Shortly before he died, King George V wrote to Stanley Baldwin ... confiding in a letter to Queen Mary: 'It almost frightens me that the people should love her so much. I suppose that it is ...

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 ... Over her face Elizabeth wore Queen Mary's lace veil and, like Queen Victoria ...

For example, the future Queen Mary was initially engaged to Prince Albert Victor, who died in 1892, before marrying his younger brother, the future King George V, as she was popular with Queen ...

2/2 Queen Mary always put duty first - but after King George died, she took centre stage.

He was the second son of King George V who was never supposed to be crowned King ... The wedding dress was made by Madame Handley-Seymour, dressmaker to her future mother-in-law, Queen Mary’s, and was ...

A new exhibition opens at Buckingham Palace tomorrow focussing on the opulence of the Edwardian era. The reigns of Edward VII ...

and King George V and Queen Mary. It will bring together more than 300 items including jewellery, fashion, paintings and books – the majority never seen before – by famous figures such as ...

For the portrait, he sat on one of a pair of 1902 throne chairs that were made for the future King George V and Queen Mary for use at the coronation of King Edward VII. In another portrait ...

King George V, second son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra ... This was displayed in the nave for many years and is now kept in the Abbey Library. His widow, Queen Mary, broke a long-standing ...

Prince Albert, Duke of York, was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary and was born on 14th December 1895 on the Sandringham estate. On the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in December ...

A two-part portrait of Elizabeth II's grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary, which examines the lasting legacy of the couple who rescued the monarchy from potential disaster ...