“King George VI had never expected to become king ... recover from a lung operation,” according to his official royal biography, the stress of unexpectedly becoming a wartime king is said ...

Look no further than the Queen Mother - a colossal figure in the modern history of the Royal Family who we might never have met had King George VI been the heir. This week it has been 102 years ...

King George VI’s subjects and well-wishers everywhere learned a little more this week about his operation. The drastic surgery to which he submitted was to remove an obstruction (probably cancer ...

Charles delivered a speech during a concert on Horse Guards Parade, echoing his grandfather King George VI who spoke to the nation on May 8 1945. “It is now eighty years since my grandfather ...

For the first time, the identity of the most secret decoy in the plot to fool Hitler over the Normandy landings of 1944 is revealed: King George VI. For the first time, the identity of the most ...

King George VI. In his own historic address to the nation, the monarch said “while our greatest debt is owed to all those who paid the ultimate price, we should never forget how the war changed ...

“It is now eighty years since my grandfather, King George VI, announced to the nation and the Commonwealth that ‘the dreadful shadow of war has passed from our hearths and our homes.

He elected not to wear medals, reflecting the same choice made by King George VI when he stepped on to the Buckingham Palace balcony on May 8 1945. The Waleses watched the flypast soar above ...

The King echoed the words of his grandfather as he delivered a speech at the precise moment King George VI addressed the nation to mark VE Day 80 years ago. At 9pm, Charles spoke at Horse Guards ...

“King George VI had never expected to become king ... recover from a lung operation,” according to his official royal biography, the stress of unexpectedly becoming a wartime king is said ...