How would Britain react if the future George VI had been wounded, but not killed, at Jutland?
Short answerThe likely result is a strong public outpouring and a later popularity boost, provided the wound did not impair his health or royal duties.
NotesThe future George VI served aboard HMS Collingwood at Jutland. A nonfatal wound would probably have produced a surge of public sympathy and strengthened his later popularity by making his wartime service more visible. That effect depends on the injury leaving his later health, marriage, and royal duties broadly intact. His brother's existing jealousy of having missed comparable frontline service could also have intensified, although that personal consequence is necessarily less certain.