LONDON, Feb. 6, 1952 (UP)-King George VI died peacefully in his sleep early today and 25-year-old Princess Elizabeth became reigning sovereign of the British Commonwealth and empire. No ...

Eventually in 1603 Elizabeth died and James was offered the throne. The succession passed smoothly and James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland. Although promising to return to ...

O’Callaghan, who came from Tralee, was an IRA member between 1970 and 1985 and a Garda informant from 1979 to 1985. He died ...

But King George VI had been ailing. A heavy smoker, he had lung cancer. He also was diagnosed with arteriosclerosis. After years of deteriorating health, he died on February 6 1952 in his sleep. He ...

Royal health woes did not end there when Princess Anne ended up in intensive care after a mysterious accident involving a ...

Her parents were the later King George VI and The Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Originally, Queen Elizabeth was not supposed to become the Queen, but after King George V died in 1936, her uncle ...

It is the moment of her accession. On February 6th 1952, in the early hours, King George VI died in his sleep at Sandringham. No one knows the exact time he passed away. He was found, by a valet ...