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| - George Henry William Robert was born at Dumbarton Oaks, home of the heir to the throne of the United States in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. on December 19, 1919. He was the second son of Princess Matilda, daughter of King Henry III, and HRH William, Duke of Abercromby. Several weeks earlier, letters patent had been issued so that the young prince would enjoy a royal and princely status he would not otherwise have been entitled to. Otherwise he would have been styled merely as the child of a duke.
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| - George Henry William Robert was born at Dumbarton Oaks, home of the heir to the throne of the United States in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. on December 19, 1919. He was the second son of Princess Matilda, daughter of King Henry III, and HRH William, Duke of Abercromby. Several weeks earlier, letters patent had been issued so that the young prince would enjoy a royal and princely status he would not otherwise have been entitled to. Otherwise he would have been styled merely as the child of a duke. On August 1, 1923 when young George was only three, his mother became Queen of the United States when his grandfather, King Henry III died at the Royal Palace at St. Matthew's Square. As the second son of the new Queen, George did was not raised to become King. His older brother, Prince William, was the heir to the throne and was raised to eventually succeed his mother. The two young princes were educated at home, under the supervision of their mother and father. Their governess was Elizabeth Yates. He would go on to study History at Harvard before enlisting in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point where he was trained to become an office in the U.S. Army.
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