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Is it possible that my people live in such awful conditions? I tell you, Mr Wheatley, that if I had to live in conditions like that I would be a revolutionary myself.

George V

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George V
Age: 70 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 3
Died: 1936
Died: January 20
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