As King Charles prepares for his May 6 coronation, a new book, George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy (out April 4), by renowned author Sally Bedell Smith, explores the life ...

In her new book George VI and Elizabeth ... he had to make during the day. How King Charles and Queen Camilla Will Make Royal History at Their Coronation This May The author says that he had ...

A ceramic mug marking the coronation of King George VI which sat and gathered dust in a loft for over 20 years has been sold for £13,500. The 87-year-old cup was designed by British artist Eric ...

On the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in December 1936 he was proclaimed King and took one of his middle names, George, on succeeding to the throne. The coronation of George VI and Queen ...

A celebration glass for the coronation of King George VI. George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and ...

consort to King George VI, in 1937. The royal was crowned using Queen Mary's diamond crown which had been altered to fit her by the crown jeweler. After the coronation service itself, the king and ...

The day Charles' grandfather George VI was crowned king had originally been chosen for the coronation of his brother, Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne to marry American socialite, Wallis Simpson.

The late Queen’s coronation took place on 2 June 1953, some 16 months after her the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952. The coronation procession will take the King and ...

Splendid it may have been, but The Tatler felt the timber covering London’s landmarks was an eyesore (‘unsightly wooden growths over our glorious buildings’), while the frequency of adverts for ...

After his coronation the King and Queen travelled to Delhi where they attended ... His widow, Queen Mary, broke a long-standing tradition by attending the coronation of her son George VI in ...