Born June 3, 1865, to King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, George V was the couple's second son and was not expected to become king. His older brother, Prince Albert Victor, suddenly passed away ...

The death of King George V, grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II, was hastened by his doctor, who administered injections of morphine and cocaine in an act of euthanasia. King George V died on Jan ...

King George V and Queen Mary celebrate their Silver Jubilee with Princess Elizabeth in 1935 Upon hearing the line 'to you and all mankind', she sweetly exclaimed: 'I know that old man kind.

Fort Belvedere, an 18th-century property in Windsor, is understood to be under consideration as a potential new home for ...

King George V's eldest grandson, George Lascelles, the Earl of Harewood, recalled in his memoirs The Tongs and the Bones, "We used at Windsor to come down at nine o'clock for breakfast, not to eat ...

In old age, King George V developed a particular fondness for his little granddaughter Elizabeth. At Buckingham Palace he would train his binoculars on her home, 145 Piccadilly, and watch the ...

George V, the king of England from 1910 to 1936, was not a brilliant man. Margot Asquith, wife of his first prime minister, described him as a “dunderhead.” He did not make for great company.

III George V was the second son of Edward VII, and did not become the heir to the throne until the death of his brother, the Duke of Clarence.

On this day, a century ago, the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary took place in Westminster Abbey. Among the guests was a Papal Legate, Monsignor Eugenio Pacelli, Under-Secretary of the ...

07:01, Sat, Sep 10, 2022 Updated: 07:32, Tue, Sep 20, 2022 The Queen’s grandfather, King George V, was monarch from 1910 to 1936, living to the age of 70, at a time when life expectancy was ten ...

In The Crown’s version of events, George V and his wife, Mary, made the decision not to rescue their Russian family over breakfast at Sandringham. Cutaway scenes show the Tsar, the Tsarina and their ...