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One of my English teachers at school was a child when George VI died. I remember him recounting how, on that day, his teacher came into the classroom and said "The king is dead" and sent them all home; no kids questioned it and nobody made any noise. I was very conscious even then that he was telling us that story because he knew the country had changed since then. Changed more since.