I te mate o Kuini Wikitoria i te 22 o Hanuere 1901, ka eke te papa o George ki te torona hei Kingi Edward VII. I riro i a George te taitara o Duke o Cornwall, a, mo te nuinga o te toenga o taua tau, i mohiotia ia ko te Duke o Cornwall me York. I te 1901, i haere a George me May ki te Emepaea o Ingarangi. I roto i to raatau haerenga ko Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Aden, Ceylon, Singapore, Ahitereiria, Aotearoa, Mauritius, Awherika ki te Tonga, Canada, me te Colony of Newfoundland. I hangaia te haerenga e te Kaitiaki o te Colonial a Joseph Chamberlain me te tautoko a te Pirimia o te Minita a Lord Salisbury ki te utu i nga Dominions mo to raatau whakauru ki te Pakanga o Awherika ki te Tonga o te 1899-1902.
22 Hānuere 1901