‘The ceremony was one of the most touching that I ever beheld’, recalled John Fortescue, the librarian at Windsor Castle, describing the moment on 12 June 1922 when King George V received back ...

The King has praised the ... Charlie Newman, Rob Cross and Rob Treasure, who met and became friends at Sandhurst; set a record as the first military trio to complete the crossing, finishing ...

his father [George V] demanded ... later as King and you see how much he dug into things, particularly during the war, he really made an effort to learn everything he could about military strategy ...