Back in 1986, it was claimed that King George V had been euthanised by his doctor, Lord Dawson, who died in 1945. A 'mixture of morphine and cocaine was administered' in the form of an injection ...

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 ...

And King George V kept a parrot named Charlotte who would even eat at the dinner table. Read below to find out more about the Royal Family's beloved pets. The late Queen Elizabeth II had a strong ...

Though the concept remains the same, the current monarch's speeches are very different to the very first read by George V in 1932. Sat in a small room in Sandringham that provided better sound ...

Forget the dusty history books labeling King George V (1910-1936) as a snooze-fest monarch stuck in a whirlwind of change. I recently read Jane Ridley’s “George V: Never a Dull Moment” which ...

But it was King George V's pet parrot Charlotte that made the biggest impression on the Royal Family. As a child, Princess Elizabeth would feed her sugar lumps and spent time playing with the bird ...

Prince George – son of King George V and younger brother of Edward VIII and George VI – arrived in the city after he and the Royal Navy parted company. George claimed he was forced to leave ...

Last month, the missing head of a statue of King George V made an unexpected appearance onstage at a concert of the touring Northern Irish rap band, Kneecap. The head had not been seen publicly ...

At its show in Australia this weekend, the raucously political rap trio Kneecap brought what appeared to be the missing head of a King George V statue onstage. By Ali Watkins The irreverent ...