Named in honor of the deceased ruler of the United Kingdom, HMS King George V was laid down on New Year’s Day 1937, launched on February 21, 1939, and commissioned on October 1, 1940, thus ...

King George V (center) was among the 30,000 or so in attendance. / Courtesy James E. Elfers The controversy blew over, especially after King George announced he would attend the game.

HMS King George V to HMS Anson: Britain’s Last Battleships of WWII The British once ruled the oceans, relying upon their imposing navy to manage a colonial empire.

King George V of England and Queen Mary in state coach on their arrival at Westminster Abbey during the coronation on June 22, 1911. This image has been altered in accordance with the standards of ...

The group has less courted controversy than brazenly promoted it: Around the same time that King George V’s head was separated from the statue, the group tore through the British Museum in ...

In 1911, Ian Lloyd writes, after the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary — it’s Mary’s crown that Camilla will wear at this coronation — the monarchs’ children were riding in a ...

As a symbol of British imperial power, it was shown off in Queen Mary’s crown at the 1911 coronation of King George V. For years, many have called for the Koh-i-Noor’s return.