The Lord Chamberlain kept tradition by breaking ... more than 50 years later by King Henry VIII. Her parents, King George VI, who died in 1952, and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who died ...

His children were former King George VI and former King Edward VIII. He was Queen Elizabeth II's grandfather and according to the royal family website, he gifted her the Shetland pony named Peggy.

Wait, what? It’s true: Her father was not supposed to take the throne. Indeed, the story of how King George VI became king is one for the ages. Nearly a century ago, the unlikely story began ...

It's a well known saying that if you don't succeed try again and in the case of King George VI and his pursuit of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon the merits of perseverance are clear to see. As it took the ...

The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 was the big event of the early television service and the first true outside broadcast, using a mobile control van. The television ...

Our royal experts detail the shocking tale of how King George VI became king of England. Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-reigning British monarch and beloved by the people—but she was ...