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 ...

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.

Forget the dusty history books labeling King George V (1910-1936) as a snooze-fest monarch stuck in a whirlwind of change. I recently read Jane Ridley’s “George V: Never a Dull ...