In PEOPLE's exclusive excerpt from royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith's new book, George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy, the last crowning of a king is revisited Simon ...

King George VI was formally crowned on Wednesday, May 12, 1937, at Westminster Abbey in London. The same centuries-old rituals were in place on Saturday for his grandson, Charles III.

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother, were crowned at Westminster Abbey on May 12, 1937 — almost 86 years ago. Their Coronation came at a particularly turbulent time for ...

Getty Images Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and King George VI on the balcony at Buckingham Palace May 12, 1937 after the coronation of King George VI. By the day of his ...

Wait, what? It’s true: Her father was not supposed to take the throne. Indeed, the story of how King George VI became king is one for the ages. Nearly a century ago, the unlikely story began ...

A ceramic mug marking the coronation of King George VI which sat and gathered dust in a loft for over 20 years has been sold for £13,500. The 87-year-old cup was designed by British artist Eric ...

“It will be touching and deeply symbolic to see King Charles, along with his son and grandson involved in ... the 1937 crowning of King George VI, King Charles’ grandfather.

A Look Back at King George VI's 1937 Coronation Ahead of His Grandson King Charles's "George VI had taken the throne after his older brother wanted to marry a woman who had been divorced twice and ...

As George VI, Bertie was forced to overcome his natural shyness and a debilitating stammer to do what his brother Edward refused to do: fulfil his duty to the country by becoming king. George and ...