The real reason King George VI was allowed to marry the Queen Mother despite the 'royal snobbery' of the time. By ED HOLT. Published: 02:40 EDT, 24 April 2025 | Updated: 02:51 EDT, 24 April 2025 ...

Last year's Derby (G1) hero Desert Crown has been ruled out of the July 29 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) at Ascot due to a leg infection.. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained 4-year ...

Jared Harris, 62, portrayed the ailing King George VI in the show's first season. The Crown has come in for significant criticism over its portrayal of key figures in the Royal Family and its ...

Claire Foy played Queen Elizabeth II in "The Crown" seasons one and two. The Queen was just 25 years old when her father King George VI died and 27 when she took the oath to be queen on June 2 ...

King George VI died at Sandringham on February 6, 1952, at the age of 56. Then-Princess Elizabeth had been in Kenya on royal tour, but quickly returned to the UK to join her family.

For this piece on how King George VI became king, Tina Donvito tapped her experience as a longtime journalist who covers history, travel, entertainment and the British royal family for Reader’s ...

King George VI was formally crowned on Wednesday, May 12, 1937, at Westminster Abbey in London. The same centuries-old rituals were in place on Saturday for his grandson, Charles III. “At a ...

Desert Crown will not run in next weekend's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes (G1) after connections ruled the Cazoo Derby (G1) winner out of the Ascot midsummer highlight on July 14.

The coronation of her father, King George VI, on May 12, 1937 in London. ... gave to the new king the crown that symbolizes the rule of 500,000,000 souls in almost a quarter of the earth. ...

The crown was officially place on George VI's head on May 12, 1937—the same date that had originally been set for the coronation of his older brother, King Edward VIII (later known as the Duke ...

Sally Bedell Smith’s “George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy” explores a wholly different epoch in the Windsor saga.

The new ledger stone now reads the late monarch's name as well as her late husband, Prince Philip (1921-2021), and her late parents -- King George VI (1895-1952) and Queen Elizabeth (1900-2002).