‘Knowing the difficulties of a limited monarch, I thank Heaven I am spared being an absolute one.’ — King George to Walter Hines Page ‘I am not much on kings, but if you must have a king, give me ...

From Queen Elizabeth to King George V, go back in time to see these photos of coronations of British monarchs. For the last 900 years, coronations of British monarchs—ceremonies filled with pomp, ...

Forget the dusty history books labeling King George V (1910-1936) as a snooze-fest monarch stuck in a whirlwind of change. I recently read Jane Ridley’s “George V: Never a Dull Moment” which flips ...

Unlike most of The Crown’s fifth season, episode six does not take place in the 1990s. Instead, it opens in World War I–era Britain, when the House of Windsor was headed not by Queen Elizabeth but by ...

British Jewry joined today in paying tribute to King George V at services held on the occasion of his funeral. Tributes to the late king were voiced at a meeting of the Jewish Agency for Palestine by ...

In the new season of “The Crown,” the sixth episode opens with a different set of British royals than the ones the Netflix show has followed for five seasons. It’s 1917, and King George V is at the ...

Named in honor of the deceased ruler of the United Kingdom, HMS King George V was laid down on New Year’s Day 1937, launched on February 21, 1939, and commissioned on October 1, 1940, thus becoming ...