who was king or queen after victoria?
Edward VII
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 The monarchy thus ceased to be an exclusively British institution , although it is often still referred to as " British " for legal and historical reasons and for convenience . The monarch became separately monarch of the United Kingdom , monarch of Canada , monarch of Australia , and so forth . The independent states within the Commonwealth would share the same monarch in a relationship likened to a personal union . 

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 Thus since 1937 , the monarch has been simultaneously crowned as sovereign of several independent nations besides the United Kingdom , known since 1953 as the Commonwealth realms . Elizabeth II was asked , for example : " Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the Peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , Canada , Australia , New Zealand , the Union of South Africa , Pakistan and Ceylon , and of your Possessions and other Territories to any of them belonging or pertaining , according to their respective laws and customs ? " 

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 Since a period of time has often passed between accession and coronation , some monarchs were never crowned . Edward V and Lady Jane Grey were both deposed before they could be crowned , in 1483 and 1553 , respectively . Edward VIII also went uncrowned , as he abdicated in 1936 before the end of the customary one @-@ year period between accession and coronation . A monarch , however , accedes to the throne the moment their predecessor dies , not when they are crowned. i.e. " The King is dead . Long live the King . " 

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 On the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 , Albert Edward became king @-@ emperor as Edward VII , with Alexandra as queen @-@ empress consort . She held the status until Edward 's death in 1910 . She greatly distrusted her nephew , German Emperor Wilhelm II , and supported her son during World War I , in which Britain and its allies fought Germany . 

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 When Queen Victoria died on 22 January 1901 , Edward became King of the United Kingdom , Emperor of India and , in an innovation , King of the British Dominions . He chose to reign under the name Edward VII , instead of Albert Edward — the name his mother had intended for him to use — declaring that he did not wish to " undervalue the name of Albert " and diminish the status of his father with whom the " name should stand alone " . The numeral VII was occasionally omitted in Scotland , even by the national church , in deference to protests that the previous Edwards were English kings who had " been excluded from Scotland by battle " . J. B. Priestley recalled , " I was only a child when he succeeded Victoria in 1901 , but I can testify to his extraordinary popularity . He was in fact the most popular king England had known since the earlier 1660s . " 
