FDR proposes Supreme Court additions in 1937, Elizabeth takes throne after King George dies in 1952, truckers’ strike affects Sussex County in 1974 ...

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 ...

The royal family’s line of succession shifted after Queen Elizabeth died in 2022 at age 96 and King Charles immediately became king. Elizabeth II, the eldest daughter of George VI and Queen ...

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 ...

The following day, British Pathé described him as “more than a King, a father of a great ... when George’s second son Albert, later George VI, reluctantly succeeded to the throne. This time, it wasn’t ...

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