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Eighty-nine years after he died, King George V appears to be having the time of his life. Or, at any rate, his severed bronze head is. Having been “liberated” from his torso last June ...
At its show in Australia this weekend, the raucously political rap trio Kneecap brought what appeared to be the missing head of a King George V statue onstage. By Ali Watkins The irreverent ...
Australian police are investigating how the missing decapitated head from a historic statue of King George V ended up on ...
Last month, the missing head of a statue of King George V made an unexpected appearance onstage at a concert of the touring Northern Irish rap band, Kneecap. The head had not been seen publicly ...
The King George V statue was beheaded and covered in red paint on a bank holiday for King Charles’ birthday in June 2024. It was part of series of incidents involving attacks on colonial ...
Who were the members of the royal family before the abdication? Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather, King George V, had shepherded Britain through World War I during his reign from 1910 to 1936.