathering of Europe's royal cousinhood. Within four years most of them would be at war with each other, and three would lose their thrones forever.
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