Editing George V (section)

==Marriage==
{{see also|Wedding of Prince George and Princess Victoria Mary}}
[[File:Kinggeorgev1928.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Pale-eyed young man with a beard and moustache|The Duke of York in 1893|262x262px]]

As a young man destined to serve in the navy, Prince George served for many years under the command of his uncle [[Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh]], who was stationed in [[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]]. There, he grew close to and fell in love with his cousin [[Princess Marie of Edinburgh]]. His grandmother, father and uncle all approved the match, but his own mother and [[Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia|Marie's mother]] opposed it. The Princess of Wales thought the family was too pro-German, and the Duchess of Edinburgh disliked England. The Duchess, the only daughter of [[Alexander II of Russia]], resented the fact that, as the wife of a younger son of the British sovereign, she had to yield precedence to George's mother, whose father had been a minor German prince before being called unexpectedly to the throne of Denmark. Guided by her mother, Marie refused George when he proposed to her. She married [[Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Romania]], in 1893.<ref>Pope-Hennessy, pp. 250–251</ref>

[[File:Princess Mary of Teck wedding dress 1893 no2.jpg|thumb|right|George and Mary on their wedding day]]

In November 1891, George's brother, Albert Victor, became engaged to his second cousin once removed [[Princess Victoria Mary of Teck]], known as "May" within the family.<ref>Rose, pp. 22–23</ref> Her parents were [[Francis, Duke of Teck]] (a member of a [[morganatic]], cadet branch of the [[House of Württemberg]]), and [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], a male-line granddaughter of [[George&nbsp;III]] and a first cousin of Queen Victoria.<ref>Rose, p. 29</ref>

On 14 January 1892, six weeks after the formal engagement, Albert Victor died of [[pneumonia]] during an [[1889–1890 pandemic|influenza pandemic]], leaving George second in line to the throne and likely to succeed after his father. George had only just recovered from a serious illness himself, having been confined to bed for six weeks with [[typhoid fever]], the disease that was thought to have killed his grandfather Prince Albert.<ref>Rose, pp. 20–21, 24</ref> Queen Victoria still regarded Princess May<!--Yes, May! Please do not change--> as a suitable match for her grandson, and George and May grew close during their shared period of mourning.<ref>Pope-Hennessy, pp. 230–231</ref>

A year after Albert Victor's death, George proposed to May<!--Yes, May! Please do not change--> and was accepted. They married on 6 July 1893 at the [[Chapel Royal]] in [[St James's Palace]], London. Throughout their lives, they remained devoted to each other. George was, on his own admission, unable to express his feelings easily in speech, but they often exchanged loving letters and notes of endearment.<ref>Sinclair, p. 178</ref>