Queen Elizabeth II's father never expected to take the throne—until a royal ruckus changed the monarchy forever. Our royal ...

The Coronation of King George VI – King Charles's grandfather – took place on May 12, 1937 against a troubling backdrop of uncertainty about the future of monarchy in Britain. The big question ...

The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 was the big event of the early television service and the first true outside broadcast, using a mobile control van. The television ...

Echoing his grandfather, Charles delivered his address at 9pm - the exact time King George VI spoke to the nation in a radio broadcast on May 8, 1945, to mark the end of the Second World War in ...

King George VI, addressed the nation on VE Day. During the speech, His Majesty reflected on his mother Queen Elizabeth II's memories of the special day. The King approved the new Great Seal of the ...

and King George VI on the balcony at Buckingham Palace on VE Day. While young Elizabeth—who served in the Auxiliary Territorial Services during the war—looked joyful but composed in her ...

The King remembered how his grandfather, King George VI, announced to Britain and the Commonwealth that "the dreadful shadow of war has passed from our hearths and our homes," and what then ...

Echoing his grandfather, Charles delivered his address at 9pm – the exact time King George VI spoke to the nation in a radio broadcast on 8 May 1945 to mark the end of the Second World War in ...

Here is the King’s VE Day message in full: “It is now eighty years since my grandfather, King George VI, announced to the nation and the Commonwealth that ‘the dreadful shadow of war has passed from ...

Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, centre, looks on, as King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (later known as the Queen Mother), Princess Elizabeth, left, and Princess Margaret, right ...