Editing George V (section)

==Early life and education==
George was born on 3 June 1865, in [[Marlborough House]], London. He was the second son of [[Albert Edward, Prince of Wales]], and [[Alexandra, Princess of Wales]]. His father was the eldest son of [[Queen Victoria]] and [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Prince Albert]], and his mother was the eldest daughter of [[King Christian IX]] and [[Louise of Hesse-Kassel|Queen Louise of Denmark]]. He was baptised at [[Windsor Castle]] on 7 July 1865 by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], [[Charles Longley]].{{efn|
His godparents were the [[George V of Hanover|King of Hanover]] (Queen Victoria's cousin, for whom [[Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] stood proxy); the [[Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (Prince Albert's brother, for whom the [[Lord President of the Council]], [[Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville|Earl Granville]], stood proxy); the [[Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen|Prince of Leiningen]] (the Prince of Wales's half-cousin); the [[Frederik VIII of Denmark|Crown Prince of Denmark]] (the Princess of Wales's brother, for whom the [[Lord Chamberlain]], [[John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney|Viscount Sydney]], stood proxy); the [[Louise of Hesse-Kassel|Queen of Denmark]] (George's maternal grandmother, for whom Queen Victoria stood proxy); the [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge|Duke of Cambridge]] (Queen Victoria's cousin); the [[Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel|Duchess of Cambridge]] (Queen Victoria's aunt, for whom George's aunt [[Princess Helena of the United Kingdom|Princess Helena]] stood proxy); and [[Princess Louis of Hesse and by Rhine]] (George's aunt, for whom her sister [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|Princess Louise]] stood proxy).<ref>''[[The Times]]'' (London), Saturday, 8 July 1865, p. 12.</ref>
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[[File:King George V of the United Kingdom as a boy, 1870.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Boy wearing a sailor suit|George as a young boy, 1870]]
As a younger son of the Prince of Wales, there was little expectation that George would become king. He was third in line to the throne, after his father and elder brother, [[Prince Albert Victor]]. George was only 17&nbsp;months younger than Albert Victor, and the two princes were educated together. [[John Neale Dalton]] was appointed as their tutor in 1871. Neither Albert Victor nor George excelled intellectually.<ref>Clay, p. 39; Sinclair, pp. 46–47</ref> As their father thought that the navy was "the very best possible training for any boy",<ref>Sinclair, pp. 49–50</ref> in September 1877, when George was 12&nbsp;years old, both brothers joined the cadet training ship [[HMS Prince of Wales (1860)|HMS ''Britannia'']] at [[Dartmouth, Devon]].<ref>Clay, p. 71; Rose, p. 7</ref>

For three years from 1879, the princes served on {{HMS|Bacchante|1876|6}}, accompanied by Dalton. They toured the colonies of the [[British Empire]] in the [[Caribbean]], South Africa and Australia, and visited [[Norfolk, Virginia]], as well as South America, the [[Mediterranean]], Egypt, and East Asia. In 1881 on a visit to Japan, George had a local artist tattoo a blue and red dragon on his arm,<ref>Rose, p. 13</ref> and was received in an audience by the [[Emperor Meiji]]; George and his brother presented [[Empress Haruko]] with two [[wallabies]] from Australia.<ref>{{citation|last=Keene|first=Donald|year=2002|title=Emperor of Japan: Meiji and his world, 1852–1912|publisher=Columbia University Press|pages=350–351}}</ref> At Jerusalem in 1882, the princes attended a [[Sephardic Jew|Sephardic]] [[Passover]] dinner, and got tattoos of the [[Jerusalem Cross]] to commemorate their visit twenty years after their father had obtained the same tattoo.<ref name=Mont>Montefiore, p. 436</ref> George wrote of the experience "I was tattooed by the same man who tattooed Papa."<ref name=Mont/> Dalton wrote an account of their journey entitled ''The Cruise of HMS Bacchante''.<ref>Rose, p. 14; Sinclair, p. 55</ref> Between [[Melbourne]] and [[Sydney]], Dalton recorded a sighting of the ''[[Flying Dutchman]]'', a mythical ghost ship.<ref>Rose, p. 11</ref> When they returned to Britain, the Queen complained that her grandsons could not speak French or German, and so they spent six months in [[Lausanne]] in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to learn another language.<ref>Clay, p. 92; Rose, pp. 15–16</ref> After Lausanne, the brothers were separated; Albert Victor attended [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], while George continued in the [[Royal Navy]]. He travelled the world, visiting many areas of the British Empire. During his naval career he commanded ''Torpedo Boat 79'' in home waters, then {{HMS|Thrush|1889|6}} on the [[North America and West Indies Station]]. His last active service was in command of [[HMS Melampus (1890)|HMS ''Melampus'']] in 1891–1892. From then on, his naval rank was largely honorary.<ref>Sinclair, p. 69</ref>