Which queen accompanies George V in the 2019 Downton Abbey film?

The queen who accompanies George V in the 2019 Downton Abbey film is Queen Mary. In the film’s 1927 story, King George V and Queen Mary visit Downton Abbey during a royal tour of Yorkshire, turning the country house into the centre of intense preparations.

Queen Mary was born Princess Victoria Mary of Teck and became queen consort when her husband succeeded to the throne in 1910. She remained queen until George V died in 1936. The film presents her as an important member of the visiting royal party, and she also intervenes in the personal storyline involving Edith and Bertie Pelham.

Viewers sometimes confuse Queen Mary with Queen Victoria, who died in 1901, or Queen Alexandra, the wife of Edward VII and George V’s mother. “Queen Elizabeth” can also mislead audiences because George V’s granddaughter later became Queen Elizabeth II. In this film’s period and royal household, however, the correct consort is Queen Mary.