Royal brides were often selected based on their performance at court. For example, the future Queen Mary was initially ...

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

King George V and his wife, Queen Mary, had decided their children would not need to marry royalty, as the first World War had decimated several monarchies and so there were fewer potential royal ...

It was that decision that led to Queen Elizabeth‘s father King George VI becoming ... on her marriage to George V. Kate Middleton‘s go-to tiara is also from Mary’s collection.

‘X’ of The Tatler was delighted to receive an invitation to a private view at Garrard, where King George V’s and Queen Mary’s crowns were on show, and a photograph of Queen Mary’s coronation gown ...

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 ...

In 1936, King George V died and Edward briefly reigned as King Edward VIII ... Elizabeth II with delicate brooches and glittering jewels from her collection Queen Mary of Denmark wears a very ...

and King George V and Queen Mary, during a period of great opulence and profound change, as Europe edged ever closer towards war and Britain stood poised on the brink of the modern age,” the ...

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 ...