The conditions were horrid—a night “as black as pitch,” as the young commander recorded ... empire—he was a loyal subject of King George II. He and his Virginia Regiment of a little ...

George II was the only son of George I and Sophia and was born at Herrenhausen in Hanover, Germany, on 30th October 1683. In 1705 he was naturalized an English subject and succeeded his father as king ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales have often been praised for the modern approach they've taken when it comes to parenting their three young children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince ...

Through the foresight of his grandmother, the Electress Sophia, he had learnt English from a young age ... and author of the biography George II: King and Elector ...

The future king was quite happily watching Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee ... "He really love his sister." George and Charlotte are both still young and therefore are in the public eye ...

The Duke and Duchess of York welcomed two daughters, Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret, in 1926 and 1930, respectively. In 1936, King George V died and Edward ...

George VI looked strikingly young, almost boyish. He calmly took his place near his own Chair of Estate. (The service lasted two and a half hours and the king's most difficult moment came when he ...

Andrew Young III, son of civil-rights pioneer Andrew Young II, reflects on the inauguration of President Barack Obama on Martin Luther King Day. Photo: Getty Images. Carney: Canada’s Counter ...