Colorized photo of King George VI (1895 – 1952)

The king of the British Empire during WWII, King George VI (14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) who ascended the throne upon the abdication of King Edward VIII on 11 December 1936.and was succeeded by her daughter who became Queen Elizabeth II upon his death from coronary thrombosis after a struggle from lung cancer.  Colorized from a Photo by Yousuf Karsh with liberties on the background. "Bertie" as he was called by friends, was recently portrayed by Sir Colin Firth as the stuttering king in "The King's Speech."  Not a close resemblance though, but his performance merited an Oscar for best actor.

Czar Nicholas II & Czarina Alexandra of the Russian Empire in a 1903 photo colorized by Alex Lim

The Czar and Czarina dressed as Czar Alexei I and Czarina Maria Miloslavskaya, taken in 1903 during a grand New Year's costume ball at St. Petersburg Winter's Palace with jewel-studded regallia that can buy am upscale house and lot in New York these days.

Edward VIII (1894 – 1972) Prince of Wales by Olive Edis Galsworthy, ca 1920

Edward VIII (1894 – 1972) was King of the UK and Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December the same year. He gave up his throne to be just a Duke for the love of a divorced American woman Wallis Simpson. Colorized from a photo by Olive Edis (1876 - 1955), Britain's first woman war photographer noted for her portraits of people from the ordinary to royalty and her WWI photos.