King George V, second son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, was born in 1865 and served in the Royal Navy until 1892 when he became heir to the throne following the death of his elder brother, ...

‘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 ...

Eighty-years-ago today, the then-11-year-old Princess Elizabeth watched the build-up and excitement of the Coronation of her parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth – and chronicled it for ...