George V and his wife with their eldest son, Edward VIII, who would later become King before abdicating George was crowned King on June 22, 1911, following the death of his father in 1910.

King George V was the first monarch of the House of Windsor, the Royal Family as we know it today. Reigning from 1910 to 1936, he ruled over what was at that point the bloodiest war in history ...

Shortly before he died, King George V wrote to Stanley Baldwin, the prime minister, in despair about his eldest son, Edward, Prince of Wales. 'After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself within 12 ...

The Prince of Wales was proclaimed King George V following his father's death on 6 May 1910, and his Coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 22 June 1911. George V's reign began amid the ...

George V’s private message to his cousin sparked a storm of accusations from Labour MPs that the monarch was attempting an unconstitutional intervention to force the government’s hand.

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 first Christmas Day message by a British monarch was in 1932, when King George V broadcast live from Sandringham. In the speech, which was written by Rudyard Kipling, the King celebrated the ...

For example, just a day after the King George V statue was vandalised in Melbourne, an animal rights group targeted the newly unveiled and monumentally scaled portrait of King Charles in London.

At its show in Australia this weekend, the raucously political rap trio Kneecap brought what appeared to be the missing head of a King George V statue onstage. By Ali Watkins The irreverent ...