Queen Elizabeth Had to Scramble for a Mourning Dress after the Sudden Death of Her Father, King George VI
Queen Elizabeth arriving in the UK from Kenya after the death of King George VI.Photo: Smith Archive / Alamy Stock Photo In almost 70 years of her reign,Queen Elizabethhas managed to avoid a single style mishap — but that very nearly wasn’t the case. After the sudden death of her father King George VI on February 6, 1952, while the then-Princess Elizabeth andPrince Philipwere on a break from their Commonwealth tour in Kenya, the new Queen had to rush back to the U....