But the annual card isn’t the only longstanding holiday tradition in the British royal family. Between the official Christmas ...

Queen Elizabeth's grandfather reigned for 26 years and reshaped the monarchy before he passed away on January 20, 1936. Claims 50 years after his death revealed there may have been other factors at ...

The first monarch to rule over what would later become Great Britain was King Alfred the Great, who was crowned as the King of England in 871 A.D. There wouldn't be a British monarch per se until 1707 ...

A look at King George and Queen Mary, and how their visit with the Crawleys was inspired by a real-life event. Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes’ beloved British upstairs-downstairs drama, continues with ...

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Genuinely unassuming, King George, ever since plans to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of his accession were announced (TIME, Dec. 3), has been warmly surprised and pleased to find that public demand for ...

Shortly before he died, King George V wrote to Stanley Baldwin, the prime minister, in despair about his eldest son, Edward, Prince of Wales. 'After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself within 12 ...