Q&A: why the later battleships were named King George V

Why was the later battleship class named King George V rather than King George VI?

George VI chose to honour his father when the later class was built, after the royal name had been held back from the two treaty battleships.

The Royal Navy did not use George VI's name for the two treaty battleships because planners expected a later and larger class to offer a more suitable royal nameship. When that post-treaty class arrived, the reigning king chose to honour his father rather than name the lead ship after himself. The result was a second King George V class despite the earlier dreadnought-era class of the same name. Dynastic commemoration and the sequencing of procurement programmes both shaped the name.